diff --git a/.github/workflows/spanner-emulator-system-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/spanner-emulator-system-tests.yaml
index 6eda5e0192b1..0945dff6cfc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spanner-emulator-system-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spanner-emulator-system-tests.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       emulator:
-        image: gcr.io/cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator:1.5.0
+        image: gcr.io/cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator:1.5.1
         ports:
           - 9010:9010
           - 9020:9020