diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index e3536d98b..945ea6cad 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <!-- Artifacts from google-cloud-java monorepo -->
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.61.0</version>
+        <version>1.72.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>