--- google-gax.gemspec.orig	2022-01-30 20:27:15 UTC
+++ google-gax.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   end
 
   if s.respond_to? :add_runtime_dependency then
-    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<googleauth>.freeze, ["~> 0.9"])
+    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<googleauth>.freeze, [">= 0.9", "< 2.a"])
     s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<grpc>.freeze, ["~> 1.24"])
     s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<googleapis-common-protos>.freeze, [">= 1.3.9", "< 2.0"])
     s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<googleapis-common-protos-types>.freeze, [">= 1.0.4", "< 2.0"])