diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index a67f53653e..8f5c2e8b12 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ boto==2.48.0
 boto3==1.4.8
 botocore==1.8.3
 cachetools==2.0.1
-certifi==2017.11.5
+certifi==2018.1.18
 cffi==1.11.2
 chalice==1.0.4
 chardet==3.0.4
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ connexion==1.1.15
 cookies==2.2.1
 coverage==4.4.2
 crcmod==1.7
-cryptography==2.1.3
+cryptography==2.1.4
 docker==2.6.1
 docker-pycreds==0.2.1
 docutils==0.14
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ google-cloud-core==0.28.0
 google-cloud-storage==1.6.0
 google-resumable-media==0.3.1
 googleapis-common-protos==1.5.3
+google-apitools==0.5.21
 httpie==0.9.9
 idna==2.6
 inflection==0.3.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 42679d689c..8f45bd31c6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ azure-storage==0.36.0
 boto3==1.4.8
 botocore==1.8.3
 cachetools==2.0.1
-certifi==2017.11.5
+certifi==2018.1.18
 cffi==1.11.2
 chardet==3.0.4
 click==6.7
 clickclick==1.2.2
 cloud-blobstore==2.0.0
 connexion==1.1.15
-cryptography==2.1.3
+cryptography==2.1.4
 docutils==0.14
 elasticsearch==5.5.1
 elasticsearch-dsl==5.3.0
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ google-cloud-core==0.28.0
 google-cloud-storage==1.6.0
 google-resumable-media==0.3.1
 googleapis-common-protos==1.5.3
+google-apitools==0.5.21
 idna==2.6
 inflection==0.3.1
 iso8601==0.1.12
diff --git a/requirements.txt.in b/requirements.txt.in
index d03795ef85..f6967341a6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt.in
+++ b/requirements.txt.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ connexion == 1.1.15 # pinned by akislyuk due to upstream breaking changes in aut
 elasticsearch >= 5.4.0, < 6.0.0
 elasticsearch-dsl >= 5.3.0
 google-cloud-storage >= 1.4.0
+google-apitools >= 0.5.0
 iso8601 >= 0.1.12
 jsonschema >= 2.6.0
 nestedcontext >= 0.0.4
diff --git a/scripts/deploy_gcf.py b/scripts/deploy_gcf.py
index d6be7b06f6..484b0cdea6 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy_gcf.py
+++ b/scripts/deploy_gcf.py
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 import os, sys, time, io, zipfile, random, string, binascii, datetime, argparse, base64
 
 import boto3
+import socket
+import httplib2
 import google.cloud.storage
 import google.cloud.exceptions
+from apitools.base.py import http_wrapper
 from google.cloud.client import ClientWithProject
 from google.cloud._http import JSONConnection
 from urllib3.util.retry import Retry
@@ -33,8 +36,6 @@ class GoogleRuntimeConfigConnection(JSONConnection):
 args.gcf_name = "-".join([args.src_dir, os.environ["DSS_DEPLOYMENT_STAGE"]])
 
 gcp_region = os.environ["GCP_DEFAULT_REGION"]
-gcp_key_file = os.environ["GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"]
-gs = google.cloud.storage.Client.from_service_account_json(gcp_key_file)
 gcp_client = GCPClient()
 gcp_client._http.adapters["https://"].max_retries = Retry(status_forcelist={503, 504})
 grtc_conn = GoogleRuntimeConfigConnection(client=gcp_client)
@@ -66,54 +67,75 @@ class GoogleRuntimeConfigConnection(JSONConnection):
     except google.cloud.exceptions.Conflict:
         grtc_conn.api_request("PUT", f"/{var_ns}/{k}", data=dict(name=f"{var_ns}/{k}", value=b64v))
 
-try:
-    now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
-    deploy_filename = "{}-deploy-{}-{}.zip".format(args.gcf_name, now, binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(4)).decode())
-    deploy_blob = gs.bucket(os.environ["DSS_GS_BUCKET_TEST_FIXTURES"]).blob(deploy_filename)
-    with io.BytesIO() as buf:
-        with zipfile.ZipFile(buf, 'w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zbuf:
-            for root, dirs, files in os.walk(args.src_dir):
-                for f in files:
-                    archive_path = os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, f), args.src_dir)
-                    if archive_path.startswith("node_modules"):
-                        continue
-                    print("Adding", archive_path)
-                    zbuf.write(os.path.join(root, f), archive_path)
-            zbuf.close()
-        deploy_blob.upload_from_string(buf.getvalue())
-        print("Uploaded", deploy_blob)
-
-    gcf_config = {
-        "name": f"{gcf_ns}/{args.gcf_name}",
-        "entryPoint": args.entry_point,
-        "timeout": "60s",
-        "availableMemoryMb": 256,
-        "sourceArchiveUrl": f"gs://{deploy_blob.bucket.name}/{deploy_blob.name}",
-        "eventTrigger": {
-            "eventType": "providers/cloud.storage/eventTypes/object.change",
-            "resource": "projects/_/buckets/" + os.environ['DSS_GS_BUCKET']
+resp = gcf_conn.api_request('POST', f'/{gcf_ns}:generateUploadUrl', content_type='application/zip')
+upload_url = resp['uploadUrl']
+
+now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
+deploy_filename = "{}-deploy-{}-{}.zip".format(args.gcf_name, now, binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(4)).decode())
+with io.BytesIO() as buf:
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(buf, 'w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zbuf:
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(args.src_dir):
+            for f in files:
+                archive_path = os.path.relpath(os.path.join(root, f), args.src_dir)
+                if archive_path.startswith("node_modules"):
+                    continue
+                print("Adding", archive_path)
+                zbuf.write(os.path.join(root, f), archive_path)
+        zbuf.close()
+
+    upload_data = buf.getvalue()
+
+    # BEGIN: xbrianh - Code reproduced-ish from Google gcloud utility
+    upload_request = http_wrapper.Request(
+        upload_url, http_method='PUT',
+        headers={
+            'content-type': 'application/zip',
+            # Magic header, request will fail without it.
+            # Not documented at the moment this comment was being written.
+            'x-goog-content-length-range': '0,104857600',
+            'Content-Length': '{0:d}'.format(len(upload_data))
         }
+    )
+    upload_request.body = upload_data
+    if socket.getdefaulttimeout() is not None:
+        http_timeout = socket.getdefaulttimeout()
+    else:
+        http_timeout = 60
+    response = http_wrapper.MakeRequest(
+        httplib2.Http(timeout=http_timeout),
+        upload_request,
+    )
+    # END
+
+gcf_config = {
+    "name": f"{gcf_ns}/{args.gcf_name}",
+    "entryPoint": args.entry_point,
+    "timeout": "60s",
+    "availableMemoryMb": 256,
+    "sourceUploadUrl": upload_url,
+    "eventTrigger": {
+        "eventType": "providers/cloud.storage/eventTypes/object.change",
+        "resource": "projects/_/buckets/" + os.environ['DSS_GS_BUCKET']
     }
+}
 
-    try:
-        print(gcf_conn.api_request("POST", f"/{gcf_ns}", data=gcf_config))
-    except google.cloud.exceptions.Conflict:
-        print(gcf_conn.api_request("PUT", f"/{gcf_ns}/{args.gcf_name}", data=gcf_config))
+try:
+    print(gcf_conn.api_request("POST", f"/{gcf_ns}", data=gcf_config))
+except google.cloud.exceptions.Conflict:
+    print(gcf_conn.api_request("PUT", f"/{gcf_ns}/{args.gcf_name}", data=gcf_config))
 
-    sys.stderr.write("Waiting for deployment...")
+sys.stderr.write("Waiting for deployment...")
+sys.stderr.flush()
+for t in range(600):
+    if gcf_conn.api_request("GET", f"/{gcf_ns}/{args.gcf_name}")["status"] != "DEPLOYING":
+        break
+    sys.stderr.write(".")
     sys.stderr.flush()
-    for t in range(90):
-        if gcf_conn.api_request("GET", f"/{gcf_ns}/{args.gcf_name}")["status"] != "DEPLOYING":
-            break
-        sys.stderr.write(".")
-        sys.stderr.flush()
-        time.sleep(1)
-    else:
-        sys.exit("Timeout while waiting for GCF deployment to complete")
-    sys.stderr.write("done\n")
-
-    res = gcf_conn.api_request("GET", f"/{gcf_ns}/{args.gcf_name}")
-    print(res)
-    assert res["status"] == "READY"
-finally:
-    deploy_blob.delete()
+    time.sleep(5)
+else:
+    sys.exit("Timeout while waiting for GCF deployment to complete")
+sys.stderr.write("done\n")
+
+res = gcf_conn.api_request("GET", f"/{gcf_ns}/{args.gcf_name}")
+print(res)
+assert res["status"] == "READY"