diff --git a/samples/snippets/java-snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/java-snippets/pom.xml
index 05fc7ffb15..7c67bfc3ea 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/java-snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/java-snippets/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-java-format</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7</version>
+            <version>1.25.1</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>