diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
index e1ecf3c65a0f9..886b6b82a212a 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.9.0'
   api 'com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:1.16.0'
   api 'com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1:0.12.0'
-  api 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core-http:1.93.3'
+  api 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core-http:2.8.1'
   api 'com.google.auth:google-auth-library-credentials:0.20.0'
   api 'com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:0.20.0'
   api 'com.google.oauth-client:google-oauth-client:1.31.0'