diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/microphone/requirements.txt b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/microphone/requirements.txt
index c298ce23a6c2..bb462e2e362c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/microphone/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/microphone/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-google-cloud-speech==2.5.1
+google-cloud-speech==2.6.0
 pyaudio==0.2.11
 six==1.16.0
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/snippets/requirements.txt b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
index 600643d83cc7..c8b635e33bba 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-google-cloud-speech==2.5.1
+google-cloud-speech==2.6.0
 google-cloud-storage==1.41.1