diff --git a/google-http-client/pom.xml b/google-http-client/pom.xml
index ff9bb0e76..07456fcb5 100644
--- a/google-http-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client/pom.xml
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.0</version>
           <configuration>
-            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>io.opencensus:opencensus-impl</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+            <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+              <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>io.opencensus:opencensus-impl</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+              <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>io.grpc:grpc-context</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+            </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
@@ -147,6 +149,15 @@
       <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
       <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <!--
+        This grpc-context is not directly used but to override
+        outdated grpc-context coming from opencensus-api
+        https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/issues/2416
+      -->
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-context</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opencensus</groupId>
       <artifactId>opencensus-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7c2f5c53..1e4b733be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@
         <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
         <version>2.8</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>grpc-context</artifactId>
+        <version>1.60.1</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.opencensus</groupId>
         <artifactId>opencensus-api</artifactId>