diff --git a/spanner/opencensus/pom.xml b/spanner/opencensus/pom.xml
index 6443452851b..8285304a5ca 100644
--- a/spanner/opencensus/pom.xml
+++ b/spanner/opencensus/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-census</artifactId>
-      <version>1.32.1</version>
+      <version>1.39.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opencensus</groupId>