diff --git a/samples/hello/requirements.txt b/samples/hello/requirements.txt
index 6aaa931d7..873ac2230 100644
--- a/samples/hello/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/hello/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 google-cloud-bigtable==0.27.0
-google-cloud-core==0.27.0
+google-cloud-core==0.27.1