diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0ec23e1685..5aa75531c6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.55.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v1.55.0...v1.55.1) (2020-05-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* PDML retry settings were not applied for aborted tx ([#232](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/232)) ([308a465](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/308a465c768ba6e641c95d8c6efd214637266f50)), closes [#199](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/199)
+* remove the need for any env var in all tests ([#235](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/235)) ([374fb40](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/374fb403306612330db58dfa5549205394a08e67))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v0.4.0 ([#224](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/224)) ([2cf04aa](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/2cf04aad7edc68baf5c296bda11f66c140abf669))
+
 ## [1.55.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v1.54.0...v1.55.0) (2020-05-19)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ecb27cb622..e949503acdc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner:1.55.0'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner:1.55.1'
 ```
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-spanner" % "1.55.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-spanner" % "1.55.1"
 ```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-end})
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
index ab9774b0080..75132f6c1c8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -64,37 +64,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 1e16508cd9e..713baa684b0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-spanner</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
index b6fc1ab030a..285dda4753a 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
index 24bc38079ed..53d4e53b6cc 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
index e16ff40cd21..52a16aafe1b 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8eab79f094..12c7e57d943 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner</url>
   <description>
@@ -70,37 +70,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-        <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
index 572c136b588..fbe0f470acb 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
index 7a97ead1bc7..79a8d072543 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
index 5c1a6879b29..b5c35b790a4 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>1.55.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 61d5bd23034..5b884a6d486 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-      <version>1.55.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.55.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index b434cdfd630..7444290dfea 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:1.55.0:1.55.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:1.55.0:1.55.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:1.55.0:1.55.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:1.55.0:1.55.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:1.55.0:1.55.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:1.55.0:1.55.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-spanner:1.55.0:1.55.1-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:1.55.1:1.55.1
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:1.55.1:1.55.1
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:1.55.1:1.55.1
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:1.55.1:1.55.1
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:1.55.1:1.55.1
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:1.55.1:1.55.1
+google-cloud-spanner:1.55.1:1.55.1
\ No newline at end of file