diff --git a/requirements.bazel.txt b/requirements.bazel.txt
index 586c710f108..d103d3004c5 100644
--- a/requirements.bazel.txt
+++ b/requirements.bazel.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ protobuf>=3.5.0.post1
 six>=1.10
 wheel>=0.29
 futures>=2.2.0
-google-auth>=1.0.0
+google-auth>=1.17.1
 oauth2client==4.1.0
 requests>=2.14.2
 urllib3>=1.23
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py b/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py
index 671f0653732..67d22fd7148 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ INSTALL_REQUIRES = (
     'grpcio-status>={version}'.format(version=grpc_version.VERSION),
     'grpcio-tools>={version}'.format(version=grpc_version.VERSION),
     'grpcio-health-checking>={version}'.format(version=grpc_version.VERSION),
-    'oauth2client>=1.4.7', 'protobuf>=3.6.0', 'six>=1.10', 'google-auth>=1.0.0',
-    'requests>=2.14.2')
+    'oauth2client>=1.4.7', 'protobuf>=3.6.0', 'six>=1.10',
+    'google-auth>=1.17.1', 'requests>=2.14.2')
 
 if not PY3:
     INSTALL_REQUIRES += ('futures>=2.2.0',)
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_python.sh b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_python.sh
index e79a8896092..47e96fdb19f 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_python.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/helper_scripts/build_python.sh
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ pip_install_dir "$ROOT/src/python/grpcio_testing"
 
 # Build/install tests
 pip_install coverage==4.4 oauth2client==4.1.0 \
-            google-auth==1.0.0 requests==2.14.2 \
+            google-auth==1.17.1 requests==2.14.2 \
             googleapis-common-protos==1.5.5
 $VENV_PYTHON "$ROOT/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py" preprocess
 $VENV_PYTHON "$ROOT/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py" build_package_protos