diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9559130a9..ae0613d648 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <grpc.version>1.27.2</grpc.version>
     <api-client.version>1.30.8</api-client.version>
     <google.core.version>1.92.5</google.core.version>
-    <gax.version>1.53.1</gax.version>
+    <gax.version>1.54.0</gax.version>
     <http-client-bom.version>1.34.2</http-client-bom.version>
     <guava.version>28.2-android</guava.version>
     <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>