diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index acf5e0dd9..176cda799 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-cloud-provider v1.24.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
-	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.11.0
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8c545c830..d51062637 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.5 h1:UR4rDjcgpgEnqpIEvki
 github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.5/go.mod h1:RxW0N9901Cko1VOCW3SXCpWP+mlIEkk2tP7jnHy9a3w=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
-github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.11.0 h1:9V9PWXEsWnPpQhu/PeQIkS4eGzMlTLGgt80cUUI8Ki4=
-github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:DxmR61SGKkGLa2xigwuZIQpkCI2S5iydzRfb3peWZJI=
+github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0 h1:A+gCJKdRfqXkr+BIRGtZLibNXf0m1f9E4HG56etFpas=
+github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:y+aIqrI5eb1YGMVJfuV3185Ts/D7qKpsEkdD5+I6QGU=
 github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go-testing v0.0.0-20200911160855-bcd43fbb19e8/go.mod h1:dvDLG8qkwmyD9a/MJJN3XJcT3xFxOKAvTZGvuZmac9g=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=