diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20b5af17e..2f72429bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-opensource-java/wiki/The-Google
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>26.16.0</version>
+      <version>26.18.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index c23c4bd42..713d8edaa 100644
--- a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.16.0</version>
+        <version>26.18.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index a6e26c0e2..7b8c2fe8e 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.16.0</version>
+        <version>26.18.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>