diff --git a/examples/serdes-with-references/pom.xml b/examples/serdes-with-references/pom.xml
index 3af97641b5..461c996a9a 100644
--- a/examples/serdes-with-references/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/serdes-with-references/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <properties>
         <protobuf.version>4.26.1</protobuf.version>
         <proto-plugin.version>0.6.1</proto-plugin.version>
-        <protobuf.googleapi.types.version>2.39.1</protobuf.googleapi.types.version>
+        <protobuf.googleapi.types.version>2.40.0</protobuf.googleapi.types.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51c7703181..1675388ee3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
         <icu4j.version>75.1</icu4j.version>
         <protobuf.version>3.19.6</protobuf.version>
         <xmlsec.version>4.0.2</xmlsec.version>
-        <protobuf.googleapi.types.version>2.39.1</protobuf.googleapi.types.version>
+        <protobuf.googleapi.types.version>2.40.0</protobuf.googleapi.types.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
         <google.truth.extension.version>1.4.2</google.truth.extension.version>