diff --git a/java-dialogflow/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/java-dialogflow/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index a1db96911a79..36fe25601c39 100644
--- a/java-dialogflow/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-dialogflow/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.7</version>
+      <version>2.8.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/java-dialogflow/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/java-dialogflow/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 786e5a5e4847..feea3d6f3789 100644
--- a/java-dialogflow/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/java-dialogflow/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.7</version>
+      <version>2.8.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/java-dialogflow/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/java-dialogflow/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 958aa7dc0bf8..3603d1b3b461 100644
--- a/java-dialogflow/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/java-dialogflow/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.7</version>
+      <version>2.8.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>