diff --git a/gax-java/pom.xml b/gax-java/pom.xml
index 237d704628..013aef4376 100644
--- a/gax-java/pom.xml
+++ b/gax-java/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.auth</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-auth-library-credentials</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.1</version>
+        <version>1.9.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.threeten</groupId>