diff --git a/.github/workflows/system_emulated.yml b/.github/workflows/system_emulated.yml
index ceb4e0c4d..fa5ef15af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/system_emulated.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/system_emulated.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.8'
 
     - name: Setup GCloud SDK
-      uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2.0.1
+      uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2.1.0
 
     - name: Install / run Nox
       run: |
diff --git a/samples/beam/requirements-test.txt b/samples/beam/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/beam/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/beam/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/beam/requirements.txt b/samples/beam/requirements.txt
index 813fc8d2b..70b1371ae 100644
--- a/samples/beam/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/beam/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-apache-beam==2.52.0
+apache-beam==2.53.0
 google-cloud-bigtable==2.22.0
 google-cloud-core==2.4.1
diff --git a/samples/hello/requirements-test.txt b/samples/hello/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/hello/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/hello/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/hello_happybase/requirements-test.txt b/samples/hello_happybase/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/hello_happybase/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/hello_happybase/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/instanceadmin/requirements-test.txt b/samples/instanceadmin/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/instanceadmin/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/instanceadmin/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/metricscaler/requirements-test.txt b/samples/metricscaler/requirements-test.txt
index c0d4f7003..8b8270b6c 100644
--- a/samples/metricscaler/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/metricscaler/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
 mock==5.1.0
 google-cloud-testutils
diff --git a/samples/quickstart/requirements-test.txt b/samples/quickstart/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/quickstart/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/quickstart/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/quickstart_happybase/requirements-test.txt b/samples/quickstart_happybase/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/quickstart_happybase/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/quickstart_happybase/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/snippets/deletes/requirements-test.txt b/samples/snippets/deletes/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/deletes/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/deletes/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/snippets/filters/requirements-test.txt b/samples/snippets/filters/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/filters/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/filters/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/snippets/reads/requirements-test.txt b/samples/snippets/reads/requirements-test.txt
index cb87efc0f..8075a1ec5 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/reads/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/reads/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/snippets/writes/requirements-test.txt b/samples/snippets/writes/requirements-test.txt
index 43b02e724..aaa563abc 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/writes/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/writes/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 backoff==2.2.1
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
diff --git a/samples/tableadmin/requirements-test.txt b/samples/tableadmin/requirements-test.txt
index aa143f59d..b4d30f505 100644
--- a/samples/tableadmin/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/tableadmin/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.0.0
 google-cloud-testutils==1.4.0