diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
index 1d7be0791..2df32989c 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/main/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreHelper.java b/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/main/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreHelper.java
index da10978cd..23ac315b5 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/main/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreHelper.java
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/main/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreHelper.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequest;
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
-import com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory;
+import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.datastore.v1.ArrayValue;
 import com.google.datastore.v1.CompositeFilter;
 import com.google.datastore.v1.Entity;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ private static HttpTransport newTransport() throws GeneralSecurityException, IOE
   }
 
   static JsonFactory newJsonFactory() {
-    return new JacksonFactory();
+    return new GsonFactory();
   }
 
   /**