diff --git a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 0077ae40..eee5dabe 100644
--- a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <gapic-generator-java-bom.version>2.14.0</gapic-generator-java-bom.version>
     <grpc-gcp.version>1.3.2</grpc-gcp.version>
     <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
-    <google.core.version>2.9.3</google.core.version>
+    <google.core.version>2.9.4</google.core.version>
     <google.http-client.version>1.42.3</google.http-client.version>
     <google.oauth-client.version>1.34.1</google.oauth-client.version>
     <google.api-client.version>2.1.2</google.api-client.version>