diff --git a/gax-java/pom.xml b/gax-java/pom.xml
index 80b80fb036..3c7af51649 100644
--- a/gax-java/pom.xml
+++ b/gax-java/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.42.3</version>
+        <version>1.43.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>