diff --git a/language/snippets/pom.xml b/language/snippets/pom.xml
index baca2c13009..2c755a33763 100644
--- a/language/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/language/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>15.0.0</version>
+        <version>16.1.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>