--- google-gax.gemspec.orig	2023-01-05 19:04:39 UTC
+++ google-gax.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.specification_version = 4
 
-  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"])