diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 65cb03c7ea754..8f4c5f6f43c7e 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ maven_install(
     ],
 )
 
-_gapic_generator_java_version = "2.37.0"
+_gapic_generator_java_version = "2.38.1"
 
 maven_install(
     artifacts = [