diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2037584..cf5a489 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <jenkins.baseline>2.479</jenkins.baseline>
     <jenkins.version>${jenkins.baseline}.1</jenkins.version>
     <hpi.compatibleSinceVersion>1.0.0</hpi.compatibleSinceVersion>
-    <google.api.version>1.35.2</google.api.version>
+    <google.api.version>2.8.1</google.api.version>
     <oauth2.revision>151</oauth2.revision>
     <google.http.version>1.42.2</google.http.version>
     <spotbugs.effort>Max</spotbugs.effort>