diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 46a687fdbf..e0cad54e6d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ project.ext.dependencyStrings = [
   // - https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies
   // - https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom
   GOOGLE_HTTP_CLIENT: 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client:1.34.0',
-  GOOGLE_HTTP_CLIENT_APACHE_V2: 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client-apache-v2:1.34.0',
+  GOOGLE_HTTP_CLIENT_APACHE_V2: 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client-apache-v2:1.42.3',
   GOOGLE_AUTH_LIBRARY_OAUTH2_HTTP: 'com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:0.18.0',
   GUAVA: 'com.google.guava:guava:31.0.1-jre',
   JSR305: 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2', // transitively pulled in by GUAVA