diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c535c1562..5b44ceb07 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3</version>
+        <version>2.44.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 1ed0a3d72..acd1eeffb 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.43.3</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index b6fe25bd8..440cc3471 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.43.3</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 7e1dc3ee8..2c9eab43a 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.43.3</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>