diff --git a/pydantic_ai_slim/pyproject.toml b/pydantic_ai_slim/pyproject.toml
index 8d196a813b..24b0573700 100644
--- a/pydantic_ai_slim/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pydantic_ai_slim/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ logfire = ["logfire[httpx]>=4.16.0"]
 openai = ["openai>=2.11.0"]
 cohere = ["cohere>=5.18.0; platform_system != 'Emscripten'"]
 vertexai = ["google-auth>=2.36.0", "requests>=2.32.2"]
-google = ["google-genai>=1.55.0"]
+google = ["google-genai>=1.56.0"]
 anthropic = ["anthropic>=0.75.0"]
 groq = ["groq>=0.25.0"]
 openrouter = ["openai>=2.8.0"]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 75bc6b08fb..6695d4f951 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -5684,7 +5684,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "fastmcp", marker = "extra == 'fastmcp'", specifier = ">=2.12.0" },
     { name = "genai-prices", specifier = ">=0.0.40" },
     { name = "google-auth", marker = "extra == 'vertexai'", specifier = ">=2.36.0" },
-    { name = "google-genai", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=1.55.0" },
+    { name = "google-genai", marker = "extra == 'google'", specifier = ">=1.56.0" },
     { name = "griffe", specifier = ">=1.14.0" },
     { name = "groq", marker = "extra == 'groq'", specifier = ">=0.25.0" },
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.27" },