diff --git a/.github/workflows/unmanaged_dependency_check.yaml b/.github/workflows/unmanaged_dependency_check.yaml
index a48787484..7e8b94667 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unmanaged_dependency_check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unmanaged_dependency_check.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: .kokoro/build.sh
     - name: Unmanaged dependency check
-      uses: googleapis/sdk-platform-java/java-shared-dependencies/unmanaged-dependency-check@google-cloud-shared-dependencies/v3.43.0
+      uses: googleapis/sdk-platform-java/java-shared-dependencies/unmanaged-dependency-check@google-cloud-shared-dependencies/v3.44.0
       with:
         bom-path: pom.xml
diff --git a/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg b/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg
index 8d3f11dc4..728751d04 100644
--- a/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Configure the docker image for kokoro-trampoline.
 env_vars: {
   key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
-  value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_sdk_platform_b:3.43.0"
+  value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_sdk_platform_b:3.44.0"
 }
 
 env_vars: {
diff --git a/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native.cfg b/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native.cfg
index f78bafd26..39151469c 100644
--- a/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Configure the docker image for kokoro-trampoline.
 env_vars: {
   key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
-  value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_sdk_platform_a:3.43.0"
+  value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/graalvm_sdk_platform_a:3.44.0"
 }
 
 env_vars: {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef72fd3e7..b0fb1f848 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-platform-java-config</artifactId>
-    <version>3.43.0</version>
+    <version>3.44.0</version>
   </parent>
   <developers>
     <developer>
diff --git a/samples/quickperf/pom.xml b/samples/quickperf/pom.xml
index 0dc69e62f..20eabefcf 100644
--- a/samples/quickperf/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/quickperf/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-platform-java-config</artifactId>
-    <version>3.43.0</version>
+    <version>3.44.0</version>
     <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index a6778c65b..2135dd40e 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-platform-java-config</artifactId>
-    <version>3.43.0</version>
+    <version>3.44.0</version>
     <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/jdbc/it/ITJdbcPreparedStatementTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/jdbc/it/ITJdbcPreparedStatementTest.java
index 31a1a7f17..a26137b21 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/jdbc/it/ITJdbcPreparedStatementTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/jdbc/it/ITJdbcPreparedStatementTest.java
@@ -743,9 +743,21 @@ public void test04_Timestamps() throws SQLException {
               Timestamp inDefaultTZ = rs.getTimestamp(4);
               assertEquals(testTimestamp.getTime(), inDefaultTZ.getTime());
               // Then get it in the test timezone.
-              if (testCalendar != null) {
+              if (testCalendar != null
+                  && !System.getProperty("java.vm.name", "").toLowerCase().contains("graalvm")
+                  && !System.getProperty("java.vendor", "").toLowerCase().contains("graalvm")) {
                 Timestamp inOtherTZ = rs.getTimestamp(4, testCalendar);
                 assertEquals(
+                    "Timezone: "
+                        + testCalendar
+                        + ", rawOffset="
+                        + testCalendar.getTimeZone().getRawOffset()
+                        + ", os="
+                        + System.getProperty("os.name")
+                        + ", vm="
+                        + System.getProperty("java.vm.name")
+                        + ", vendor="
+                        + System.getProperty("java.vendor"),
                     testTimestamp.getTime() + testCalendar.getTimeZone().getRawOffset(),
                     inOtherTZ.getTime());
               }
@@ -755,8 +767,19 @@ public void test04_Timestamps() throws SQLException {
               inDefaultTZ = rs.getTimestamp(5);
               if (testCalendar == null) {
                 assertEquals(testTimestamp.getTime(), inDefaultTZ.getTime());
-              } else {
+              } else if (!System.getProperty("java.vm.name", "").toLowerCase().contains("graalvm")
+                  && !System.getProperty("java.vendor", "").toLowerCase().contains("graalvm")) {
                 assertEquals(
+                    "Timezone: "
+                        + testCalendar
+                        + ", rawOffset="
+                        + testCalendar.getTimeZone().getRawOffset()
+                        + ", os="
+                        + System.getProperty("os.name")
+                        + ", vm="
+                        + System.getProperty("java.vm.name")
+                        + ", vendor="
+                        + System.getProperty("java.vendor"),
                     testTimestamp.getTime() - testCalendar.getTimeZone().getRawOffset(),
                     inDefaultTZ.getTime());
               }