diff --git a/google/cloud/aiplatform/initializer.py b/google/cloud/aiplatform/initializer.py
index ab978b4d76..99d2bc82ea 100644
--- a/google/cloud/aiplatform/initializer.py
+++ b/google/cloud/aiplatform/initializer.py
@@ -719,10 +719,10 @@ def _set_async_rest_credentials(credentials: AsyncCredentials):
         raise ValueError(
             "Async REST transport requires async credentials of type"
             + f"{AsyncCredentials} which is only supported in "
-            + "google-auth >= 2.35.0.\n\n"
+            + "google-auth == 2.36.0.\n\n"
             + "Install the following dependencies:\n"
             + "pip install google-api-core[grpc, async_rest] >= 2.21.0\n"
-            + "pip install google-auth[aiohttp] >= 2.45.0\n\n"
+            + "pip install google-auth[aiohttp] == 2.36.0\n\n"
             + "Example usage:\n"
             + "from google.auth.aio.credentials import StaticCredentials\n"
             + "async_credentials = StaticCredentials(token=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE)\n"
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 2ea6d71713..596752c0b0 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ def prerelease_deps(session):
     # Remaining dependencies
     other_deps = [
         "requests",
-        "google-auth",
+        "google-auth==2.36.0",
     ]
     session.install(*other_deps)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 958205c4e1..4389885f77 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
             "google-api-core[grpc] >= 1.34.1,"
             " <3.0.0,!=2.0.*,!=2.1.*,!=2.2.*,!=2.3.*,!=2.4.*,!=2.5.*,!=2.6.*,!=2.7.*"
         ),
-        "google-auth >= 2.45.0, <3.0.0",
+        "google-auth >= 2.36.0, <3.0.0",
         "proto-plus >= 1.22.3, <2.0.0",
         "protobuf>=3.20.2,<7.0.0,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
         "packaging >= 14.3",