diff --git a/.github/workflows/emulator-system-tests-spanner.yaml b/.github/workflows/emulator-system-tests-spanner.yaml
index e222a89df96..81d4f76dea2 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:1.5.54@sha256:caf1bd24c081e005837b5977bae5a250e25cb4da9f25ec1abc91936ad67e4de2
+        image: gcr.io/cloud-spanner-emulator/emulator:1.5.56@sha256:18a56fd557011e50e1733a9232e8d17ec9bdd7e51f6cf7660f14c234479f4f36
         ports:
           - 9010:9010
           - 9020:9020