diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/README.md b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/README.md
index 31b8ee3f630c..ee58c877b591 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/README.md
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-bigtable/README.md
@@ -12,13 +12,32 @@ Java idiomatic client for [Cloud Bigtable][cloud-bigtable].
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file
+If you are using Maven with Bom, add this to your pom.xml file
 ```xml
-<dependency>
-  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-  <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0</version>
-</dependency>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>2.8.0</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+       </dependency>
+     </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependency>
+   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
+  </dependency>
+```
+If you are using Maven without Bom, Add this to your dependencies.
+```xml
+  <dependency>
+   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
+   <version>1.6.0</version>
+  </dependency>
 ```
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy