diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39a253db85..df1385830e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>26.7.0</version>
+      <version>26.8.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.7.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.8.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage'
 ```
diff --git a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index 7d93223071..9df2e0053e 100644
--- a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.7.0</version>
+        <version>26.8.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 0b117553ef..bf9fa2f67a 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.7.0</version>
+        <version>26.8.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>