diff --git a/getting-started/android-with-appengine/backend/pom.xml b/getting-started/android-with-appengine/backend/pom.xml
index b780d009..0d65f4bd 100644
--- a/getting-started/android-with-appengine/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/getting-started/android-with-appengine/backend/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-				<version>26.34.0</version>
+				<version>26.81.0</version>
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>