diff --git a/pubsub/cloud-client/README.md b/pubsub/cloud-client/README.md
index 7c6ed464660..c621c2393c2 100644
--- a/pubsub/cloud-client/README.md
+++ b/pubsub/cloud-client/README.md
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@ Install [Maven](http://maven.apache.org/).
 Build your project with:
 
 	mvn clean package -DskipTests
-	
-You can then run a given `ClassName` via:
 
-	mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.example.pubsub.ClassName \
-	    -DpropertyName=propertyValue \
-		-Dexec.args="any arguments to the app"
+## Testing
+
+To run the tests for this sample, first set the `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT`
+environment variable.
+
+    export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=my-project
+
+Then run the tests with Maven.
+
+    mvn clean verify
 
 ### Creating a new topic (using the quickstart sample)
 
diff --git a/pubsub/cloud-client/pom.xml b/pubsub/cloud-client/pom.xml
index d6361384e8f..2881c531f8e 100644
--- a/pubsub/cloud-client/pom.xml
+++ b/pubsub/cloud-client/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>0.8.0</version>
+      <version>0.9.2-alpha</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/pubsub/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/pubsub/QuickstartSample.java b/pubsub/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/pubsub/QuickstartSample.java
index a4f2492c8c0..993df394203 100644
--- a/pubsub/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/pubsub/QuickstartSample.java
+++ b/pubsub/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/pubsub/QuickstartSample.java
@@ -18,23 +18,44 @@
 
 // [START pubsub_quickstart]
 // Imports the Google Cloud client library
-import com.google.cloud.pubsub.PubSub;
-import com.google.cloud.pubsub.PubSubOptions;
-import com.google.cloud.pubsub.Topic;
-import com.google.cloud.pubsub.TopicInfo;
 
-public class QuickstartSample {
-  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
-    // Instantiates a client
-    PubSub pubsub = PubSubOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
+import com.google.api.gax.core.RpcFuture;
+import com.google.cloud.pubsub.spi.v1.Publisher;
+import com.google.cloud.pubsub.spi.v1.PublisherClient;
+import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+import com.google.pubsub.v1.PubsubMessage;
+import com.google.pubsub.v1.TopicName;
 
-    // The name for the new topic
-    String topicName = "my-new-topic";
+public class QuickstartSample {
 
-    // Creates the new topic
-    Topic topic = pubsub.create(TopicInfo.of(topicName));
+  public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
 
-    System.out.printf("Topic %s created.%n", topic.getName());
+    // Create a new topic
+    String projectId = args[0];
+    TopicName topic = TopicName.create(projectId, "my-new-topic");
+    try (PublisherClient publisherClient = PublisherClient.create()) {
+      publisherClient.createTopic(topic);
+    }
+    System.out.printf("Topic %s:%s created.\n", topic.getProject(), topic.getTopic());
+
+    // Creates a publisher
+    Publisher publisher = null;
+    try {
+      publisher = Publisher.newBuilder(topic).build();
+
+      //Publish a message asynchronously
+      String message = "my-message";
+      ByteString data = ByteString.copyFromUtf8(message);
+      PubsubMessage pubsubMessage = PubsubMessage.newBuilder().setData(data).build();
+      RpcFuture<String> messageIdFuture = publisher.publish(pubsubMessage);
+
+      //Print message id of published message
+      System.out.println("published with message ID: " + messageIdFuture.get());
+    } finally {
+      if (publisher != null) {
+        publisher.shutdown();
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 // [END pubsub_quickstart]
diff --git a/pubsub/cloud-client/src/test/java/com/example/pubsub/QuickstartSampleIT.java b/pubsub/cloud-client/src/test/java/com/example/pubsub/QuickstartSampleIT.java
index 3f9a78642a0..59cb5fcbc54 100644
--- a/pubsub/cloud-client/src/test/java/com/example/pubsub/QuickstartSampleIT.java
+++ b/pubsub/cloud-client/src/test/java/com/example/pubsub/QuickstartSampleIT.java
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
-import com.google.cloud.pubsub.PubSub;
-import com.google.cloud.pubsub.PubSubOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.pubsub.spi.v1.PublisherClient;
+import com.google.pubsub.v1.TopicName;
+
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 
 /**
@@ -35,34 +37,44 @@
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:abbreviationaswordinname")
 public class QuickstartSampleIT {
+
   private ByteArrayOutputStream bout;
   private PrintStream out;
+  private String projectId;
 
-  private static final void deleteTestTopic() {
-    PubSub pubsub = PubSubOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
-    String topicName = "my-new-topic";
-    pubsub.deleteTopic(topicName);
+  private void deleteTestTopic(String projectId) throws Exception {
+    try (PublisherClient publisherClient = PublisherClient.create()) {
+      publisherClient.deleteTopic(TopicName.create(projectId, "my-new-topic"));
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      System.err.println("Error deleting topic " + e.getMessage());
+    }
   }
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
-    deleteTestTopic();
-
     bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     out = new PrintStream(bout);
     System.setOut(out);
+    projectId = System.getenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT");
+    assertThat(projectId).isNotNull();
+    try {
+      deleteTestTopic(projectId);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      //empty catch block
+    }
   }
 
   @After
-  public void tearDown() {
+  public void tearDown() throws Exception {
     System.setOut(null);
-    deleteTestTopic();
+    deleteTestTopic(projectId);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testQuickstart() throws Exception {
-    QuickstartSample.main();
+    QuickstartSample.main(projectId);
     String got = bout.toString();
-    assertThat(got).contains("Topic my-new-topic created.");
+    assertThat(got).contains("my-new-topic created.");
+    assertThat(got).contains("published with message ID");
   }
 }