diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e088707754..65609d9cb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-parent</site.installationModule>
     <gax.version>2.13.0</gax.version>
     <google.api-common.version>2.1.5</google.api-common.version>
-    <google.common-protos.version>2.8.0</google.common-protos.version>
+    <google.common-protos.version>2.8.1</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.iam.version>1.3.0</google.iam.version>
     <google.auth.version>1.6.0</google.auth.version>
     <google.api.version>1.33.4</google.api.version>