diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable/row_data.py b/google/cloud/bigtable/row_data.py
index 1cdd99026..3abb6c68c 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable/row_data.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable/row_data.py
@@ -625,16 +625,12 @@ def __init__(self, message, last_scanned_key, rows_read_so_far):
     def build_updated_request(self):
         """Updates the given message request as per last scanned key"""
 
-        # TODO: Generalize this to ensure fields don't get rewritten when retrying the request
-
-        r_kwargs = {
-            "table_name": self.message.table_name,
-            "filter": self.message.filter,
-            "app_profile_id": self.message.app_profile_id,
-        }
+        resume_request = data_messages_v2_pb2.ReadRowsRequest()
+        data_messages_v2_pb2.ReadRowsRequest.copy_from(resume_request, self.message)
 
         if self.message.rows_limit != 0:
-            r_kwargs["rows_limit"] = max(
+            # TODO: Throw an error if rows_limit - read_so_far is 0 or negative.
+            resume_request.rows_limit = max(
                 1, self.message.rows_limit - self.rows_read_so_far
             )
 
@@ -643,14 +639,14 @@ def build_updated_request(self):
         # to request only rows that have not been returned yet
         if "rows" not in self.message:
             row_range = data_v2_pb2.RowRange(start_key_open=self.last_scanned_key)
-            r_kwargs["rows"] = data_v2_pb2.RowSet(row_ranges=[row_range])
+            resume_request.rows = data_v2_pb2.RowSet(row_ranges=[row_range])
         else:
             row_keys = self._filter_rows_keys()
             row_ranges = self._filter_row_ranges()
-            r_kwargs["rows"] = data_v2_pb2.RowSet(
+            resume_request.rows = data_v2_pb2.RowSet(
                 row_keys=row_keys, row_ranges=row_ranges
             )
-        return data_messages_v2_pb2.ReadRowsRequest(**r_kwargs)
+        return resume_request
 
     def _filter_rows_keys(self):
         """ Helper for :meth:`build_updated_request`"""
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78bfefcec..15a66b6a3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     # https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/10566
     "google-cloud-core >= 1.4.1, <3.0.0dev",
     "grpc-google-iam-v1 >= 0.12.3, < 0.13dev",
-    "proto-plus >= 1.15.0",
+    "proto-plus >= 1.18.0",
 ]
 extras = {"libcst": "libcst >= 0.2.5"}
 
diff --git a/testing/constraints-3.6.txt b/testing/constraints-3.6.txt
index 3d010787d..92345bed8 100644
--- a/testing/constraints-3.6.txt
+++ b/testing/constraints-3.6.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 google-api-core==1.31.5
 google-cloud-core==1.4.1
 grpc-google-iam-v1==0.12.3
-proto-plus==1.15.0
+proto-plus==1.18.0
 libcst==0.2.5
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_row_data.py b/tests/unit/test_row_data.py
index e48893df5..60a138800 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_row_data.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_row_data.py
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ def test_RRRM_build_updated_request_full_table():
     request_manager = _make_read_rows_request_manager(request, last_scanned_key, 2)
 
     result = request_manager.build_updated_request()
-    expected_result = _ReadRowsRequestPB(table_name=TABLE_NAME, filter={})
+    expected_result = _ReadRowsRequestPB(table_name=TABLE_NAME)
     row_range1 = types.RowRange(start_key_open=last_scanned_key)
     expected_result.rows.row_ranges.append(row_range1)
     assert expected_result == result
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ def test_RRRM_build_updated_request_rows_limit():
     request_manager = _make_read_rows_request_manager(request, last_scanned_key, 2)
 
     result = request_manager.build_updated_request()
-    expected_result = _ReadRowsRequestPB(table_name=TABLE_NAME, filter={}, rows_limit=8)
+    expected_result = _ReadRowsRequestPB(table_name=TABLE_NAME, rows_limit=8)
     row_range1 = types.RowRange(start_key_open=last_scanned_key)
     expected_result.rows.row_ranges.append(row_range1)
     assert expected_result == result