diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-hibernate-samples/spring-data-jpa-full-sample/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-hibernate-samples/spring-data-jpa-full-sample/pom.xml
index b8dd5c00..0155057d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-hibernate-samples/spring-data-jpa-full-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-hibernate-samples/spring-data-jpa-full-sample/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>1.37.0</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d067395f..8d35d307 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
     <java.version>11</java.version>
     <hibernate.version>6.3.1.Final</hibernate.version>
-    <spanner-jdbc-driver.version>2.16.1</spanner-jdbc-driver.version>
+    <spanner-jdbc-driver.version>2.18.0</spanner-jdbc-driver.version>
     <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
 
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>