diff --git a/examples/spanner/go.mod b/examples/spanner/go.mod
index 91354f9e03..5d60acb25b 100644
--- a/examples/spanner/go.mod
+++ b/examples/spanner/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/examples/spanner
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.43.0
+	cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.44.0
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.17.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.108.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f
diff --git a/examples/spanner/go.sum b/examples/spanner/go.sum
index 6331fd5249..ac52b53716 100644
--- a/examples/spanner/go.sum
+++ b/examples/spanner/go.sum
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/iam v0.8.0 h1:E2osAkZzxI/+8pZcxVLcDtAQx/u+hZXVryUaYQ5O0Kk=
 cloud.google.com/go/iam v0.8.0/go.mod h1:lga0/y3iH6CX7sYqypWJ33hf7kkfXJag67naqGESjkE=
 cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.3.0 h1:NjljC+FYPV3uh5/OwWT6pVU+doBqMg2x/rZlE+CamDs=
 cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.3.0/go.mod h1:qth9Y41RRSUE69rDcOn6DdK3HfQfsUI0YSmW3iIlLJc=
-cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.43.0 h1:/PPZZuBnXEM1wgCtS2kfkAwN4OhU8W/A1/z0DiXrjm4=
-cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.43.0/go.mod h1:G8XIgYdOK+Fbcpbs7p2fiprDw4CaZX63whnSMLVBxjk=
+cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.44.0 h1:fba7k2apz4aI0BE59/kbeaJ78dPOXSz2PSuBIfe7SBM=
+cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.44.0/go.mod h1:G8XIgYdOK+Fbcpbs7p2fiprDw4CaZX63whnSMLVBxjk=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1 h1:UQHMgLO+TxOElx5B5HZ4hJQsoJ/PvUvKRhJHDQXO8P8=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20210617225240-d185dfc1b5a1/go.mod h1:xomTg63KZ2rFqZQzSB4Vz2SUXa1BpHTVz9L5PTmPC4E=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=