diff --git a/api_core/setup.py b/api_core/setup.py
index 1deb129885ea..4c37c9839055 100644
--- a/api_core/setup.py
+++ b/api_core/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # 'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable'
 release_status = "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
 dependencies = [
-    "googleapis-common-protos >= 1.5.3, != 1.5.4, < 2.0dev",
+    "googleapis-common-protos >= 1.6.0, < 2.0dev",
     "protobuf >= 3.4.0",
     "google-auth >= 0.4.0, < 2.0dev",
     "requests >= 2.18.0, < 3.0.0dev",
diff --git a/bigquery_storage/setup.py b/bigquery_storage/setup.py
index 5b7a8ed0d0f1..a7359934ae24 100644
--- a/bigquery_storage/setup.py
+++ b/bigquery_storage/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 release_status = "Development Status :: 4 - Beta"
 dependencies = [
     "google-api-core[grpc] >= 1.6.0, < 2.0.0dev",
-    "googleapis-common-protos >= 1.5.9, < 2.0.0dev",
     'enum34; python_version < "3.4"',
 ]
 extras = {