diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 38d9a0b57fc..28446fb3240 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <opencensus.version>0.31.1</opencensus.version>
-    <trace.version>2.41.0</trace.version>
+    <trace.version>2.42.0</trace.version>
     <cloudmonitoring.version>3.42.0</cloudmonitoring.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 4409a52b320..e60c50308b6 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <opencensus.version>0.31.1</opencensus.version>
-    <trace.version>2.41.0</trace.version>
+    <trace.version>2.42.0</trace.version>
     <cloudmonitoring.version>3.42.0</cloudmonitoring.version>
   </properties>