diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-file-system/pinot-gcs/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-file-system/pinot-gcs/pom.xml
index ec40620d2d22..c61212713faa 100644
--- a/pinot-plugins/pinot-file-system/pinot-gcs/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-plugins/pinot-file-system/pinot-gcs/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9ffc64c156a..c43e8ea31423 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     <!-- Google Libraries -->
     <protobuf.version>3.25.3</protobuf.version>
     <grpc.version>1.66.0</grpc.version>
-    <google.cloud.libraries.version>26.43.0</google.cloud.libraries.version>
+    <google.cloud.libraries.version>26.44.0</google.cloud.libraries.version>
     <google.auto-service.version>1.1.1</google.auto-service.version>
     <google.re2j.version>1.7</google.re2j.version>
     <google.errorprone.version>2.29.2</google.errorprone.version>