diff --git a/gax/package.json b/gax/package.json
index 209abf551..cd04bfec7 100644
--- a/gax/package.json
+++ b/gax/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "c8": "^8.0.0",
     "codecov": "^3.1.0",
     "execa": "^5.0.0",
-    "google-proto-files": "^4.0.0",
+    "google-proto-files": "^4.1.0",
     "gts": "^5.0.0",
     "linkinator": "^4.0.0",
     "long": "^4.0.0",