diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d264d5..79903c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies = [
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     "aiohttp==3.13.3",
     "pydantic==2.12.4",
-    "google-genai==1.66.0",
+    "google-genai==2.8.0",
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diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 72de0b7..c43374a 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ requests = [
 
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@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ dev = [
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-    { name = "google-genai", specifier = "==1.66.0" },
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