diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 350c9600a..9a7c93d93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <google.api-common.version>1.8.1</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>1.17.0</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.iam.version>0.13.0</google.iam.version>
-    <gax.version>1.51.0</gax.version>
+    <gax.version>1.52.0</gax.version>
     <grpc.version>1.26.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.11.1</protobuf.version>
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>