diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle
index f38f371dfca3..8d1d0a1776d9 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/build.gradle
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ dependencies {
   // newer version of GAX. Declaring newer google-cloud-bigtable so that Beam
   // users receive newer google-cloud-bigtable. Beam doesn't directly use this
   // artifact.
+  implementation library.java.google_cloud_bigtable
   permitUnusedDeclared library.java.google_cloud_bigtable
   implementation library.java.google_cloud_core
   implementation(library.java.google_cloud_core_grpc) {