diff --git a/gax-java/dependencies.properties b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
index 5133152d24..73b46f59ec 100644
--- a/gax-java/dependencies.properties
+++ b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ maven.com_google_code_findbugs_jsr305=com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2
 maven.com_google_errorprone_error_prone_annotations=com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.20.0
 maven.com_google_j2objc_j2objc_annotations=com.google.j2objc:j2objc-annotations:2.8
 maven.com_google_auto_value_auto_value=com.google.auto.value:auto-value:1.10.2
-maven.com_google_auto_value_auto_value_annotations=com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.10.2
+maven.com_google_auto_value_auto_value_annotations=com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.10.4
 maven.com_google_api_api_common=com.google.api:api-common:2.18.0
 maven.org_threeten_threetenbp=org.threeten:threetenbp:1.6.8
 maven.com_google_api_grpc_grpc_google_iam_v1=com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-iam-v1:1.21.0