diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 56a289be..306d86da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.55.0</version>
+                <version>2.72.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>