diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b9d8613f..a5754df3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-trace</artifactId>
-      <version>2.81.0</version>
+      <version>2.82.0-rc1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>