diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/samples/pom.xml b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/samples/pom.xml
index b2443d2ca..d7770880f 100644
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/samples/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.12</version>
+    <version>1.0.15</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>