diff --git a/alts/build.gradle b/alts/build.gradle
index 187100698c..9477e2540a 100644
--- a/alts/build.gradle
+++ b/alts/build.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':grpc-api')
     implementation project(':grpc-auth'),
             project(':grpc-core'),
+            project(":grpc-context"), // Override google-auth dependency with our newer version
             project(':grpc-grpclb'),
             project(':grpc-protobuf'),
             project(':grpc-stub'),
diff --git a/auth/build.gradle b/auth/build.gradle
index 093c798fa7..78bb720601 100644
--- a/auth/build.gradle
+++ b/auth/build.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libraries.guava
     testImplementation project(':grpc-testing'),
             project(':grpc-core'),
+            project(":grpc-context"), // Override google-auth dependency with our newer version
             libraries.google.auth.oauth2Http
     signature libraries.signature.java
     signature libraries.signature.android
diff --git a/census/build.gradle b/census/build.gradle
index 15b68acbb0..c1dc53e4c0 100644
--- a/census/build.gradle
+++ b/census/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
     // force dependent jars to depend on latest grpc-context
     runtimeOnly project(":grpc-context")
     implementation libraries.guava,
+            project(":grpc-context"), // Override opencensus dependency with our newer version
             libraries.opencensus.api,
             libraries.opencensus.contrib.grpc.metrics
 
diff --git a/gcp-observability/build.gradle b/gcp-observability/build.gradle
index 69bff88bf0..0de7f8363b 100644
--- a/gcp-observability/build.gradle
+++ b/gcp-observability/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':grpc-protobuf'),
             project(':grpc-stub'),
             project(':grpc-census'),
+            project(":grpc-context"), // Override opencensus dependency with our newer version
             libraries.opencensus.contrib.grpc.metrics
     // Avoid gradle using project dependencies without configuration: shadow
     implementation (libraries.google.cloud.logging) {
diff --git a/testing/build.gradle b/testing/build.gradle
index a782a5fa1c..cc83b7ad62 100644
--- a/testing/build.gradle
+++ b/testing/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':grpc-inprocess')
     implementation project(':grpc-core')
     // Only io.grpc.internal.testing.StatsTestUtils depends on opencensus_api, for internal use.
-    compileOnly libraries.opencensus.api
+    compileOnly libraries.opencensus.api,
+            project(":grpc-context") // Override opencensus dependency with our newer version
     runtimeOnly project(":grpc-api")   // Pull in newer version than census-api
 
     testImplementation libraries.mockito.core