diff --git a/.github/workflows/emulator-system-tests-spanner.yaml b/.github/workflows/emulator-system-tests-spanner.yaml
index f106dab299c..b008c1108fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/emulator-system-tests-spanner.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/emulator-system-tests-spanner.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: 'ubuntu-24.04'
     services:
       emulator:
-        image: gcr.io/cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator:1.5.47
+        image: gcr.io/cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator:1.5.48
         ports:
           - 9010:9010
           - 9020:9020