diff --git a/java-dialogflow/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/java-dialogflow/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 2bc9f38a1b6e..9412cee2e9c7 100644
--- a/java-dialogflow/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-dialogflow/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.8.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/java-dialogflow/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/java-dialogflow/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index c72b4f13c727..0005d04726de 100644
--- a/java-dialogflow/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/java-dialogflow/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.8.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/java-dialogflow/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/java-dialogflow/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 2c7b78d4458b..935a1349c728 100644
--- a/java-dialogflow/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/java-dialogflow/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.8.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>