diff --git a/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/authenticators/GCPAuthenticator.java b/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/authenticators/GCPAuthenticator.java
index 5f5599f578..93102d6dae 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/authenticators/GCPAuthenticator.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/authenticators/GCPAuthenticator.java
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public Map<String, Object> refresh(Map<String, Object> config) {
     String[] scopes = parseScopes(config);
     try {
       if (this.gc == null) this.gc = GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault().createScoped(scopes);
+      gc.refreshIfExpired();
       AccessToken accessToken = gc.getAccessToken();
       config.put(ACCESS_TOKEN, accessToken.getTokenValue());
       config.put(EXPIRY, accessToken.getExpirationTime());