diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index 5a454f840..e8fddafd1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
+          <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c592dd85..ccbbb48f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-        <version>1.116.3</version>
+        <version>1.116.4</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 8f57741e3..f49b5b038 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>1.116.3</version>
+      <version>1.116.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index 711438da3..78adee887 100644
--- a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>1.116.3</version>
+      <version>1.116.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 1d33de0fd..8d6873a2a 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>1.116.3</version>
+      <version>1.116.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 01df9ad79..9827a90b0 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>1.116.3</version>
+      <version>1.116.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>