diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de1e89cc2..9b077f878 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>11.0.0</version>
+      <version>12.0.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>