diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0fca626c..6782fc87 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <site.installationModule>${project.artifactId}</site.installationModule>
 
     <grpc.version>1.35.0</grpc.version>
-    <gax.version>1.60.1</gax.version>
+    <gax.version>1.61.0</gax.version>
     <guava.version>30.1-android</guava.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.14.0</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>1.10.1</google.api-common.version>