diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d4d46fe72..096c6d9b7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ 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:2.17.1'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery:2.18.0'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquery" % "2.17.1"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquery" % "2.18.0"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4811921708..884b93589d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,13 +127,6 @@
         <version>${google-api-services-bigquery.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <!-- Used for JSON type -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <!-- Used for Interval and Range types -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.threeten</groupId>