diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/README.md b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/README.md
index 6c0a5c1c0794..fdb2ae0aa702 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/README.md
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-spanner/README.md
@@ -10,9 +10,27 @@ Java idiomatic client for [Cloud Spanner][cloud-spanner].
 - [Client Library Documentation][spanner-client-lib-docs]
 
 ## Quickstart
+If you are using Maven with a BOM, add this to your pom.xml file.
+```xml
+<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-spanner</artifactId>
+</dependency>
+```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-start:google-cloud-spanner:released})
-If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file
+If you are using Maven without a BOM, add this to your dependencies.
 ```xml
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>