diff --git a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index df3546018c..99bd46c76b 100755
--- a/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ function completenessCheck() {
   # This is stripped from the output as it is not present in the flattened pom.
   # Only dependencies with 'compile' or 'runtime' scope are included from original dependency list.
   msg "Generating dependency list using original pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -DexcludeArtifactIds=gson,commons-codec,commons-logging,opencensus-contrib-http-util,httpclient,httpcore -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e 's/ --.*//' >.org-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -DexcludeArtifactIds=gson,commons-codec,commons-logging,opencensus-api,opencensus-contrib-http-util,httpclient,httpcore -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' | sed -e 's/ --.*//' >.org-list.txt
 
   # Output dep list generated using the flattened pom (only 'compile' and 'runtime' scopes)
   msg "Generating dependency list using flattened pom..."
-  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -DexcludeArtifactIds=gson,commons-codec,commons-logging,opencensus-contrib-http-util,httpclient,httpcore -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
+  mvn dependency:list -f .flattened-pom.xml -DincludeScope=runtime -DexcludeArtifactIds=gson,commons-codec,commons-logging,opencensus-api,opencensus-contrib-http-util,httpclient,httpcore -Dsort=true | grep '\[INFO]    .*:.*:.*:.*:.*' >.new-list.txt
 
   # Compare two dependency lists
   msg "Comparing dependency lists..."
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9af98783ca..67305c124b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.0</version>
+        <version>2.4.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>