update spec automation branch 9 (#5019) (#5222)

(cherry picked from commit 83c5fba)

Co-authored-by: Laura Trotta <[email protected]>

Author: github-actions[bot]

.github/workflows/generate.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - 'main'
       - '7.17'
       - '8.[0-9]+'
+      - '9.[0-9]+'
 
   # For debugging purposes:
   # pull_request: