diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce734adaa..18e2af0cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-        <version>2.60.0</version>
+        <version>2.61.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index fe8a6e9ac..0002dca92 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.60.0</version>
+      <version>2.61.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index cd3b6173a..53260dc75 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.60.0</version>
+      <version>2.61.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index df62bbb04..c70e3b76b 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.60.0</version>
+      <version>2.61.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>