diff --git a/spanner/Gemfile.lock b/spanner/Gemfile.lock
index fa3cfba00..bb62b5963 100644
--- a/spanner/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/spanner/Gemfile.lock
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@ GEM
   specs:
     addressable (2.8.6)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
-    base64 (0.2.0)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.2.3)
     declarative (0.0.20)
-    diff-lcs (1.5.0)
-    faraday (2.8.1)
-      base64
-      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
-      ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
-    faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
+    diff-lcs (1.5.1)
+    faraday (2.9.0)
+      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.2)
+    faraday-net_http (3.1.0)
+      net-http
     faraday-retry (2.2.0)
       faraday (~> 2.0)
     gapic-common (0.21.1)
@@ -22,58 +20,57 @@ GEM
       googleapis-common-protos-types (>= 1.11.0, < 2.a)
       googleauth (~> 1.9)
       grpc (~> 1.59)
-    google-apis-core (0.11.2)
+    google-apis-core (0.13.0)
       addressable (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.1)
-      googleauth (>= 0.16.2, < 2.a)
+      googleauth (~> 1.9)
       httpclient (>= 2.8.1, < 3.a)
       mini_mime (~> 1.0)
       representable (~> 3.0)
       retriable (>= 2.0, < 4.a)
       rexml
-      webrick
-    google-apis-iam_v1 (0.51.0)
-      google-apis-core (>= 0.11.0, < 2.a)
+    google-apis-iam_v1 (0.53.0)
+      google-apis-core (>= 0.12.0, < 2.a)
     google-cloud-core (1.6.1)
       google-cloud-env (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
       google-cloud-errors (~> 1.0)
-    google-cloud-env (2.1.0)
+    google-cloud-env (2.1.1)
       faraday (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
     google-cloud-errors (1.3.1)
-    google-cloud-spanner (2.19.0)
+    google-cloud-spanner (2.21.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       google-cloud-core (~> 1.5)
       google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1 (~> 0.1)
       google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1 (~> 0.1)
       google-cloud-spanner-v1 (~> 0.2)
-    google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1 (0.15.0)
-      gapic-common (>= 0.20.0, < 2.a)
+    google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1 (0.17.1)
+      gapic-common (>= 0.21.1, < 2.a)
       google-cloud-errors (~> 1.0)
       grpc-google-iam-v1 (~> 1.1)
-    google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1 (0.12.0)
-      gapic-common (>= 0.20.0, < 2.a)
+    google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1 (0.13.2)
+      gapic-common (>= 0.21.1, < 2.a)
       google-cloud-errors (~> 1.0)
       grpc-google-iam-v1 (~> 1.1)
-    google-cloud-spanner-v1 (0.19.0)
-      gapic-common (>= 0.20.0, < 2.a)
+    google-cloud-spanner-v1 (0.22.2)
+      gapic-common (>= 0.21.1, < 2.a)
       google-cloud-errors (~> 1.0)
-    google-protobuf (3.25.1)
+    google-protobuf (3.25.2)
     googleapis-common-protos (1.4.0)
       google-protobuf (~> 3.14)
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.2)
       grpc (~> 1.27)
     googleapis-common-protos-types (1.11.0)
       google-protobuf (~> 3.18)
-    googleauth (1.9.1)
+    googleauth (1.10.0)
       faraday (>= 1.0, < 3.a)
       google-cloud-env (~> 2.1)
       jwt (>= 1.4, < 3.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.11)
       os (>= 0.9, < 2.0)
       signet (>= 0.16, < 2.a)
-    grpc (1.60.0)
+    grpc (1.61.0)
       google-protobuf (~> 3.25)
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.0)
-    grpc-google-iam-v1 (1.4.0)
+    grpc-google-iam-v1 (1.5.0)
       google-protobuf (~> 3.18)
       googleapis-common-protos (~> 1.4)
       grpc (~> 1.41)
@@ -81,6 +78,8 @@ GEM
     jwt (2.7.1)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
+    net-http (0.4.1)
+      uri
     os (1.1.4)
     public_suffix (5.0.4)
     representable (3.2.0)
@@ -89,22 +88,21 @@ GEM
       uber (< 0.2.0)
     retriable (3.1.2)
     rexml (3.2.6)
-    rspec (3.12.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.12.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.12.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-core (3.12.2)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.12.3)
+    rspec (3.13.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.13.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-core (3.13.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.13.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.12.6)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.13.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-support (3.12.1)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
+    rspec-support (3.13.0)
     rspec_junit_formatter (0.6.0)
       rspec-core (>= 2, < 4, != 2.12.0)
-    ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     signet (0.18.0)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
       faraday (>= 0.17.5, < 3.a)
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.10)
     trailblazer-option (0.1.2)
     uber (0.1.0)
-    webrick (1.8.1)
+    uri (0.13.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -124,4 +122,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec_junit_formatter
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.2.32
+   2.5.5
diff --git a/spanner/spanner_set_max_commit_delay.rb b/spanner/spanner_set_max_commit_delay.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..339d9a711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spanner/spanner_set_max_commit_delay.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Google, Inc
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# [START spanner_set_max_commit_delay]
+require "google/cloud/spanner"
+
+##
+# This is a snippet for showcasing how to pass max_commit_delay in  commit_options.
+#
+# @param project_id  [String] The ID of the Google Cloud project.
+# @param instance_id [String] The ID of the spanner instance.
+# @param database_id [String] The ID of the database.
+#
+def spanner_set_max_commit_delay project_id:, instance_id:, database_id:
+  # Instantiates a client
+  spanner = Google::Cloud::Spanner.new project: project_id
+  client  = spanner.client instance_id, database_id
+
+  records = [
+    { SingerId: 1, AlbumId: 1, MarketingBudget: 200_000 },
+    { SingerId: 2, AlbumId: 2, MarketingBudget: 400_000 }
+  ]
+  # max_commit_delay is the amount of latency in millisecond, this request
+  # is willing to incur in order to improve throughput.
+  # The commit delay must be at least 0ms and at most 500ms.
+  # Default value is nil.
+  commit_options = {
+    return_commit_stats: true,
+    max_commit_delay: 100
+  }
+  resp = client.upsert "Albums", records, commit_options: commit_options
+  puts "Updated data with #{resp.stats.mutation_count} mutations."
+end
+# [END spanner_set_max_commit_delay]
diff --git a/spanner/spec/spanner_set_max_commit_delay_spec.rb b/spanner/spec/spanner_set_max_commit_delay_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f50a2a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spanner/spec/spanner_set_max_commit_delay_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Google, Inc
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+require_relative "./spec_helper"
+require_relative "../spanner_set_max_commit_delay"
+
+describe "Google Cloud Spanner max_commit_delay examples" do
+  before :each do
+    cleanup_database_resources
+    create_dml_singers_albums_database
+    insert_dml_data project_id: @project_id,
+                    instance_id: @instance_id,
+                    database_id: @database_id
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    cleanup_database_resources
+  end
+
+  example "spanner_directed_read" do
+    capture do
+        spanner_set_max_commit_delay project_id: @project_id,
+                                     instance_id: @instance_id,
+                                     database_id: @database_id
+    end
+
+    expect(captured_output).to include "Updated data with 6 mutations"
+  end
+end