diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
index 4c471f835820..52b8538d5f94 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/common": "^4.0.0",
     "@types/pumpify": "^1.4.1",
-    "google-gax": "^3.1.2",
+    "google-gax": "^3.3.0",
     "pumpify": "^2.0.0",
     "stream-events": "^1.0.4",
     "uuid": "^8.3.2"
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/protos/protos.d.ts b/packages/google-cloud-node/protos/protos.d.ts
index ce58a147a55f..d732893bbab3 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/protos/protos.d.ts
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/protos/protos.d.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import Long = require("long");
-import {protobuf as $protobuf} from "google-gax";
+import type {protobuf as $protobuf} from "google-gax";
 /** Namespace google. */
 export namespace google {
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/protos/protos.js b/packages/google-cloud-node/protos/protos.js
index c02102d1fcd6..aa6127df8116 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/protos/protos.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/protos/protos.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         define(["protobufjs/minimal"], factory);
 
     /* CommonJS */ else if (typeof require === 'function' && typeof module === 'object' && module && module.exports)
-        module.exports = factory(require("google-gax").protobufMinimal);
+        module.exports = factory(require("google-gax/build/src/protobuf").protobufMinimal);
 
 })(this, function($protobuf) {
     "use strict";