diff --git a/gax-java/pom.xml b/gax-java/pom.xml
index ef2b77be18..c955c183b8 100644
--- a/gax-java/pom.xml
+++ b/gax-java/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.5</version>
+        <version>1.42.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>