diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa02981f93..6ed60bea08 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.1</version>
+        <version>2.18.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 63f3f9c620..a553771374 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.1</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 44bcf7aa00..ff86597d5c 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.1</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 1a76b6e47a..0e5f8a728c 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.1</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/tutorials/JsonWriterDefaultStream/pom.xml b/tutorials/JsonWriterDefaultStream/pom.xml
index 8668faceb6..b868ac7b66 100644
--- a/tutorials/JsonWriterDefaultStream/pom.xml
+++ b/tutorials/JsonWriterDefaultStream/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.1</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>