diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 07da7968b33..0c591f0309a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ final testNGVersion = '6.11'
 // Using the shaded version to avoid conflicts between its protobuf dependency
 // and that of Hadoop/Spark (either the one we reference explicitly, or the one
 // provided by dataproc).
-final googleCloudNioDependency = 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio:0.80.0-alpha:shaded'
+final googleCloudNioDependency = 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio:0.81.0-alpha:shaded'
 
 final baseJarName = 'gatk'
 final secondaryBaseJarName = 'hellbender'