diff --git a/auth/src/main/java/io/grpc/auth/GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentials.java b/auth/src/main/java/io/grpc/auth/GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentials.java
index b4b7f5b89e4..ad5f0175c03 100644
--- a/auth/src/main/java/io/grpc/auth/GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentials.java
+++ b/auth/src/main/java/io/grpc/auth/GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentials.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import com.google.auth.Credentials;
 import com.google.auth.RequestMetadataCallback;
-import com.google.auth.Retryable;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import io.grpc.InternalMayRequireSpecificExecutor;
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@
 import io.grpc.SecurityLevel;
 import io.grpc.Status;
 import io.grpc.StatusException;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ public void onSuccess(Map<String, List<String>> metadata) {
 
       @Override
       public void onFailure(Throwable e) {
-        if (e instanceof Retryable && ((Retryable) e).isRetryable()) {
-          // Let the call be retried with UNAVAILABLE.
+        if (e instanceof IOException) {
+          // Since it's an I/O failure, let the call be retried with UNAVAILABLE.
           applier.fail(Status.UNAVAILABLE
               .withDescription("Credentials failed to obtain metadata")
               .withCause(e));
diff --git a/auth/src/test/java/io/grpc/auth/GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentialsTest.java b/auth/src/test/java/io/grpc/auth/GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentialsTest.java
index 6c350894929..cbb2afdc3d0 100644
--- a/auth/src/test/java/io/grpc/auth/GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentialsTest.java
+++ b/auth/src/test/java/io/grpc/auth/GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentialsTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 import com.google.auth.Credentials;
 import com.google.auth.RequestMetadataCallback;
-import com.google.auth.Retryable;
 import com.google.auth.http.HttpTransportFactory;
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.AccessToken;
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
@@ -192,9 +191,8 @@ public void invalidBase64() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void credentialsFailsWithRetryableRetryableException() throws Exception {
-    boolean retryable = true;
-    Exception exception = new RetryableException(retryable);
+  public void credentialsFailsWithIoException() throws Exception {
+    Exception exception = new IOException("Broken");
     when(credentials.getRequestMetadata(eq(expectedUri))).thenThrow(exception);
 
     GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentials callCredentials =
@@ -208,23 +206,6 @@ public void credentialsFailsWithRetryableRetryableException() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(exception, status.getCause());
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void credentialsFailsWithUnretryableRetryableException() throws Exception {
-    boolean retryable = false;
-    Exception exception = new RetryableException(retryable);
-    when(credentials.getRequestMetadata(eq(expectedUri))).thenThrow(exception);
-
-    GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentials callCredentials =
-        new GoogleAuthLibraryCallCredentials(credentials);
-    callCredentials.applyRequestMetadata(new RequestInfoImpl(), executor, applier);
-
-    verify(credentials).getRequestMetadata(eq(expectedUri));
-    verify(applier).fail(statusCaptor.capture());
-    Status status = statusCaptor.getValue();
-    assertEquals(Status.Code.UNAUTHENTICATED, status.getCode());
-    assertEquals(exception, status.getCause());
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void credentialsFailsWithRuntimeException() throws Exception {
     Exception exception = new RuntimeException("Broken");
@@ -477,21 +458,4 @@ public Attributes getTransportAttrs() {
       return Attributes.EMPTY;
     }
   }
-
-  private static class RetryableException extends IOException implements Retryable {
-    private final boolean retryable;
-
-    public RetryableException(boolean retryable) {
-      super("Broken");
-      this.retryable = retryable;
-    }
-
-    @Override public boolean isRetryable() {
-      return retryable;
-    }
-
-    @Override public int getRetryCount() {
-      return 0;
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index a7100e97f0e..37474e05979 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 [versions]
-googleauth = "1.22.0"
+# Compatibility problem with internal version getting onto 1.5.3.
+# https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/pull/9118
+googleauth = "1.4.0"
 netty = '4.1.100.Final'
 # Keep the following references of tcnative version in sync whenever it's updated:
 #   SECURITY.md
diff --git a/repositories.bzl b/repositories.bzl
index 462a67eb1ae..1983dc7101f 100644
--- a/repositories.bzl
+++ b/repositories.bzl
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 IO_GRPC_GRPC_JAVA_ARTIFACTS = [
     "com.google.android:annotations:4.1.1.4",
     "com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.29.0",
-    "com.google.auth:google-auth-library-credentials:1.22.0",
-    "com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:1.22.0",
+    "com.google.auth:google-auth-library-credentials:1.4.0",
+    "com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:1.4.0",
     "com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.10.4",
     "com.google.auto.value:auto-value:1.10.4",
     "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2",