diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b9c7ffc05795..a6f16502163f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bump `com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1` from 1.55.0 to 1.57.0 ([#19872](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19872))
 - Bump `org.apache.commons:commons-text` from 1.13.1 to 1.14.0 ([#19871](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19871))
 - Exclude group com.microsoft.sqlserver from hadoop-minicluster ([#19889](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19889))
-
 - ### Deprecated
 - Deprecated existing constructors in ThreadPoolStats.Stats in favor of the new Builder ([#19317](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19317))
 - Deprecated existing constructors in IndexingStats.Stats in favor of the new Builder ([#19306](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19306))
@@ -97,6 +96,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Deprecated existing constructors in DocStats and StoreStats in favor of the new Builder ([#19863](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19863))
 - Deprecated existing constructors in Condition.Stats and DirectoryFileTransferTracker.Stats in favor of the new Builder ([#19862](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19862))
 - Deprecated existing constructors in RemoteTranslogTransferTracker.Stats and RemoteSegmentTransferTracker.Stats in favor of the new Builder ([#19837](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19837))
+- Bump `com.google.api:gax-httpjson` from 2.69.0 to 2.72.1 ([#19943](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/19943))
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
index 6a0b369811f44..cd9bf4d724de8 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ dependencies {
   runtimeOnly "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions.slf4j}" // 2.0.16 in bom
   runtimeOnly "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}" // 1.18.0 in bom
   implementation "com.google.api:api-common:2.52.0"
-  implementation "com.google.api:gax:2.69.0"
-  runtimeOnly "com.google.api:gax-httpjson:2.69.0"
+  implementation "com.google.api:gax:2.72.1"
+  runtimeOnly "com.google.api:gax-httpjson:2.72.1"
   implementation "org.threeten:threetenbp:1.7.0"
   runtimeOnly "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:${versions.protobuf}"
   runtimeOnly "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:${versions.protobuf}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-2.69.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-2.69.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index eb476ea5ef3a6..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-2.69.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3bfa5b525b9c7f1101ea481786fdda4c87cacd9f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-2.72.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-2.72.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bac0ab541a9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-2.72.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+27357249073aa98ba8bcadba6ade835969a5442b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-httpjson-2.69.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-httpjson-2.69.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f0e2fb693586..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-httpjson-2.69.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-d58a1f8803ac63df943e4155b260aa2df33034aa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-httpjson-2.72.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-httpjson-2.72.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b99e348fa827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/gax-httpjson-2.72.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f6842f1cfe14d295a27561b3d34d468e6c5054b5
\ No newline at end of file