diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 47df13a..deecb2e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "strands-agents[ollama,otel,litellm]~=1.45.0",
     "strands-agents-tools~=0.8.2",
     "mem0ai~=1.0.1",
-    "google-genai~=1.71.0",
+    "google-genai~=2.10.0",
     #"litellm~=1.80.0",  # let strands pull in the correct version
     "azure-identity~=1.25.0",
     "boto3~=1.42.4",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 013eccc..e90b5b4 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "ddgs", specifier = "~=9.14.1" },
     { name = "faiss-cpu", specifier = "~=1.14.3" },
     { name = "flake8", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
-    { name = "google-genai", specifier = "~=1.71.0" },
+    { name = "google-genai", specifier = "~=2.10.0" },
     { name = "guppy3", specifier = "~=3.1.5" },
     { name = "isort", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
     { name = "langchain-aws", specifier = "~=1.6.1" },
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ requests = [
 
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 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.71.0"
+version = "2.10.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "anyio" },
@@ -1188,9 +1188,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
     { name = "websockets" },
 ]
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 [[package]]