diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 81e0069..4ae585a 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ updates:
   schedule:
     interval: weekly
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+
+- package-ecosystem: github-actions
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto_release_prep.yml b/.github/workflows/auto_release_prep.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad905fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto_release_prep.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: Automated release prep
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  auto_release_prep:
+    uses: puppetlabs/release-engineering-repo-standards/.github/workflows/auto_release_prep.yml@v1
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      project-type: ruby
+      version-file-path: lib/vmpooler-provider-gce/version.rb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot_merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot_merge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75b9cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot_merge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+
+on: pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot_merge:
+    uses: puppetlabs/release-engineering-repo-standards/.github/workflows/dependabot_merge.yml@v1
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ensure_label.yml b/.github/workflows/ensure_label.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50a5fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ensure_label.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: Ensure label
+
+on: pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  ensure_label:
+    uses: puppetlabs/release-engineering-repo-standards/.github/workflows/ensure_label.yml@v1
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0e30eae..add1656 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Get Current Version
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         id: cv
         with:
           script: |
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ jobs:
           prerelease: false
 
       # This step should closely match what is used in `docker/Dockerfile` in vmpooler-deployment
-      - name: Install Ruby jruby-9.4.1.0
+      - name: Install Ruby jruby-9.4.3.0
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
-          ruby-version: 'jruby-9.4.1.0'
+          ruby-version: 'jruby-9.4.3.0'
 
       - name: Build gem
         run: gem build *.gemspec
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security.yml b/.github/workflows/security.yml
index 666c602..ba273f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: checkout repo content
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 1
     - name: setup ruby
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: check lock
       run: '[ -f "Gemfile.lock" ] && echo "package lock file exists, skipping" || bundle lock'
     # install java
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin' # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
         java-version: '17'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index eac55b3..1f2f421 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         ruby-version:
-          - 'jruby-9.4.1.0'
+          - 'jruby-9.4.3.0'
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Ruby
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         ruby-version:
-          - 'jruby-9.4.1.0'
+          - 'jruby-9.4.3.0'
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Ruby
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fedf2fd..ed1eead 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.3.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/tree/1.3.0) (2023-08-18)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/compare/1.2.0...1.3.0)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- \(POD-10\) Log reason for failed VM checks. [\#33](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/pull/33) ([isaac-hammes](https://github.com/isaac-hammes))
+
+## [1.2.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/tree/1.2.0) (2023-08-10)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/compare/1.1.0...1.2.0)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Bump jruby to 9.4.3.0 and update lockfile [\#31](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/pull/31) ([yachub](https://github.com/yachub))
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Bump thor from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2 [\#29](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/pull/29) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+
+## [1.1.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/tree/1.1.0) (2023-05-01)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/compare/1.0.0...1.1.0)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Migrate issue management to Jira [\#27](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/pull/27) ([yachub](https://github.com/yachub))
+- Bump jruby to 9.4.2.0 [\#26](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/pull/26) ([yachub](https://github.com/yachub))
+- Bump rack-test from 2.0.2 to 2.1.0 [\#24](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/pull/24) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+- Update googleauth requirement from \>= 0.16.2, \< 1.3.0 to \>= 0.16.2, \< 1.4.0 [\#18](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/pull/18) ([dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot))
+
 ## [1.0.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/tree/1.0.0) (2023-04-19)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler-provider-gce/compare/0.5.0...1.0.0)
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c4256f7..749532c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    vmpooler-provider-gce (1.0.0)
+    vmpooler-provider-gce (1.3.0)
       google-apis-compute_v1 (~> 0.14)
-      googleauth (>= 0.16.2, < 1.3.0)
+      googleauth (>= 0.16.2, < 1.4.0)
       vmpooler (~> 3.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    addressable (2.8.1)
+    addressable (2.8.5)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
     bindata (2.4.15)
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ GEM
     climate_control (1.2.0)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
-    connection_pool (2.3.0)
+    connection_pool (2.4.1)
     declarative (0.0.20)
     deep_merge (1.2.2)
     diff-lcs (1.5.0)
     docile (1.4.0)
-    faraday (2.7.4)
+    faraday (2.7.10)
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
     faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
     ffi (1.15.5-java)
-    google-apis-compute_v1 (0.62.0)
+    google-apis-compute_v1 (0.75.0)
       google-apis-core (>= 0.11.0, < 2.a)
-    google-apis-core (0.11.0)
+    google-apis-core (0.11.1)
       addressable (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.1)
       googleauth (>= 0.16.2, < 2.a)
       httpclient (>= 2.8.1, < 3.a)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ GEM
       webrick
     google-cloud-env (1.6.0)
       faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 3.0)
-    googleauth (1.2.0)
+    googleauth (1.3.0)
       faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 3.a)
       jwt (>= 1.4, < 3.0)
       memoist (~> 0.16)
@@ -48,95 +48,110 @@ GEM
       os (>= 0.9, < 2.0)
       signet (>= 0.16, < 2.a)
     httpclient (2.8.3)
-    jwt (2.7.0)
+    jwt (2.7.1)
     memoist (0.16.2)
     method_source (1.0.0)
-    mini_mime (1.1.2)
-    mock_redis (0.36.0)
-      ruby2_keywords
+    mini_mime (1.1.5)
+    mock_redis (0.37.0)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
-    mustermann (2.0.2)
+    mustermann (3.0.0)
       ruby2_keywords (~> 0.0.1)
-    net-ldap (0.17.1)
-    nio4r (2.5.8-java)
-    opentelemetry-api (1.1.0)
-    opentelemetry-common (0.19.6)
+    net-ldap (0.18.0)
+    nio4r (2.5.9)
+    nio4r (2.5.9-java)
+    opentelemetry-api (1.2.1)
+    opentelemetry-common (0.20.0)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
-    opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger (0.20.1)
-      opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
-      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.2)
-      opentelemetry-sdk (~> 1.0)
+    opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger (0.23.0)
+      opentelemetry-api (~> 1.1)
+      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.20)
+      opentelemetry-sdk (~> 1.2)
+      opentelemetry-semantic_conventions
       thrift
-    opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (0.19.0)
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (0.22.2)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
-    opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby (0.19.2)
+      opentelemetry-registry (~> 0.1)
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby (0.21.1)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
-      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.19.0)
-    opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client (0.19.4)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.22.1)
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client (0.22.2)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
-      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.3)
-      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.19.0)
-    opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis (0.21.3)
+      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.20.0)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.22.1)
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-rack (0.23.4)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
-      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.3)
-      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.19.0)
-    opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra (0.19.3)
+      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.20.0)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.22.1)
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis (0.25.3)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
-      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.3)
-      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.19.0)
-    opentelemetry-registry (0.2.0)
+      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.20.0)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.22.1)
+    opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra (0.23.2)
+      opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
+      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.20.0)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-base (~> 0.22.1)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-rack (~> 0.21)
+    opentelemetry-registry (0.3.0)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.1)
-    opentelemetry-resource_detectors (0.19.1)
+    opentelemetry-resource_detectors (0.24.1)
       google-cloud-env
-      opentelemetry-sdk
-    opentelemetry-sdk (1.2.0)
+      opentelemetry-sdk (~> 1.0)
+    opentelemetry-sdk (1.3.0)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.1)
-      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.19.3)
+      opentelemetry-common (~> 0.20)
       opentelemetry-registry (~> 0.2)
       opentelemetry-semantic_conventions
-    opentelemetry-semantic_conventions (1.8.0)
+    opentelemetry-semantic_conventions (1.10.0)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
     os (1.1.4)
-    parallel (1.22.1)
-    parser (3.2.1.0)
+    parallel (1.23.0)
+    parser (3.2.2.3)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
+      racc
     pickup (0.0.11)
-    prometheus-client (2.1.0)
+    prometheus-client (4.2.1)
+    pry (0.14.2)
+      coderay (~> 1.1)
+      method_source (~> 1.0)
     pry (0.14.2-java)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
       method_source (~> 1.0)
       spoon (~> 0.0)
-    public_suffix (5.0.1)
-    puma (5.6.5-java)
+    public_suffix (5.0.3)
+    puma (6.3.0)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
-    rack (2.2.6.2)
-    rack-protection (2.2.4)
-      rack
-    rack-test (2.0.2)
+    puma (6.3.0-java)
+      nio4r (~> 2.0)
+    racc (1.7.1)
+    racc (1.7.1-java)
+    rack (2.2.8)
+    rack-protection (3.1.0)
+      rack (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.4)
+    rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.0.6)
     redis (4.8.1)
-    regexp_parser (2.7.0)
+    regexp_parser (2.8.1)
     representable (3.2.0)
       declarative (< 0.1.0)
       trailblazer-option (>= 0.1.1, < 0.2.0)
       uber (< 0.2.0)
     retriable (3.1.2)
-    rexml (3.2.5)
+    rexml (3.2.6)
     rspec (3.12.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.12.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.12.0)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-core (3.12.1)
+    rspec-core (3.12.2)
       rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.12.2)
+    rspec-expectations (3.12.3)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.12.3)
+    rspec-mocks (3.12.6)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-support (3.12.0)
+    rspec-support (3.12.1)
     rubocop (1.1.0)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
       parser (>= 2.7.1.5)
@@ -146,9 +161,9 @@ GEM
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.0.1)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.4.0, < 2.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.26.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.29.0)
       parser (>= 3.2.1.0)
-    ruby-progressbar (1.11.0)
+    ruby-progressbar (1.13.0)
     ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     signet (0.17.0)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
@@ -161,41 +176,41 @@ GEM
       simplecov_json_formatter (~> 0.1)
     simplecov-html (0.12.3)
     simplecov_json_formatter (0.1.4)
-    sinatra (2.2.4)
-      mustermann (~> 2.0)
-      rack (~> 2.2)
-      rack-protection (= 2.2.4)
+    sinatra (3.1.0)
+      mustermann (~> 3.0)
+      rack (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.4)
+      rack-protection (= 3.1.0)
       tilt (~> 2.0)
     spicy-proton (2.1.15)
       bindata (~> 2.3)
     spoon (0.0.6)
       ffi
     statsd-ruby (1.5.0)
-    thor (1.2.1)
-    thrift (0.18.0)
-    tilt (2.1.0)
+    thor (1.2.2)
+    thrift (0.18.1)
+    tilt (2.2.0)
     trailblazer-option (0.1.2)
     uber (0.1.0)
     unicode-display_width (1.8.0)
-    vmpooler (3.0.0)
+    vmpooler (3.2.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.1)
       connection_pool (~> 2.2)
       deep_merge (~> 1.2)
       net-ldap (~> 0.16)
-      opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger (= 0.20.1)
-      opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby (= 0.19.2)
-      opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client (= 0.19.4)
-      opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis (= 0.21.3)
-      opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra (= 0.19.3)
-      opentelemetry-resource_detectors (= 0.19.1)
-      opentelemetry-sdk (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+      opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger (= 0.23.0)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby (= 0.21.1)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client (= 0.22.2)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis (= 0.25.3)
+      opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra (= 0.23.2)
+      opentelemetry-resource_detectors (= 0.24.1)
+      opentelemetry-sdk (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.0)
       pickup (~> 0.0.11)
-      prometheus-client (~> 2.0)
-      puma (~> 5.0, >= 5.0.4)
-      rack (~> 2.2)
+      prometheus-client (>= 2, < 5)
+      puma (>= 5.0.4, < 7)
+      rack (>= 2.2, < 4.0)
       rake (~> 13.0)
       redis (~> 4.1)
-      sinatra (~> 2.0)
+      sinatra (>= 2, < 4)
       spicy-proton (~> 2.1)
       statsd-ruby (~> 1.4)
     webrick (1.8.1)
@@ -206,6 +221,7 @@ GEM
 PLATFORMS
   universal-java-1.8
   universal-java-11
+  x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   climate_control (>= 0.2.0)
diff --git a/install-gemfile-lock b/install-gemfile-lock
index 07cbd49..a479b0d 100755
--- a/install-gemfile-lock
+++ b/install-gemfile-lock
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # The container tag should closely match what is used in `docker/Dockerfile` in vmpooler-deployment
 docker run -it --rm \
   -v $(pwd):/app \
-  jruby:9.4.1.0-jdk11 \
+  jruby:9.4.3.0-jdk11 \
   /bin/bash -c 'apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends make git netbase && cd /app && gem install bundler && bundle install --jobs 3; echo "LOCK_FILE_UPDATE_EXIT_CODE=$?"'
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler-provider-gce/version.rb b/lib/vmpooler-provider-gce/version.rb
index 1965223..b97bce2 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler-provider-gce/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler-provider-gce/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module VmpoolerProviderGce
-  VERSION = '1.0.0'
+  VERSION = '1.3.0'
 end
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/providers/gce.rb b/lib/vmpooler/providers/gce.rb
index e7d838d..747872e 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/providers/gce.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/providers/gce.rb
@@ -460,15 +460,17 @@ module Vmpooler
           true
         end
 
-        def vm_ready?(pool_name, vm_name)
+        def vm_ready?(pool_name, vm_name, redis)
           debug_logger('vm_ready?')
           begin
             # TODO: we could use a healthcheck resource attached to instance
             domain = domain(pool_name)
             open_socket(vm_name, domain)
-          rescue StandardError => _e
+          rescue StandardError => e
+            redis.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm_name}", 'open_socket_error', e.to_s)
             return false
           end
+          redis.hdel("vmpooler__vm__#{vm_name}", 'open_socket_error')
           true
         end
 
diff --git a/release-prep b/release-prep
index 59c10f7..502ad2b 100755
--- a/release-prep
+++ b/release-prep
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 # The container tag should closely match what is used in `docker/Dockerfile` in vmpooler-deployment
 #
 # Update Gemfile.lock
-docker run -it --rm \
+docker run -t --rm \
   -v $(pwd):/app \
-  jruby:9.4.1.0-jdk11 \
+  jruby:9.4.3.0-jdk11 \
   /bin/bash -c 'apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git make netbase && cd /app && gem install bundler && bundle install --jobs 3; echo "LOCK_FILE_UPDATE_EXIT_CODE=$?"'
 
 # Update Changelog
-docker run -it --rm -e CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN -v $(pwd):/usr/local/src/your-app \
+docker run -t --rm -e CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN -v $(pwd):/usr/local/src/your-app \
   githubchangeloggenerator/github-changelog-generator:1.16.2 \
   github_changelog_generator --future-release $(grep VERSION lib/vmpooler-provider-gce/version.rb |rev |cut -d "'" -f2 |rev)
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/providers/gce_spec.rb b/spec/unit/providers/gce_spec.rb
index 614a23b..1e219b9 100644
--- a/spec/unit/providers/gce_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/providers/gce_spec.rb
@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@ EOT
       end
 
       it 'should return true' do
-        expect(subject.vm_ready?(poolname, vmname)).to be true
+        redis_connection_pool.with_metrics do |redis|
+          expect(subject.vm_ready?(poolname, vmname, redis)).to be true
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -371,7 +373,9 @@ EOT
       end
 
       it 'should return false' do
-        expect(subject.vm_ready?(poolname, vmname)).to be false
+        redis_connection_pool.with_metrics do |redis|
+          expect(subject.vm_ready?(poolname, vmname, redis)).to be false
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/update-gemfile-lock b/update-gemfile-lock
index 46c4873..31986cc 100755
--- a/update-gemfile-lock
+++ b/update-gemfile-lock
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # The container tag should closely match what is used in `docker/Dockerfile` in vmpooler-deployment
 docker run -it --rm \
   -v $(pwd):/app \
-  jruby:9.4.1.0-jdk11 \
+  jruby:9.4.3.0-jdk11 \
   /bin/bash -c 'apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git make netbase && cd /app && gem install bundler && bundle install --jobs 3 && bundle update; echo "LOCK_FILE_UPDATE_EXIT_CODE=$?"'
diff --git a/vmpooler-provider-gce.gemspec b/vmpooler-provider-gce.gemspec
index 304c16e..ac5f4b8 100644
--- a/vmpooler-provider-gce.gemspec
+++ b/vmpooler-provider-gce.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files         = Dir[ "lib/**/*" ]
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   s.add_dependency "google-apis-compute_v1", "~> 0.14"
-  s.add_dependency "googleauth", ">= 0.16.2", "< 1.3.0"
+  s.add_dependency "googleauth", ">= 0.16.2", "< 1.4.0"
   s.add_dependency 'vmpooler', '~> 3.0'
 
   # Testing dependencies