diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57e4ec22c..1047ef5d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>2.31.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-utils:current} -->
+        <version>2.34.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-utils:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>