diff --git a/gcs-sink-connector/build.gradle.kts b/gcs-sink-connector/build.gradle.kts
index 5fbf50e35..594f723bf 100644
--- a/gcs-sink-connector/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/gcs-sink-connector/build.gradle.kts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation(apache.kafka.connect.api)
   testImplementation(apache.kafka.connect.runtime)
   testImplementation(apache.kafka.connect.json)
-  testImplementation("com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio:0.127.36")
+  testImplementation("com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio:0.128.5")
 
   testImplementation(compressionlibs.snappy)
   testImplementation(compressionlibs.zstd.jni)