diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bb72dba61..5cff2fa14 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fal = [ "fal-client~=0.5.9" ]
 fireworks = []
 fish = [ "ormsgpack~=1.7.0", "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 gladia = [ "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
-google = [ "google-cloud-speech>=2.33.0,<3", "google-cloud-texttospeech>=2.31.0,<3", "google-genai>=1.41.0,<2", "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
+google = [ "google-cloud-speech>=2.33.0,<3", "google-cloud-texttospeech>=2.31.0,<3", "google-genai>=1.51.0,<2", "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 gradium = [ "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 grok = []
 groq = [ "groq~=0.23.0" ]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index cdb084284..cebf3ab96 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1853,6 +1853,11 @@ wheels = [
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+[package.optional-dependencies]
+requests = [
+    { name = "requests" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "google-cloud-speech"
 version = "2.33.0"
@@ -1920,11 +1925,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.41.0"
+version = "1.53.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "anyio" },
-    { name = "google-auth" },
+    { name = "google-auth", extra = ["requests"] },
     { name = "httpx" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
     { name = "requests" },
@@ -1932,9 +1937,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
     { name = "websockets" },
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 [[package]]
@@ -4695,7 +4700,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "google-cloud-speech", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=2.33.0,<3" },
     { name = "google-cloud-texttospeech", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=2.31.0,<3" },
-    { name = "google-genai", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=1.41.0,<2" },
+    { name = "google-genai", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=1.51.0,<2" },
     { name = "groq", marker = "extra == 'groq'", specifier = "~=0.23.0" },
     { name = "hume", marker = "extra == 'hume'", specifier = ">=0.11.2" },
     { name = "langchain", marker = "extra == 'langchain'", specifier = "~=0.3.20" },