diff --git a/packages/monitoring/package.json b/packages/monitoring/package.json
index e965ff1ac4e..7f763893186 100644
--- a/packages/monitoring/package.json
+++ b/packages/monitoring/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "extend": "^3.0",
-    "google-gax": "^0.13.2",
+    "google-gax": "^3.6.1",
     "google-proto-files": "^0.12.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {