diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/transaction.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/transaction.py
index aa2353206f..9099d48c46 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/transaction.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/transaction.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1.snapshot import _SnapshotBase
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1.batch import _BatchBase
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1._opentelemetry_tracing import trace_call
+from google.api_core import gapic_v1
 
 
 class Transaction(_SnapshotBase, _BatchBase):
@@ -185,7 +186,15 @@ def _make_params_pb(params, param_types):
         return {}
 
     def execute_update(
-        self, dml, params=None, param_types=None, query_mode=None, query_options=None
+        self,
+        dml,
+        params=None,
+        param_types=None,
+        query_mode=None,
+        query_options=None,
+        *,
+        retry=gapic_v1.method.DEFAULT,
+        timeout=gapic_v1.method.DEFAULT,
     ):
         """Perform an ``ExecuteSql`` API request with DML.
 
@@ -212,6 +221,12 @@ def execute_update(
             or :class:`dict`
         :param query_options: (Optional) Options that are provided for query plan stability.
 
+        :type retry: :class:`~google.api_core.retry.Retry`
+        :param retry: (Optional) The retry settings for this request.
+
+        :type timeout: float
+        :param timeout: (Optional) The timeout for this request.
+
         :rtype: int
         :returns: Count of rows affected by the DML statement.
         """
@@ -245,7 +260,9 @@ def execute_update(
         with trace_call(
             "CloudSpanner.ReadWriteTransaction", self._session, trace_attributes
         ):
-            response = api.execute_sql(request=request, metadata=metadata)
+            response = api.execute_sql(
+                request=request, metadata=metadata, retry=retry, timeout=timeout
+            )
         return response.stats.row_count_exact
 
     def batch_update(self, statements):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_transaction.py b/tests/unit/test_transaction.py
index 4dc56bfa06..3302f68d2d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_transaction.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_transaction.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from tests._helpers import OpenTelemetryBase, StatusCanonicalCode
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1 import Type
 from google.cloud.spanner_v1 import TypeCode
+from google.api_core import gapic_v1
 
 TABLE_NAME = "citizens"
 COLUMNS = ["email", "first_name", "last_name", "age"]
@@ -410,7 +411,13 @@ def test_execute_update_w_params_wo_param_types(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             transaction.execute_update(DML_QUERY_WITH_PARAM, PARAMS)
 
-    def _execute_update_helper(self, count=0, query_options=None):
+    def _execute_update_helper(
+        self,
+        count=0,
+        query_options=None,
+        retry=gapic_v1.method.DEFAULT,
+        timeout=gapic_v1.method.DEFAULT,
+    ):
         from google.protobuf.struct_pb2 import Struct
         from google.cloud.spanner_v1 import (
             ResultSet,
@@ -439,6 +446,8 @@ def _execute_update_helper(self, count=0, query_options=None):
             PARAM_TYPES,
             query_mode=MODE,
             query_options=query_options,
+            retry=retry,
+            timeout=timeout,
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(row_count, 1)
@@ -466,6 +475,8 @@ def _execute_update_helper(self, count=0, query_options=None):
         )
         api.execute_sql.assert_called_once_with(
             request=expected_request,
+            retry=retry,
+            timeout=timeout,
             metadata=[("google-cloud-resource-prefix", database.name)],
         )
 
@@ -477,6 +488,15 @@ def test_execute_update_new_transaction(self):
     def test_execute_update_w_count(self):
         self._execute_update_helper(count=1)
 
+    def test_execute_update_w_timeout_param(self):
+        self._execute_update_helper(timeout=2.0)
+
+    def test_execute_update_w_retry_param(self):
+        self._execute_update_helper(retry=gapic_v1.method.DEFAULT)
+
+    def test_execute_update_w_timeout_and_retry_params(self):
+        self._execute_update_helper(retry=gapic_v1.method.DEFAULT, timeout=2.0)
+
     def test_execute_update_error(self):
         database = _Database()
         database.spanner_api = self._make_spanner_api()