diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef814c0f6..2a77c74f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-trace</artifactId>
-      <version>2.72.0</version>
+      <version>2.73.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>