diff --git a/sdks/python/setup.py b/sdks/python/setup.py
index 756c952b0101..110ff6a89882 100644
--- a/sdks/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdks/python/setup.py
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ def get_portability_package_data():
               'google-cloud-datastore>=2.0.0,<3',
               'google-cloud-pubsub>=2.1.0,<3',
               'google-cloud-pubsublite>=1.2.0,<2',
-              'google-cloud-storage>=2.16.0,<3',
+              'google-cloud-storage>=2.18.2,<3',
               # GCP packages required by tests
               'google-cloud-bigquery>=2.0.0,<4',
               'google-cloud-bigquery-storage>=2.6.3,<3',