diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b022eb2..46516c32 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/common": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/pumpify": "^1.4.1",
-    "google-gax": "^2.12.0",
+    "google-gax": "^2.17.0",
     "protobufjs": "^6.8.6",
     "pumpify": "^2.0.0",
     "stream-events": "^1.0.4",