diff --git a/java-bigqueryconnection/README.md b/java-bigqueryconnection/README.md
index b3aa3ac5b6f7..8dda79610da2 100644
--- a/java-bigqueryconnection/README.md
+++ b/java-bigqueryconnection/README.md
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-  <version>2.11.0</version>
+  <version>2.12.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:2.11.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:2.12.0'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigqueryconnection" % "2.11.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigqueryconnection" % "2.12.0"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/java-bigqueryconnection/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigqueryconnection/v1/it/ITSystemTest.java b/java-bigqueryconnection/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigqueryconnection/v1/it/ITSystemTest.java
index a855ff0fb072..ae3e906ba937 100644
--- a/java-bigqueryconnection/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigqueryconnection/v1/it/ITSystemTest.java
+++ b/java-bigqueryconnection/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigqueryconnection/v1/it/ITSystemTest.java
@@ -43,11 +43,8 @@
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-@Ignore(
-    "Excluding this test until the problem is resolved. https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/issues/9040")
 public class ITSystemTest {
 
   private static final String ID = UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);