diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/python_tests.yml
index efc5af84c4bc..be1659fec437 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_tests.yml
@@ -175,12 +175,11 @@ jobs:
           name: python_sdk_source
           path: apache-beam-source
       - name: Authenticate on GCP
-        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v0
+        id: auth
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v1
         with:
-          service_account_email: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_EMAIL }}
-          service_account_key: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+          credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
           project_id: ${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}
-          export_default_credentials: true
       - name: Install requirements
         working-directory: ./sdks/python
         run: pip install setuptools --upgrade && pip install -e ".[gcp]"