diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d421f3fa9..6c4daf05f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.96.2</version>
+        <version>1.96.3</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>