From ee06dd33df9fa8dd19a16a8c866dd3aef3ba1c36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaurav <39389231+gsquared94@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:55:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] update(deps): genai sdk now handles empty GEMINI_API_KEY
 correctly (#7377)

---
 package-lock.json           | 12 ++++++------
 packages/cli/package.json   |  2 +-
 packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx |  8 --------
 packages/core/package.json  |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2f7cb92f58..a10f7ab614 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1126,9 +1126,9 @@
       "link": true
     },
     "node_modules/@google/genai": {
-      "version": "1.13.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@google/genai/-/genai-1.13.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-BxilXzE8cJ0zt5/lXk6KwuBcIT9P2Lbi2WXhwWMbxf1RNeC68/8DmYQqMrzQP333CieRMdbDXs0eNCphLoScWg==",
+      "version": "1.16.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@google/genai/-/genai-1.16.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hdTYu39QgDFxv+FB6BK2zi4UIJGWhx2iPc0pHQ0C5Q/RCi+m+4gsryIzTGO+riqWcUA8/WGYp6hpqckdOBNysw==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "google-auth-library": "^9.14.2",
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@
         "node": ">=20.0.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
-        "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.11.0"
+        "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.11.4"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": {
@@ -14509,7 +14509,7 @@
       "version": "0.2.2",
       "dependencies": {
         "@google/gemini-cli-core": "file:../core",
-        "@google/genai": "1.13.0",
+        "@google/genai": "1.16.0",
         "@iarna/toml": "^2.2.5",
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.15.1",
         "@types/update-notifier": "^6.0.8",
@@ -14701,7 +14701,7 @@
       "name": "@google/gemini-cli-core",
       "version": "0.2.2",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@google/genai": "1.13.0",
+        "@google/genai": "1.16.0",
         "@lvce-editor/ripgrep": "^1.6.0",
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.11.0",
         "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.9.0",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index a4f4ac0506..b44c3ae6ac 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google/gemini-cli-core": "file:../core",
-    "@google/genai": "1.13.0",
+    "@google/genai": "1.16.0",
     "@iarna/toml": "^2.2.5",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.15.1",
     "@types/update-notifier": "^6.0.8",
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
index f805d0c7c5..51291d6600 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/gemini.tsx
@@ -277,14 +277,6 @@ export async function main() {
       );
     }
   }
-  // Empty key causes issues with the GoogleGenAI package.
-  if (process.env['GEMINI_API_KEY']?.trim() === '') {
-    delete process.env['GEMINI_API_KEY'];
-  }
-
-  if (process.env['GOOGLE_API_KEY']?.trim() === '') {
-    delete process.env['GOOGLE_API_KEY'];
-  }
 
   setMaxSizedBoxDebugging(config.getDebugMode());
 
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index d2df2fdc8d..61a1e55e75 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google/genai": "1.13.0",
+    "@google/genai": "1.16.0",
     "@lvce-editor/ripgrep": "^1.6.0",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.11.0",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.9.0",