diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
index 4c3377314c..0520c03c1a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<checkstyle-rules.version>9.3</checkstyle-rules.version>
 
 		<!-- App engine plugin version, used to deploy sample apps -->
-		<app-engine-maven-plugin.version>2.8.0</app-engine-maven-plugin.version>
+		<app-engine-maven-plugin.version>2.8.1</app-engine-maven-plugin.version>
 
 		<!-- Deploy plugin is skipped for all samples but exists -->
 		<maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-deploy-plugin.version>