diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index cfcf9c503..e67eed54f 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-      <version>2.62.0</version>
+      <version>2.71.0-rc1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index e10b51dc7..f07f35ad1 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-      <version>2.62.0</version>
+      <version>2.71.0-rc1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index d6cbcca5d..5a559b726 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-      <version>2.62.0</version>
+      <version>2.71.0-rc1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>