diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
index cf4ec08ad..459fb83fd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.7</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Google Cloud datastore BOM</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e83152e5..14f5c2224 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.7</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>