diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f44a361404..850ccd6efd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6</version>
+        <version>2.1.8</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index c47013bbff..4d8f12dc85 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.6</version>
+      <version>2.1.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 1af5e80c25..331ad859e9 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.6</version>
+      <version>2.1.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 3098976c6c..b041cbf6eb 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.6</version>
+      <version>2.1.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>