diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
index d6f2b4fb46..92f819a4c8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-trace-v1</artifactId>
-      <version>2.79.0</version>
+      <version>2.81.0</version>
       <!-- Version will be managed by guava -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 833a68d65a..37b4ee1bb0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-trace-v1</artifactId>
-      <version>2.79.0</version>
+      <version>2.81.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>