diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6e23405e..305c07111 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
 </dependencyManagement>
 
 <dependencies>
+  <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.json</groupId>
+      <artifactId>json</artifactId>
+      <version>20210307</version>
+  </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-speech</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb7a70e39..028af0e20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>