diff --git a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
index 905b7a218..e2d40a768 100644
--- a/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-nio/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.5</version>
+      <version>2.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>