diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
index de5fce55..fdd0acd0 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 attrs==21.2.0
 google-cloud-testutils==1.0.0
-importlib-metadata==4.7.1
+importlib-metadata==4.8.1
 iniconfig==1.1.1
 packaging==21.0
 pluggy==0.13.1
diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
index 3183c5d6..9e90c1d0 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ greenlet==1.1.1
 grpcio==1.39.0
 idna==3.2
 immutables==0.16
-importlib-metadata==4.7.1
+importlib-metadata==4.8.1
 libcst==0.3.20
 munch==2.5.0
 mypy-extensions==0.4.3