diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 89a129f15b..585899dfdf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.7
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.2
-	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.4
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.5
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.49.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.49.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2b2e50a72f..e0124fc336 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.2 h1:Vie5ybvEvT75RniqhfFxPRy3Bf7vr3h0cechB90XaQs=
 github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.2/go.mod h1:VLSiSSBs/ksPL8kq3OBOQ6WRI2QnaFynd1DCjZ62+V0=
-github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.4 h1:9gWcmF85Wvq4ryPFvGFaOgPIs1AQX0d0bcbGw4Z96qg=
-github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.4/go.mod h1:KYEYLorsnIGDi/rPC8b5TdlB9kbKoFubselGIoBMCwI=
+github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.5 h1:8gw9KZK8TiVKB6q3zHY3SBzLnrGp6HQjyfYBYGmXdxA=
+github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.5/go.mod h1:BUDKcWo+RaKq5SC9vVYL0wLADa3VcfswbOMMRmB9H3E=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=