diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a08db03f..1accd478d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- Override grpc-gcp version from shared-dependencies BOM to match google-cloud-spanner requirements -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>grpc-gcp</artifactId>
+        <version>1.9.0</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.opencensus</groupId>
         <artifactId>opencensus-api</artifactId>