diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96f774050..4db1fa903 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <google.core.version>1.91.1</google.core.version>
     <google.api-common.version>1.8.1</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>1.16.0</google.common-protos.version>
-    <gax.version>1.48.1</gax.version>
+    <gax.version>1.49.0</gax.version>
     <grpc.version>1.24.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.10.0</protobuf.version>
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>