diff --git a/api/event-source.html b/api/event-source.html
index e51776f001..bcbccbb5ee 100644
--- a/api/event-source.html
+++ b/api/event-source.html
@@ -1767,6 +1767,19 @@ <h3 id="argoproj.io/v1alpha1.PubSubEventSource">PubSubEventSource
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
+<code>enableWorkflowIdentity</code></br>
+<em>
+bool
+</em>
+</td>
+<td>
+<em>(Optional)</em>
+<p>EnableWorkflowIdentity determines if your project authenticates to GCP with WorkflowIdentity or CredentialsFile.
+If true, authentication is done with WorkflowIdentity. If false or omited, authentication is done with CredentialsFile.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
 <code>deleteSubscriptionOnFinish</code></br>
 <em>
 bool
diff --git a/api/event-source.md b/api/event-source.md
index c107294300..78ddafa3e3 100644
--- a/api/event-source.md
+++ b/api/event-source.md
@@ -3462,6 +3462,31 @@ for GCP
 
 <td>
 
+<code>enableWorkflowIdentity</code></br> <em> bool </em>
+
+</td>
+
+<td>
+
+<em>(Optional)</em>
+
+<p>
+
+EnableWorkflowIdentity determines if your project authenticates to GCP
+with WorkflowIdentity or CredentialsFile. If true, authentication is
+done with WorkflowIdentity. If false or omited, authentication is done
+with CredentialsFile.
+
+</p>
+
+</td>
+
+</tr>
+
+<tr>
+
+<td>
+
 <code>deleteSubscriptionOnFinish</code></br> <em> bool </em>
 
 </td>
diff --git a/examples/event-sources/gcp-pubsub.yaml b/examples/event-sources/gcp-pubsub.yaml
index cc84511522..53c5bf8dca 100644
--- a/examples/event-sources/gcp-pubsub.yaml
+++ b/examples/event-sources/gcp-pubsub.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,18 @@ spec:
       topic: test
       # Refers to path of the credential file that is mounted in the gateway pod.
       credentialsFile: /creds/key.json
+
+#    example-workload-identity:
+#      # jsonBody specifies that all event body payload coming from this
+#      # source will be JSON
+#      jsonBody: true
+#      # id of your project
+#      projectID: argo-events-XXXXX
+#      # (optional) id of project for topic, same as projectID by default
+#      # topicProjectID: "project-id"
+#      # topic name
+#      topic: test
+#      # Empty credentials file when using Workflow Identity
+#      credentialsFile: ""
+#      # If enableWorkflowIdentity is true, the projects uses Workflow Identity for authentication
+#      enableWorkflowIdentity: true
diff --git a/gateways/server/gcp-pubsub/start.go b/gateways/server/gcp-pubsub/start.go
index 127a4e96c6..c298c3dc1b 100644
--- a/gateways/server/gcp-pubsub/start.go
+++ b/gateways/server/gcp-pubsub/start.go
@@ -85,31 +85,35 @@ func (listener *EventListener) listenEvents(eventSource *gateways.EventSource, c
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	// Create a new topic with the given name if none exists
 	logger.Infoln("setting up a client to connect to PubSub...")
-	client, err := pubsub.NewClient(ctx, pubsubEventSource.ProjectID, option.WithCredentialsFile(pubsubEventSource.CredentialsFile))
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set up client for %s", eventSource.Name)
+
+	var opt []option.ClientOption
+	projectId := pubsubEventSource.ProjectID
+
+	if !pubsubEventSource.EnableWorkflowIdentity {
+		opt = append(opt, option.WithCredentialsFile(pubsubEventSource.CredentialsFile))
 	}
 
-	// use same client for topic and subscription by default
-	topicClient := client
+	// Use default ProjectID unless TopicProjectID exists
 	if pubsubEventSource.TopicProjectID != "" && pubsubEventSource.TopicProjectID != pubsubEventSource.ProjectID {
-		topicClient, err = pubsub.NewClient(ctx, pubsubEventSource.TopicProjectID, option.WithCredentialsFile(pubsubEventSource.CredentialsFile))
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set up client for %s", eventSource.Name)
-		}
+		projectId = pubsubEventSource.TopicProjectID
+	}
+
+	// Create a new topic with the given name if none exists
+	client, err := pubsub.NewClient(ctx, projectId, opt...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to set up client for %s", eventSource.Name)
 	}
 
 	logger.Infoln("getting topic information from PubSub...")
-	topic := topicClient.Topic(pubsubEventSource.Topic)
+	topic := client.Topic(pubsubEventSource.Topic)
 	exists, err := topic.Exists(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get status of the topic %s for %s", pubsubEventSource.Topic, eventSource.Name)
 	}
 	if !exists {
 		logger.Infoln("topic doesn't exist, creating the PubSub topic...")
-		if _, err := topicClient.CreateTopic(ctx, pubsubEventSource.Topic); err != nil {
+		if _, err := client.CreateTopic(ctx, pubsubEventSource.Topic); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create the topic %s for %s", pubsubEventSource.Topic, eventSource.Name)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/gateways/server/gcp-pubsub/validate.go b/gateways/server/gcp-pubsub/validate.go
index 4f3d95dc65..b4c9461c2c 100644
--- a/gateways/server/gcp-pubsub/validate.go
+++ b/gateways/server/gcp-pubsub/validate.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pubsub
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-events/common"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-events/gateways"
 	apicommon "github.com/argoproj/argo-events/pkg/apis/common"
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ func validate(eventSource *v1alpha1.PubSubEventSource) error {
 	if eventSource.Topic == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("must specify topic")
 	}
-	if eventSource.CredentialsFile == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("must specify credentials file path")
+	if !eventSource.EnableWorkflowIdentity && eventSource.CredentialsFile == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("must specify credentials file path if not using Workflow Identity")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eventsources/v1alpha1/types.go b/pkg/apis/eventsources/v1alpha1/types.go
index 723c24dc57..ed6a60d8df 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eventsources/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eventsources/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -314,9 +314,13 @@ type PubSubEventSource struct {
 	Topic string `json:"topic" protobuf:"bytes,3,name=topic"`
 	// CredentialsFile is the file that contains credentials to authenticate for GCP
 	CredentialsFile string `json:"credentialsFile" protobuf:"bytes,4,name=credentialsFile"`
+	// EnableWorkflowIdentity determines if your project authenticates to GCP with WorkflowIdentity or CredentialsFile.
+	// If true, authentication is done with WorkflowIdentity. If false or omited, authentication is done with CredentialsFile.
+	// +optional
+	EnableWorkflowIdentity bool `json:"enableWorkflowIdentity,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=enableWorkflowIdentity"`
 	// DeleteSubscriptionOnFinish determines whether to delete the GCP PubSub subscription once the event source is stopped.
 	// +optional
-	DeleteSubscriptionOnFinish bool `json:"deleteSubscriptionOnFinish,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=deleteSubscriptionOnFinish"`
+	DeleteSubscriptionOnFinish bool `json:"deleteSubscriptionOnFinish,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=deleteSubscriptionOnFinish"`
 	// JSONBody specifies that all event body payload coming from this
 	// source will be JSON
 	// +optional