diff --git a/automl/snippets/pom.xml b/automl/snippets/pom.xml
index 9652ce6333c..654a96f6440 100644
--- a/automl/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/automl/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.0</version>
+      <version>2.8.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>