diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 0034dcf50c..5d27eb4175 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <opencensus.version>0.26.0</opencensus.version>
+    <opencensus.version>0.27.1</opencensus.version>
     <trace.version>1.1.0</trace.version>
     <cloudmonitoring.version>1.100.1</cloudmonitoring.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 8b6362d311..1fc2782518 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <opencensus.version>0.26.0</opencensus.version>
+    <opencensus.version>0.27.1</opencensus.version>
     <trace.version>1.1.0</trace.version>
     <cloudmonitoring.version>1.100.1</cloudmonitoring.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index f612cbf457..72d351b1a6 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <opencensus.version>0.26.0</opencensus.version>
+    <opencensus.version>0.27.1</opencensus.version>
   </properties>