diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55863aabb..67ade5943 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "google-cloud-core >= 1.4.1, < 2.0dev",
     "google-resumable-media >= 1.2.0, < 2.0dev",
     "requests >= 2.18.0, < 3.0.0dev",
-    "googleapis-common-protos < 1.53.0; python_version<'3.0'",
+    "googleapis-common-protos<1.53.1; python_version<'3.0'",
 ]
 extras = {}