diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b10b4f77e..7c79ea803 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-trace-v1</artifactId>
-      <version>2.80.0</version>
+      <version>2.81.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>