diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b5b8b2c..fcd9561 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "arrify": "^2.0.0",
-    "google-auth-library": "^7.0.0"
+    "google-auth-library": "^7.14.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@compodoc/compodoc": "^1.1.10",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 58a2b5b..42b29a0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 import arrify = require('arrify');
 import {GoogleAuth, GoogleAuthOptions} from 'google-auth-library';
 
-export interface GCEImagesConfig extends GoogleAuthOptions {
-  authClient?: GoogleAuth;
+interface AuthOptions extends GoogleAuthOptions {
   /**
    * The host name used to access the compute API.
    * Defaults to `compute.googleapis.com`.
@@ -24,6 +23,10 @@ export interface GCEImagesConfig extends GoogleAuthOptions {
   apiEndpoint?: string;
 }
 
+export type GCEImagesConfig = Omit<AuthOptions, 'authClient'> & {
+  authClient?: GoogleAuth;
+};
+
 export interface GetOptions {
   deprecated?: boolean;
   osNames?: string[];
@@ -94,15 +97,23 @@ export interface OSUrls {
   windows: string;
 }
 
+function isGoogleAuthOptions(
+  config: GoogleAuthOptions | GCEImagesConfig
+): config is GoogleAuthOptions {
+  return !config.authClient;
+}
+
 export class GCEImages {
   private _auth: GoogleAuth;
   private apiEndpoint: string;
   OS_URLS: OSUrls;
   OS_TO_URL: {[index: string]: string};
-  constructor(config: GCEImagesConfig = {}) {
+  constructor(config: GCEImagesConfig | AuthOptions = {}) {
     this.apiEndpoint = config.apiEndpoint || 'compute.googleapis.com';
     config.scopes = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute'];
-    this._auth = config.authClient || new GoogleAuth(config);
+    this._auth = isGoogleAuthOptions(config)
+      ? new GoogleAuth(config)
+      : config.authClient!;
     const projectsPath = `https://${this.apiEndpoint}/compute/v1/projects`;
     this.OS_URLS = {
       centos: `${projectsPath}/centos-cloud/global/images`,