diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/credentials.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/credentials.py
index 94d70a931..c7133e70f 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/credentials.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/credentials.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
-from google.auth import default
+from google.auth import default, load_credentials_from_file, load_credentials_from_dict
 from google.auth.exceptions import DefaultCredentialsError
 from google.auth.impersonated_credentials import Credentials as ImpersonatedCredentials
 from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials as GoogleCredentials
-from google.oauth2.service_account import Credentials as ServiceAccountCredentials
 from mashumaro import pass_through
 
 from dbt_common.clients.system import run_cmd
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ def _create_google_credentials(credentials: BigQueryCredentials) -> GoogleCreden
         creds, _ = _create_bigquery_defaults(scopes=credentials.scopes)
 
     elif credentials.method == _BigQueryConnectionMethod.SERVICE_ACCOUNT:
-        creds = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_service_account_file(
+        creds, _ = load_credentials_from_file(
             credentials.keyfile, scopes=credentials.scopes
         )
 
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ def _create_google_credentials(credentials: BigQueryCredentials) -> GoogleCreden
         details = credentials.keyfile_json
         if _is_base64(details):  # type:ignore
             details = _base64_to_string(details)
-        creds = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_service_account_info(
+        creds, _ = load_credentials_from_dict(
             details, scopes=credentials.scopes
         )
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b2d55b25f..9535ef87a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "google-cloud-dataproc~=5.0",
     # ----
     # Expect compatibility with all new versions of these packages, so lower bounds only.
+    "google-auth>=2.20.0",
     "google-api-core>=2.11.0",
     # add dbt-core to ensure backwards compatibility of installation, this is not a functional dependency
     "dbt-core>=1.8.0",