diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cc3e678d17bf..16cb359cd400 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     'google-cloud-language >= 0.28.0, < 0.29dev',
     'google-cloud-logging >= 1.3.0, < 1.4dev',
     'google-cloud-monitoring >= 0.27.0, < 0.28dev',
-    'google-cloud-pubsub >= 0.27.0, < 0.28dev',
+    'google-cloud-pubsub >= 0.28.1, < 0.29dev',
     'google-cloud-resource-manager >= 0.27.0, < 0.28dev',
     'google-cloud-runtimeconfig >= 0.27.0, < 0.28dev',
     'google-cloud-spanner >= 0.26.0, < 0.27dev',