diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 9786771c43..3473042c08 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:3c950ed12391ebaffd1ee66d0374766a1c50144ebe6a7a0042300b2e6bb5856b
+  digest: sha256:df8d7b2cc0dbc65871e7edd86601901a0612b272fa3f7f0eb590c5c53aa5f92e
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 0eddd3d4fc..51efda31d4 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ Thank you for opening a Pull Request! Before submitting your PR, there are a few
 - [ ] Appropriate docs were updated (if necessary)
 
 Fixes #<issue_number_goes_here> ☕️
+
+If you write sample code, please follow the [samples format](
+https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/blob/main/SAMPLE_FORMAT.md).
diff --git a/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
index 1bb1823276..f5fc7d5169 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'googleapis' && github.head_ref == 'autosynth-readme'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v5
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
index 18e23230d9..7a106d007e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: contains(github.head_ref, 'release-please')
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/github-script@v5
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v6
       with:
         github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
         debug: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6b5e56aaac..83ef7f9c2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [8, 11, 17]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ jobs:
   windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: 8
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [8, 11, 17]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: 11
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ jobs:
   clirr:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: zulu
         java-version: 8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/samples.yaml b/.github/workflows/samples.yaml
index d5d964df15..912ed8b2b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/samples.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/samples.yaml
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ jobs:
   checkstyle:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
+          distribution: zulu
           java-version: 8
       - name: Run checkstyle
         run: mvn -P lint --quiet --batch-mode checkstyle:check
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.bat b/.kokoro/build.bat
index cc602c9eba..067cf4a4c4 100644
--- a/.kokoro/build.bat
+++ b/.kokoro/build.bat
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
+:: Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+::
+:: Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+:: you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+:: You may obtain a copy of the License at
+::
+::      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+::
+:: Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+:: distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+:: WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+:: See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+:: limitations under the License.
+:: Github action job to test core java library features on
+:: downstream client libraries before they are released.
 :: See documentation in type-shell-output.bat
-# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-# Github action job to test core java library features on
-# downstream client libraries before they are released.
 
 "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" %~dp0build.sh
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e9adc2177..8af93a8aac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.9.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/compare/v2.9.0...v2.9.1) (2022-03-03)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* adjusting retry logic to avoid retrying successful job creation ([#1879](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1879)) ([fd07533](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/fd0753338e15965347683345b0e51838baf5d9f6))
+* **java:** add additional configurations to fix native image tests ([#1859](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1859)) ([3e82960](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/3e82960f75ced489f9f0e72fe45165ab866f1d8b))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **sample:** Table exists sample fix ([#1868](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1868)) ([698306e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/698306e480b5f3a180c62b6d9ae0d919e05154d3))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.apis:google-api-services-bigquery to v2-rev20220220-1.32.1 ([#1872](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1872)) ([e67cf65](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/e67cf65bc044d07ba386f98cf67d2e16144255d0))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.8.0 ([#1876](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1876)) ([a16985f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/a16985f79f5e09ee6567caf3eb502d7e88103f97))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage to v2.4.2 ([#1853](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1853)) ([ef91109](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/ef91109821a702a6b55b4f1265e812578ca881d8))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage to v2.4.4 ([#1873](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1873)) ([a4deb16](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/a4deb16ed54edf51608f27b47b0846fb23c553fd))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:native-image-support to v0.12.4 ([#1855](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1855)) ([376738d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/376738d5fb7253de6e2e9d574aa99e9d7a9e67ad))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:native-image-support to v0.12.5 ([#1874](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1874)) ([c68c49a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/c68c49a26abdcce8468b5e848cf39c458aba4774))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:native-image-support to v0.12.6 ([#1878](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1878)) ([3749921](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/3749921d6d120ffd79941c9ede64822cea03f1cd))
+* update dependency com.google.code.gson:gson to v2.9.0 ([#1850](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1850)) ([627da62](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/627da62bd02314c673c345bd8eb87e973a805bc7))
+* update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:junit-platform-native to v0.9.10 ([#1860](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1860)) ([b31b44c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/b31b44c170b1bc948daaae1a9ae6c469370f986c))
+* update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin to v0.9.10 ([#1861](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/1861)) ([ae05dfe](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/ae05dfed0e670826f7674dc092b91bd5f634bf97))
+
 ## [2.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/compare/v2.8.0...v2.9.0) (2022-02-11)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82c393b42f..b5057ae0eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-opensource-java/wiki/The-Google
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>24.3.0</version>
+      <version>24.4.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.0</version>
+  <version>2.9.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -52,20 +52,20 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:24.3.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:24.4.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery'
 ```
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery:2.8.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery:2.9.0'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquery" % "2.8.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquery" % "2.9.0"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index 8472c7ebb2..336b7f398f 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.9.0</version>
+        <version>3.10.0</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.8</version>
+        <version>1.6.12</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
index 123f95281e..402ae4e297 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>BigQuery</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquery</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryRetryAlgorithm.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryRetryAlgorithm.java
index af472430fc..0429b7f005 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryRetryAlgorithm.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryRetryAlgorithm.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.TimedAttemptSettings;
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.TimedRetryAlgorithm;
 import com.google.api.gax.retrying.TimedRetryAlgorithmWithContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
@@ -107,9 +109,10 @@ private boolean shouldRetryBasedOnBigQueryRetryConfig(
       /*
       In some cases error messages may come without an exception
       e.g. status code 200 with a rate limit exceeded for job create
-      in these cases there is now previousThrowable so we need to check previousResponse
+      in these cases there is no previousThrowable so we need
+      to check for error messages in previousResponse
        */
-      errorDesc = previousResponse.toString();
+      errorDesc = getErrorDescFromResponse(previousResponse);
     }
 
     if (errorDesc != null) {
@@ -212,4 +215,28 @@ private TimedAttemptSettings createNextAttemptBasedOnTiming(
     }
     return getTimedAlgorithm().createNextAttempt(previousSettings);
   }
+
+  private String getErrorDescFromResponse(ResponseT previousResponse) {
+    /*
+    error messages may come without an exception and must be extracted from response
+    following logic based on response body of jobs.insert method, so far the only
+    known case where a response with status code 200 may contain an error message
+     */
+    try {
+      JsonObject responseJson =
+          JsonParser.parseString(previousResponse.toString()).getAsJsonObject();
+      if (responseJson.has("status") && responseJson.getAsJsonObject("status").has("errorResult")) {
+        return responseJson
+            .getAsJsonObject("status")
+            .getAsJsonObject("errorResult")
+            .get("message")
+            .toString();
+      } else {
+        return null;
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // exceptions here implies no error message present in response, returning null
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
index 282bef986c..9cab253a21 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.Period;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -472,9 +472,10 @@ public static void beforeClass() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
             .setContentType("application/json")
             .build(),
         JSON_CONTENT_SIMPLE.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    InputStream stream =
+        ITBigQueryTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("QueryTestData.csv");
     storage.createFrom(
-        BlobInfo.newBuilder(BUCKET, LOAD_FILE_LARGE).setContentType("text/plain").build(),
-        FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("src/test/resources", "QueryTestData.csv"));
+        BlobInfo.newBuilder(BUCKET, LOAD_FILE_LARGE).setContentType("text/plain").build(), stream);
     DatasetInfo info =
         DatasetInfo.newBuilder(DATASET).setDescription(DESCRIPTION).setLabels(LABELS).build();
     bigquery.create(info);
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/reflect-config.json b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/reflect-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b999445994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/reflect-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name":"java.lang.Object",
+    "methods":[{"name":"<init>","parameterTypes":[] }]
+  },
+  {
+    "name":"com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonError",
+    "methods":[
+      {"name":"<init>","parameterTypes":[] }]
+  },
+  {
+    "name":"com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonError$Details",
+    "methods":[{"name":"<init>","parameterTypes":[] }]
+  },
+  {
+    "name":"com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonError$ErrorInfo",
+    "methods":[{"name":"<init>","parameterTypes":[]}]
+  },
+  {
+    "name":"java.util.HashMap",
+    "methods":[{"name":"<init>","parameterTypes":[] }]
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/resource-config.json b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/resource-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e00ed1f1c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/resource-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "resources":[{"pattern": ".*.csv"}]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4048b0b992..bf73724afe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   <name>BigQuery Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery</url>
   <description>
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</site.installationModule>
-    <google-api-services-bigquery.version>v2-rev20220123-1.32.1</google-api-services-bigquery.version>
-    <google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>2.7.0</google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>
+    <google-api-services-bigquery.version>v2-rev20220220-1.32.1</google-api-services-bigquery.version>
+    <google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>2.8.0</google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
         <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.9</version>
+        <version>2.9.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Used for Interval and Range types -->
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1</version>
+        <version>2.4.4</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.1</version>
+        <version>3.2.2</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <reports>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 4b3ba9df96..115af2736a 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.0</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END bigquery_install_without_bom] -->
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.9</version>
+      <version>2.1.10</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index 6e3fced6bd..75cad8958d 100644
--- a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>24.3.0</version>
+        <version>24.4.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>native-image-support</artifactId>
-          <version>0.12.3</version>
+          <version>0.12.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
           <artifactId>junit-platform-native</artifactId>
-          <version>0.9.9</version>
+          <version>0.9.10</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
             <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.9</version>
+            <version>0.9.10</version>
             <extensions>true</extensions>
             <configuration>
               <mainClass>com.example.bigquery.NativeImageBigquerySample
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index a02b0b6c46..4e280e644d 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.8</version>
+        <version>1.6.12</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 312c274576..c2e0ebb5d0 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.0</version>
+      <version>2.9.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.9</version>
+      <version>2.1.10</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 8a7caea9d9..4c0b2d95f2 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>24.3.0</version>
+        <version>24.4.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.9</version>
+      <version>2.1.10</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.8</version>
+        <version>1.6.12</version>
         <configuration>
           <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/TableExists.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/TableExists.java
index 0775c2548b..0447fe3de1 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/TableExists.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/TableExists.java
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ public static void tableExists(String datasetName, String tableName) {
       BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
 
       Table table = bigquery.getTable(TableId.of(datasetName, tableName));
-      if (table.exists()) {
+      if (table != null
+          && table
+              .exists()) { // table will be null if it is not found and setThrowNotFound is not set
+        // to `true`
         System.out.println("Table already exist");
       } else {
         System.out.println("Table not found");
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/TableExistsIT.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/TableExistsIT.java
index 4ff04e4efa..4573648a61 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/TableExistsIT.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquery/TableExistsIT.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public void setUp() {
     System.setOut(out);
     // create a temporary table
     tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME_TEST_" + UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
-    CreateTable.createTable(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, Schema.of());
   }
 
   @After
@@ -76,6 +75,9 @@ public void tearDown() {
 
   @Test
   public void testTableExists() {
+    TableExists.tableExists(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName);
+    assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Table not found");
+    CreateTable.createTable(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName, Schema.of());
     TableExists.tableExists(BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, tableName);
     assertThat(bout.toString()).contains("Table already exist");
   }
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 8dc052a16a..bb05ed50ce 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigquery:2.9.0:2.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
+google-cloud-bigquery:2.9.1:2.9.1
\ No newline at end of file