diff --git a/bigtable/bttest/inmem.go b/bigtable/bttest/inmem.go
index acb6fb325f14..3503f43078d3 100644
--- a/bigtable/bttest/inmem.go
+++ b/bigtable/bttest/inmem.go
@@ -499,7 +499,11 @@ func (s *server) ReadRows(req *btpb.ReadRowsRequest, stream btpb.Bigtable_ReadRo
 			rows = append(rows, r)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Sort(byRowKey(rows))
+	if req.Reversed {
+		sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(byRowKey(rows)))
+	} else {
+		sort.Sort(byRowKey(rows))
+	}
 
 	limit := int(req.RowsLimit)
 	if limit == 0 {
diff --git a/bigtable/bttest/inmem_test.go b/bigtable/bttest/inmem_test.go
index 3a57585c7e8c..3c93cf8e48fa 100644
--- a/bigtable/bttest/inmem_test.go
+++ b/bigtable/bttest/inmem_test.go
@@ -1053,6 +1053,84 @@ func TestReadRowsWithlabelTransformer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestReadRowsReversed(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	srv := &server{
+		tables: make(map[string]*table),
+	}
+	newTbl := btapb.Table{
+		ColumnFamilies: map[string]*btapb.ColumnFamily{
+			"cf": {GcRule: &btapb.GcRule{Rule: &btapb.GcRule_MaxNumVersions{MaxNumVersions: 1}}},
+		},
+	}
+	tbl, err := srv.CreateTable(ctx, &btapb.CreateTableRequest{Parent: "cluster", TableId: "t", Table: &newTbl})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Creating table: %v", err)
+	}
+	entries := []struct {
+		row   string
+		value []byte
+	}{
+		{"row1", []byte("a")},
+		{"row2", []byte("b")},
+	}
+
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		req := &btpb.MutateRowRequest{
+			TableName: tbl.Name,
+			RowKey:    []byte(entry.row),
+			Mutations: []*btpb.Mutation{{
+				Mutation: &btpb.Mutation_SetCell_{SetCell: &btpb.Mutation_SetCell{
+					FamilyName:      "cf",
+					ColumnQualifier: []byte("cq"),
+					TimestampMicros: 1000,
+					Value:           entry.value,
+				}},
+			}},
+		}
+		if _, err := srv.MutateRow(ctx, req); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Failed to insert entry %v into server: %v", entry, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	rrss := new(MockReadRowsServer)
+	rreq := &btpb.ReadRowsRequest{TableName: tbl.Name, Reversed: true}
+	if err := srv.ReadRows(rreq, rrss); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to read rows: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var gotChunks []*btpb.ReadRowsResponse_CellChunk
+	for _, res := range rrss.responses {
+		gotChunks = append(gotChunks, res.Chunks...)
+	}
+
+	wantChunks := []*btpb.ReadRowsResponse_CellChunk{
+		{
+			RowKey:          []byte("row2"),
+			FamilyName:      &wrappers.StringValue{Value: "cf"},
+			Qualifier:       &wrappers.BytesValue{Value: []byte("cq")},
+			TimestampMicros: 1000,
+			Value:           []byte("b"),
+			RowStatus: &btpb.ReadRowsResponse_CellChunk_CommitRow{
+				CommitRow: true,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			RowKey:          []byte("row1"),
+			FamilyName:      &wrappers.StringValue{Value: "cf"},
+			Qualifier:       &wrappers.BytesValue{Value: []byte("cq")},
+			TimestampMicros: 1000,
+			Value:           []byte("a"),
+			RowStatus: &btpb.ReadRowsResponse_CellChunk_CommitRow{
+				CommitRow: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(gotChunks, wantChunks, cmp.Comparer(proto.Equal)); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Response chunks mismatch: got: + want -\n%s", diff)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCheckAndMutateRowWithoutPredicate(t *testing.T) {
 	s := &server{
 		tables: make(map[string]*table),
diff --git a/bigtable/go.mod b/bigtable/go.mod
index ae57f260c49d..49d5d84545cc 100644
--- a/bigtable/go.mod
+++ b/bigtable/go.mod
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/googleapis/cloud-bigtable-clients-test v0.0.0-20230505150253-16eeee810d3a
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.11.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.126.0
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
 	rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/bigtable/go.sum b/bigtable/go.sum
index b582208b8357..1f42ff511826 100644
--- a/bigtable/go.sum
+++ b/bigtable/go.sum
@@ -181,12 +181,12 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoA
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55/go.mod h1:DMBHOl98Agz4BDEuKkezgsaosCRResVns1a3J2ZsMNc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200513103714-09dca8ec2884/go.mod h1:55QSHmfGQM9UVYDPBsyGGes0y52j32PQ3BqQfXhyH3c=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200526211855-cb27e3aa2013/go.mod h1:NbSheEEYHJ7i3ixzK3sjbqSGDJWnxyFXZblF3eUsNvo=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc h1:8DyZCyvI8mE1IdLy/60bS+52xfymkE72wv1asokgtao=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc/go.mod h1:xZnkP7mREFX5MORlOPEzLMr+90PPZQ2QWzrVTWfAq64=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc h1:kVKPf/IiYSBWEWtkIn6wZXwWGCnLKcC8oWfZvXjsGnM=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc/go.mod h1:vHYtlOoi6TsQ3Uk2yxR7NI5z8uoV+3pZtR4jmHIkRig=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc h1:XSJ8Vk1SWuNr8S18z1NZSziL0CPIXLCCMDOEFtHBOFc=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc/go.mod h1:66JfowdXAEgad5O9NnYcsNPLCPZJD++2L9X0PCMODrA=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529 h1:9JucMWR7sPvCxUFd6UsOUNmA5kCcWOfORaT3tpAsKQs=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529/go.mod h1:xZnkP7mREFX5MORlOPEzLMr+90PPZQ2QWzrVTWfAq64=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529 h1:s5YSX+ZH5b5vS9rnpGymvIyMpLRJizowqDlOuyjXnTk=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529/go.mod h1:vHYtlOoi6TsQ3Uk2yxR7NI5z8uoV+3pZtR4jmHIkRig=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529 h1:DEH99RbiLZhMxrpEJCZ0A+wdTe0EOgou/poSLx9vWf4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529/go.mod h1:66JfowdXAEgad5O9NnYcsNPLCPZJD++2L9X0PCMODrA=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.0/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyacEbxg=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQciAY=