diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be9347ad6..a73c2a9c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>26.15.0</version>
+      <version>26.16.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index 144277cbf..1a6860dc6 100644
--- a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.15.0</version>
+        <version>26.16.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 35f759bcd..ba1b00b4f 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.15.0</version>
+        <version>26.16.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>