diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b10b4f77e..1bc58b83e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-platform-java-config</artifactId>
-    <version>3.54.2</version>
+    <version>3.55.0-rc1</version>
   </parent>
   <developers>
     <developer>
diff --git a/samples/quickperf/pom.xml b/samples/quickperf/pom.xml
index 3618b6461..afdd7093a 100644
--- a/samples/quickperf/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/quickperf/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-platform-java-config</artifactId>
-    <version>3.54.2</version>
+    <version>3.55.0-rc1</version>
     <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 12b2c88c8..dcaf5eda7 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-platform-java-config</artifactId>
-    <version>3.54.2</version>
+    <version>3.55.0-rc1</version>
     <relativePath/>
   </parent>