diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/package.json
index f9c7a58fdac..996291f6e14 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-dataproc/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "system-test": "mocha system-test/*.js smoke-test/*.js --timeout 600000"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "google-gax": "^0.20.0",
+    "google-gax": "^0.22.0",
     "lodash.merge": "^4.6.1",
     "protobufjs": "^6.8.6"
   },