diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-secretmanager/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-secretmanager/package.json
index b85e0f1350b..b0cee238b34 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-secretmanager/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-secretmanager/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "api-documenter": "api-documenter yaml --input-folder=temp"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "google-gax": "^2.9.2"
+    "google-gax": "^2.12.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/mocha": "^8.0.0",