diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index 1ebfc87bc77..5d32f92f325 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-      <version>6.79.0</version>
+      <version>6.81.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 3182e45e5b1..5abbf211fa9 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-      <version>6.79.0</version>
+      <version>6.81.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END spanner_install_without_bom] -->