diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d028f82..7339e5c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ certifi==2018.10.15
 chardet==3.0.4
 elasticsearch==6.3.1
 falcon==1.4.1
-google-api-core==1.5.1
+google-api-core==2.8.0
 google-auth==1.5.1
 google-cloud-core==0.28.1
 google-cloud-datastore==1.7.1