diff --git a/.kokoro/requirements.txt b/.kokoro/requirements.txt
index c5c11bbe79..59de492340 100644
--- a/.kokoro/requirements.txt
+++ b/.kokoro/requirements.txt
@@ -470,9 +470,9 @@ typing-extensions==4.7.1 \
     --hash=sha256:440d5dd3af93b060174bf433bccd69b0babc3b15b1a8dca43789fd7f61514b36 \
     --hash=sha256:b75ddc264f0ba5615db7ba217daeb99701ad295353c45f9e95963337ceeeffb2
     # via -r requirements.in
-urllib3==1.26.18 \
-    --hash=sha256:34b97092d7e0a3a8cf7cd10e386f401b3737364026c45e622aa02903dffe0f07 \
-    --hash=sha256:f8ecc1bba5667413457c529ab955bf8c67b45db799d159066261719e328580a0
+urllib3==1.26.17 \
+    --hash=sha256:24d6a242c28d29af46c3fae832c36db3bbebcc533dd1bb549172cd739c82df21 \
+    --hash=sha256:94a757d178c9be92ef5539b8840d48dc9cf1b2709c9d6b588232a055c524458b
     # via
     #   google-auth
     #   requests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f12ce4ec0..cb0b123e22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ If you are using Maven without the BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.24.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.25.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable'
 ```