diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29bb2d..3452cdeae0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixes MCP server issue where `googleapis` is not available. (#9443)
diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index c7118000dde..85e594cbdd6 100755
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ export const cloudAiCompanionOrigin = () =>
 
 export const appTestingOrigin = () =>
   utils.envOverride("FIREBASE_APP_TESTING_URL", "https://firebaseapptesting.googleapis.com");
+export const cloudTestingOrigin = () =>
+  utils.envOverride("CLOUD_TESTING_URL", "https://testing.googleapis.com");
 
 /** Gets scopes that have been set. */
 export function getScopes(): string[] {
diff --git a/src/gcp/apptesting.ts b/src/gcp/apptesting.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..212ad452f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gcp/apptesting.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Client } from "../apiv2";
+import { cloudTestingOrigin } from "../api";
+
+export const API_VERSION = "v1";
+
+export const client = new Client({
+  urlPrefix: cloudTestingOrigin(),
+  auth: true,
+  apiVersion: API_VERSION,
+});
+
+type EnvironmentType =
+  | "ENVIRONMENT_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED"
+  | "ANDROID"
+  | "IOS"
+  | "NETWORK_CONFIGURATION"
+  | "PROVIDED_SOFTWARE"
+  | "DEVICE_IP_BLOCKS";
+
+type TestEnvironmentCatalog = unknown;
+
+/**
+ * Gets the catalog of supported test environments.
+ */
+export async function testEnvironmentCatalog(
+  projectId: string,
+  environmentType: EnvironmentType,
+): Promise<unknown> {
+  const name = `testEnvironmentCatalog/${environmentType}`;
+
+  const queryParams: Record<string, string> = { projectId };
+  const res = await client.get<TestEnvironmentCatalog>(name, { queryParams });
+
+  return res.body;
+}
diff --git a/src/mcp/tools/apptesting/tests.ts b/src/mcp/tools/apptesting/tests.ts
index 57548b2a0e7..a7269725763 100644
--- a/src/mcp/tools/apptesting/tests.ts
+++ b/src/mcp/tools/apptesting/tests.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import { tool } from "../../tool";
 import { toContent } from "../../util";
 import { toAppName } from "../../../appdistribution/options-parser-util";
 import { AppDistributionClient } from "../../../appdistribution/client";
-import { google } from "googleapis";
-import { getAccessToken } from "../../../apiv2";
+import { testEnvironmentCatalog } from "../../../gcp/apptesting";
 
 const TestDeviceSchema = z
   .object({
@@ -98,8 +97,12 @@ export const check_status = tool(
       title: "Check Remote Test",
       readOnlyHint: true,
     },
+    _meta: {
+      requiresAuth: true,
+      requiresProject: true,
+    },
   },
-  async ({ release_test_name, getAvailableDevices }) => {
+  async ({ release_test_name, getAvailableDevices }, { projectId }) => {
     let devices = undefined;
     let releaseTest = undefined;
     if (release_test_name) {
@@ -107,11 +110,7 @@ export const check_status = tool(
       releaseTest = await client.getReleaseTest(release_test_name);
     }
     if (getAvailableDevices) {
-      const testing = google.testing("v1");
-      devices = await testing.testEnvironmentCatalog.get({
-        oauth_token: await getAccessToken(),
-        environmentType: "ANDROID",
-      });
+      devices = await testEnvironmentCatalog(projectId || "", "ANDROID");
     }
 
     return toContent({