chore(main): release 8.2.1 (#2408)

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CHANGELOG.md

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 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-spanner?activeTab=versions
 
+## [8.2.1](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v8.2.0...v8.2.1) (2025-09-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Update dependency google-gax to v5.0.3 ([#2371](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/2371)) ([8a175e2](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/8a175e2e5cc8d0ed81faee7b24b59b5026758a59))
+* Disable afe_connectivity_error_count metric ([af72d70](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/af72d707c8857d5596bd2b93830e52c8e152967f))
+
 ## [8.2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v8.1.0...v8.2.0) (2025-08-26)
 
 

package.json

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 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/spanner",
   "description": "Cloud Spanner Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "8.2.0",
+  "version": "8.2.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {

samples/package.json

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   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/kms": "^5.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/precise-date": "^5.0.0",
-    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^8.2.0",
+    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^8.2.1",
     "protobufjs": "^7.0.0",
     "yargs": "^17.0.0"
   },