diff --git a/background-processing/app/composer.json b/background-processing/app/composer.json
index 1cb7d185..60e58fd9 100644
--- a/background-processing/app/composer.json
+++ b/background-processing/app/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "require": {
-    "google/cloud-pubsub": "^1.16",
+    "google/cloud-pubsub": "^2.0",
     "google/cloud-firestore": "^1.7",
     "laravel/lumen-framework": " 5.8.*"
   }