diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
index 57d7f6e6..f2711b1c 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-google-api-python-client==1.5.5
+google-api-python-client==1.6.1
 google-cloud==0.22.0