diff --git a/requirements.bazel.txt b/requirements.bazel.txt
index 851dbd15a38da..532562389fd8e 100644
--- a/requirements.bazel.txt
+++ b/requirements.bazel.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ xds-protos==0.0.11
 opencensus==0.10.0
 opencensus-ext-stackdriver==0.8.0
 absl-py==1.4.0
+googleapis-common-protos==1.61.0