diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index ef0dc431bc85..7e384b28a49a 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ if (project.hasProperty("javaLinkageArtifactIds")) {
 
   val linkageCheckerJava by configurations.creating
   dependencies {
-    linkageCheckerJava("com.google.cloud.tools:dependencies:1.5.6")
+    linkageCheckerJava("com.google.cloud.tools:dependencies:1.5.12")
   }
 
   // We need to evaluate all the projects first so that we can find depend on all the