diff --git a/sdks/python/container/base_image_requirements.txt b/sdks/python/container/base_image_requirements.txt
index 18e805ab37d3..fd9163b032db 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/base_image_requirements.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/container/base_image_requirements.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typing-extensions==3.7.4.1
 google-api-core==1.20.0
 google-apitools==0.5.28
 google-cloud-pubsub==1.0.2
-google-cloud-bigquery==1.24.0
+google-cloud-bigquery==1.26.1
 google-cloud-bigtable==1.0.0
 google-cloud-core==1.1.0
 google-cloud-datastore==1.7.4
diff --git a/sdks/python/setup.py b/sdks/python/setup.py
index 44d846aca511..3cc38b275ee9 100644
--- a/sdks/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdks/python/setup.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def get_version():
     'google-cloud-datastore>=1.7.1,<1.8.0',
     'google-cloud-pubsub>=0.39.0,<1.1.0',
     # GCP packages required by tests
-    'google-cloud-bigquery>=1.6.0,<=1.24.0',
+    'google-cloud-bigquery>=1.6.0,<=1.26.1',
     'google-cloud-core>=0.28.1,<2',
     'google-cloud-bigtable>=0.31.1,<1.1.0',
     'google-cloud-spanner>=1.13.0,<1.14.0',