diff --git a/.github/workflows/spanner-emulator-system-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/spanner-emulator-system-tests.yaml
index a3aef7f875b1..fb61c8572517 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spanner-emulator-system-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spanner-emulator-system-tests.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       emulator:
-        image: gcr.io/cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator:1.5.19
+        image: gcr.io/cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator:1.5.22
         ports:
           - 9010:9010
           - 9020:9020