diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5c0e0a9..2877b98c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.56.0</version>
+      <version>2.60.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.micronaut</groupId>
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
                       <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                         <mainClass>${exec.mainClass}</mainClass>
                       </transformer>
-                      <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                      <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
                     </transformers>
                     <filters>
                       <filter>