diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 970e6c239f..883b6c25fe 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ subprojects {
     // For Google libraries, check <http-client-bom.version>, <google.auth.version>, <guava.version>,
     // ... in https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/blob/master/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
     // for best compatibility.
-    GOOGLE_HTTP_CLIENT: 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client:1.34.0',
+    GOOGLE_HTTP_CLIENT: 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client:1.36.0',
     GOOGLE_HTTP_CLIENT_APACHE_V2: 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client-apache-v2:1.34.0',
     GOOGLE_AUTH_LIBRARY_OAUTH2_HTTP: 'com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:0.18.0',
     GUAVA: 'com.google.guava:guava:29.0-jre',