diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c7027f42f..d9ba07b218 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:26.27.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.28.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable'
 ```
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/ReadIT.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/ReadIT.java
index 7b58e14f7c..0fa7eb10bd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/ReadIT.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/ReadIT.java
@@ -18,13 +18,17 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static com.google.common.truth.TruthJUnit.assume;
 
+import com.google.api.core.ApiFunction;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutureCallback;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
 import com.google.api.core.SettableApiFuture;
+import com.google.api.gax.batching.Batcher;
+import com.google.api.gax.grpc.InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ResponseObserver;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.StreamController;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataClient;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataSettings;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.BulkMutation;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Query;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Range.ByteStringRange;
@@ -38,8 +42,17 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+import io.grpc.CallOptions;
+import io.grpc.Channel;
+import io.grpc.ClientCall;
+import io.grpc.ClientInterceptor;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder;
+import io.grpc.MethodDescriptor;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
@@ -308,6 +321,92 @@ public void reversed() {
         .inOrder();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void reversedWithForcedResumption() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    assume()
+        .withMessage("reverse scans are not supported in the emulator")
+        .that(testEnvRule.env())
+        .isNotInstanceOf(EmulatorEnv.class);
+
+    BigtableDataClient client = testEnvRule.env().getDataClient();
+    String tableId = testEnvRule.env().getTableId();
+    String familyId = testEnvRule.env().getFamilyId();
+    String uniqueKey = prefix + "-rev-queries2";
+
+    // Add enough rows that ensures resumption logic is forced
+    Random random;
+    List<Row> expectedResults;
+    try (Batcher<RowMutationEntry, Void> batcher = client.newBulkMutationBatcher(tableId)) {
+
+      byte[] valueBytes = new byte[1024];
+      random = new Random();
+
+      expectedResults = new ArrayList<>();
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < 2 * 1024; i++) {
+        ByteString key = ByteString.copyFromUtf8(String.format("%s-%05d", uniqueKey, i));
+        ByteString qualifier = ByteString.copyFromUtf8("q");
+        long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis() * 1000;
+        random.nextBytes(valueBytes);
+        ByteString value = ByteString.copyFrom(valueBytes);
+
+        batcher.add(RowMutationEntry.create(key).setCell(familyId, qualifier, timestamp, value));
+        expectedResults.add(
+            Row.create(
+                key,
+                ImmutableList.of(
+                    RowCell.create(familyId, qualifier, timestamp, ImmutableList.of(), value))));
+      }
+    }
+    Collections.reverse(expectedResults);
+
+    BigtableDataSettings.Builder settingsBuilder =
+        testEnvRule.env().getDataClientSettings().toBuilder();
+
+    settingsBuilder.stubSettings().readRowsSettings().retrySettings().setMaxAttempts(100);
+
+    InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider.Builder transport =
+        ((InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider)
+                settingsBuilder.stubSettings().getTransportChannelProvider())
+            .toBuilder();
+    ApiFunction<ManagedChannelBuilder, ManagedChannelBuilder> oldConfigurator =
+        transport.getChannelConfigurator();
+
+    // Randomly camp the deadline to force a timeout to force a retry
+    transport.setChannelConfigurator(
+        (ManagedChannelBuilder c) -> {
+          if (oldConfigurator != null) {
+            c = oldConfigurator.apply(c);
+          }
+          return c.intercept(
+              new ClientInterceptor() {
+                @Override
+                public <ReqT, RespT> ClientCall<ReqT, RespT> interceptCall(
+                    MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> method, CallOptions callOptions, Channel next) {
+                  if (method.getBareMethodName().equals("ReadRows")) {
+                    callOptions =
+                        callOptions.withDeadlineAfter(random.nextInt(200), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+                  }
+
+                  return next.newCall(method, callOptions);
+                }
+              });
+        });
+    settingsBuilder.stubSettings().setTransportChannelProvider(transport.build());
+
+    try (BigtableDataClient patchedClient = BigtableDataClient.create(settingsBuilder.build())) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        List<Row> actualResults = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Row row :
+            patchedClient.readRows(Query.create(tableId).prefix(uniqueKey).reversed(true))) {
+          actualResults.add(row);
+          Thread.sleep(1);
+        }
+        assertThat(actualResults).containsExactlyElementsIn(expectedResults).inOrder();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void readSingleNonexistentAsyncCallback() throws Exception {
     ApiFuture<Row> future =