diff --git a/samples/spring-data-mybatis/googlesql/pom.xml b/samples/spring-data-mybatis/googlesql/pom.xml
index d591ef0d5..532485d2a 100644
--- a/samples/spring-data-mybatis/googlesql/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/spring-data-mybatis/googlesql/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-      <version>6.96.1</version>
+      <version>6.97.1</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>