diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d4ee3513..e5f34919a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ If you are using Maven with a BOM, add this to your pom.xml file.
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.0</version>
+    <version>3.1.0</version>
     <type>pom</type>
     <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>