diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 941ff454a39c..9cdc8a6bddf0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
-        java-version: 11
+        java-version: 17
     - run: java -version
     - uses: actions/cache@v4
       id: mvn-cache
diff --git a/java-dns/pom.xml b/java-dns/pom.xml
index c8746a6fbbbd..f4d03f5940af 100644
--- a/java-dns/pom.xml
+++ b/java-dns/pom.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
       <artifactId>threetenbp</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
+      <classifier>testlib</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>       
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/java-notification/pom.xml b/java-notification/pom.xml
index cacb633175d7..ad2bac0ad743 100644
--- a/java-notification/pom.xml
+++ b/java-notification/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!--  Test dependencies  -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
+      <classifier>testlib</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>       
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/java-recommender/google-cloud-recommender/pom.xml b/java-recommender/google-cloud-recommender/pom.xml
index b4ef69816662..998881fc5c89 100644
--- a/java-recommender/google-cloud-recommender/pom.xml
+++ b/java-recommender/google-cloud-recommender/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
+      <classifier>testlib</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>       
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/java-samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/java-samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index c934d61ab44c..4b879c21d680 100644
--- a/java-samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/java-samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+          <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
+          <classifier>testlib</classifier>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>       
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/java-speech/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml b/java-speech/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
index 07e13900a259..63afa1a3d05a 100644
--- a/java-speech/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
+      <classifier>testlib</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>       
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>