diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 3dffcd8278..e9c9724db9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.4</version>
+        <version>0.8.5</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>