diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 40d853d90..d3a451a95 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ com_google_api_gax_java_repositories()
 
 load("@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl", "protobuf_deps")
 
-protobuf_deps()
\ No newline at end of file
+protobuf_deps()
+
+load("@io_grpc_grpc_java//:repositories.bzl", "grpc_java_repositories")
+
+grpc_java_repositories()
diff --git a/dependencies.properties b/dependencies.properties
index e5e8f1d76..2ef18db77 100644
--- a/dependencies.properties
+++ b/dependencies.properties
@@ -54,21 +54,6 @@ maven.com_google_http_client_google_http_client_jackson2=com.google.http-client:
 maven.com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_core=com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.10.1
 maven.org_codehaus_mojo_animal_sniffer_annotations=org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations:1.18
 maven.org_apache_commons_commons_lang3=org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.6
-# Used by grpc stub
-maven.javax_annotation_javax_annotation_api=javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2
-maven.com_google_guava_failureaccess=com.google.guava:failureaccess:1.0.1
-maven.io_perfmark_perfmark_api=io.perfmark:perfmark-api:0.17.0
-maven.io_netty_netty_handler=io.netty:netty-handler:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_common=io.netty:netty-common:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_transport=io.netty:netty-transport:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_codec=io.netty:netty-codec:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_buffer=io.netty:netty-buffer:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_codec_http=io.netty:netty-codec-http:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_codec_http2=io.netty:netty-codec-http2:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_codec_socks=io.netty:netty-codec-socks:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_handler_proxy=io.netty:netty-handler-proxy:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_resolver=io.netty:netty-resolver:4.1.38.Final
-maven.io_netty_netty_tcnative_boringssl_static=io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static:2.0.25.Final
 
 # Testing maven artifacts
 maven.junit_junit=junit:junit:4.13
diff --git a/gax-grpc/BUILD.bazel b/gax-grpc/BUILD.bazel
index 46a322255..29fac3b41 100644
--- a/gax-grpc/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/gax-grpc/BUILD.bazel
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ _COMPILE_DEPS = [
     "@io_grpc_grpc_netty_shaded//jar",
     "@io_grpc_grpc_java//alts:alts",
     "@io_netty_netty_tcnative_boringssl_static//jar",
+    "@javax_annotation_javax_annotation_api//jar",
     "//gax:gax",
 ]
 
diff --git a/gax-httpjson/BUILD.bazel b/gax-httpjson/BUILD.bazel
index bba76e8ac..e53beacd4 100644
--- a/gax-httpjson/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/gax-httpjson/BUILD.bazel
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ _COMPILE_DEPS = [
     "@com_google_api_api_common//jar",
     "@com_google_auto_value_auto_value//jar",
     "@com_google_http_client_google_http_client_jackson2//jar",
+    "@javax_annotation_javax_annotation_api//jar",
     "//gax:gax",
 ]
 
diff --git a/gax/BUILD.bazel b/gax/BUILD.bazel
index ef99df10e..a2ee5d222 100644
--- a/gax/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/gax/BUILD.bazel
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ _COMPILE_DEPS = [
     "@com_google_http_client_google_http_client_jackson2//jar",
     "@com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_core//jar",
     "@com_google_guava_failureaccess//jar",
+    "@javax_annotation_javax_annotation_api//jar",
 ]
 
 _TEST_COMPILE_DEPS = [