diff --git a/dataflow/flex-templates/pipeline_with_dependencies/requirements.txt b/dataflow/flex-templates/pipeline_with_dependencies/requirements.txt
index cc9fda76736..209d72d876f 100644
--- a/dataflow/flex-templates/pipeline_with_dependencies/requirements.txt
+++ b/dataflow/flex-templates/pipeline_with_dependencies/requirements.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ google-auth==2.28.1
     #   google-cloud-vision
 google-auth-httplib2==0.1.1
     # via apache-beam
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.42.1
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
     # via apache-beam
 google-cloud-bigquery==3.17.2
     # via
diff --git a/dataflow/gemma-flex-template/requirements-test.txt b/dataflow/gemma-flex-template/requirements-test.txt
index 5e6dcfc99aa..390b9c8d797 100644
--- a/dataflow/gemma-flex-template/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/dataflow/gemma-flex-template/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.62.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 google-cloud-dataflow-client==0.8.14
 google-cloud-pubsub==2.28.0
 google-cloud-storage==2.18.2
diff --git a/dataflow/gemma/requirements-test.txt b/dataflow/gemma/requirements-test.txt
index 511d704b396..e182febf518 100644
--- a/dataflow/gemma/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/dataflow/gemma/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.49.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 google-cloud-dataflow-client==0.8.10
 google-cloud-storage==2.16.0
 pytest==7.4.0
diff --git a/dataflow/run-inference/requirements-test.txt b/dataflow/run-inference/requirements-test.txt
index 1802752120d..d98c3552c1e 100644
--- a/dataflow/run-inference/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/dataflow/run-inference/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.57.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 google-cloud-dataflow-client==0.8.14
 google-cloud-storage==2.10.0
 pytest==9.0.3
diff --git a/gemma2/requirements.txt b/gemma2/requirements.txt
index f8990233d3f..c4759183720 100644
--- a/gemma2/requirements.txt
+++ b/gemma2/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.64.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 protobuf==5.29.5
diff --git a/genai/batch_prediction/requirements.txt b/genai/batch_prediction/requirements.txt
index 4f44a6593bb..f8aac90b46d 100644
--- a/genai/batch_prediction/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/batch_prediction/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 google-cloud-bigquery==3.29.0
 google-cloud-storage==2.19.0
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/bounding_box/requirements.txt b/genai/bounding_box/requirements.txt
index 86da356810f..3c8f3118926 100644
--- a/genai/bounding_box/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/bounding_box/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 pillow==11.1.0
diff --git a/genai/code_execution/requirements.txt b/genai/code_execution/requirements.txt
index 7365e0b937d..3c8f3118926 100644
--- a/genai/code_execution/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/code_execution/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-google-genai==1.60.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 pillow==11.1.0
diff --git a/genai/content_cache/requirements.txt b/genai/content_cache/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/content_cache/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/content_cache/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/controlled_generation/requirements.txt b/genai/controlled_generation/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/controlled_generation/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/controlled_generation/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/count_tokens/requirements.txt b/genai/count_tokens/requirements.txt
index 726dd09178a..b7e01ed7202 100644
--- a/genai/count_tokens/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/count_tokens/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.1
diff --git a/genai/embeddings/requirements.txt b/genai/embeddings/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/embeddings/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/embeddings/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/express_mode/requirements.txt b/genai/express_mode/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/express_mode/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/express_mode/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/image_generation/requirements.txt b/genai/image_generation/requirements.txt
index 86da356810f..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/image_generation/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/image_generation/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
-pillow==11.1.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/live/requirements.txt b/genai/live/requirements.txt
index ee7f068754b..069a5b0eceb 100644
--- a/genai/live/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/live/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
-scipy==1.16.1
-websockets==15.0.1
-numpy==1.26.4
-soundfile==0.12.1
-openai==1.99.1
-setuptools==80.9.0
-pyaudio==0.2.14
-librosa==0.11.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+scipy==1.16.1
+websockets==15.0.1
+numpy==1.26.4
+soundfile==0.12.1
+openai==1.99.1
+setuptools==80.9.0
+pyaudio==0.2.14
+librosa==0.11.0
 simpleaudio==1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/genai/model_optimizer/requirements.txt b/genai/model_optimizer/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/model_optimizer/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/model_optimizer/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/provisioned_throughput/requirements.txt b/genai/provisioned_throughput/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/provisioned_throughput/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/provisioned_throughput/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/safety/requirements.txt b/genai/safety/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/safety/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/safety/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/template_folder/requirements.txt b/genai/template_folder/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/template_folder/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/template_folder/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/text_generation/requirements.txt b/genai/text_generation/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/text_generation/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/text_generation/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/thinking/requirements.txt b/genai/thinking/requirements.txt
index 1efe7b29dbc..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/thinking/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/thinking/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.42.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/tools/requirements.txt b/genai/tools/requirements.txt
index 9f6fafbe8ec..eac05d2a874 100644
--- a/genai/tools/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/tools/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-google-genai==1.45.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 # PIl is required for tools_code_execution_with_txt_img.py
 pillow==11.1.0
diff --git a/genai/tuning/requirements.txt b/genai/tuning/requirements.txt
index e5fdb322ca4..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/tuning/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/tuning/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.47.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/video_generation/requirements.txt b/genai/video_generation/requirements.txt
index b83c25fae61..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/genai/video_generation/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/video_generation/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.43.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/generative_ai/embeddings/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/embeddings/requirements.txt
index 13c79e4e255..a7fd0aadcf9 100644
--- a/generative_ai/embeddings/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/embeddings/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.84.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.0
 google-auth==2.29.0
 anthropic[vertex]==0.28.0
diff --git a/generative_ai/evaluation/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/evaluation/requirements.txt
index be13d57d368..5d20ef061be 100644
--- a/generative_ai/evaluation/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/evaluation/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.69.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.0
 google-auth==2.38.0
 anthropic[vertex]==0.28.0
-langchain-core==0.2.33
-langchain-google-vertexai==1.0.10
+langchain-core==1.4.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+langchain-google-genai==4.2.4; python_version >= "3.10"
 numpy<3
 openai==1.68.2
 immutabledict==4.2.0
diff --git a/generative_ai/extensions/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/extensions/requirements.txt
index be13d57d368..5d20ef061be 100644
--- a/generative_ai/extensions/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/extensions/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.69.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.0
 google-auth==2.38.0
 anthropic[vertex]==0.28.0
-langchain-core==0.2.33
-langchain-google-vertexai==1.0.10
+langchain-core==1.4.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+langchain-google-genai==4.2.4; python_version >= "3.10"
 numpy<3
 openai==1.68.2
 immutabledict==4.2.0
diff --git a/generative_ai/function_calling/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/function_calling/requirements.txt
index 2ffbfa4cc60..c849f3fc19b 100644
--- a/generative_ai/function_calling/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/function_calling/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 google-auth==2.38.0
 openai==1.68.2
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.86.0
\ No newline at end of file
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/generative_ai/image_generation/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/image_generation/requirements.txt
index be13d57d368..5d20ef061be 100644
--- a/generative_ai/image_generation/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/image_generation/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.69.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.0
 google-auth==2.38.0
 anthropic[vertex]==0.28.0
-langchain-core==0.2.33
-langchain-google-vertexai==1.0.10
+langchain-core==1.4.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+langchain-google-genai==4.2.4; python_version >= "3.10"
 numpy<3
 openai==1.68.2
 immutabledict==4.2.0
diff --git a/generative_ai/labels/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/labels/requirements.txt
index 44964bbf7b1..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/generative_ai/labels/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/labels/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.133.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/generative_ai/model_garden/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/model_garden/requirements.txt
index be13d57d368..5d20ef061be 100644
--- a/generative_ai/model_garden/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/model_garden/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.69.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.0
 google-auth==2.38.0
 anthropic[vertex]==0.28.0
-langchain-core==0.2.33
-langchain-google-vertexai==1.0.10
+langchain-core==1.4.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+langchain-google-genai==4.2.4; python_version >= "3.10"
 numpy<3
 openai==1.68.2
 immutabledict==4.2.0
diff --git a/generative_ai/model_tuning/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/model_tuning/requirements.txt
index be13d57d368..5d20ef061be 100644
--- a/generative_ai/model_tuning/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/model_tuning/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.69.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.0
 google-auth==2.38.0
 anthropic[vertex]==0.28.0
-langchain-core==0.2.33
-langchain-google-vertexai==1.0.10
+langchain-core==1.4.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+langchain-google-genai==4.2.4; python_version >= "3.10"
 numpy<3
 openai==1.68.2
 immutabledict==4.2.0
diff --git a/generative_ai/prompts/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/prompts/requirements.txt
index 30b8dfcdd9f..5d20ef061be 100644
--- a/generative_ai/prompts/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/prompts/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.74.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.0
 google-auth==2.38.0
 anthropic[vertex]==0.28.0
-langchain-core==0.2.33
-langchain-google-vertexai==1.0.10
+langchain-core==1.4.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+langchain-google-genai==4.2.4; python_version >= "3.10"
 numpy<3
 openai==1.68.2
 immutabledict==4.2.0
diff --git a/generative_ai/provisioned_throughput/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/provisioned_throughput/requirements.txt
index 7131687faca..2e304626514 100644
--- a/generative_ai/provisioned_throughput/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/provisioned_throughput/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.82.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 google-auth==2.38.0
diff --git a/generative_ai/rag/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/rag/requirements.txt
index d4591122ee1..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/generative_ai/rag/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/rag/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.87.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/generative_ai/reasoning_engine/requirements.txt b/generative_ai/reasoning_engine/requirements.txt
index be13d57d368..5d20ef061be 100644
--- a/generative_ai/reasoning_engine/requirements.txt
+++ b/generative_ai/reasoning_engine/requirements.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ pandas==2.2.3; python_version == '3.8'
 pandas==2.2.3; python_version > '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version < '3.8'
 pillow==10.4.0; python_version >= '3.8'
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.69.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 sentencepiece==0.2.0
 google-auth==2.38.0
 anthropic[vertex]==0.28.0
-langchain-core==0.2.33
-langchain-google-vertexai==1.0.10
+langchain-core==1.4.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+langchain-google-genai==4.2.4; python_version >= "3.10"
 numpy<3
 openai==1.68.2
 immutabledict==4.2.0
diff --git a/model_garden/anthropic/requirements.txt b/model_garden/anthropic/requirements.txt
index 52f70d3580a..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/model_garden/anthropic/requirements.txt
+++ b/model_garden/anthropic/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.7.0
\ No newline at end of file
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/model_garden/gemma/requirements.txt b/model_garden/gemma/requirements.txt
index eba13fe9012..b3d8b240456 100644
--- a/model_garden/gemma/requirements.txt
+++ b/model_garden/gemma/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-cloud-aiplatform[all]==1.103.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/people-and-planet-ai/geospatial-classification/requirements.txt b/people-and-planet-ai/geospatial-classification/requirements.txt
index 7c19dad051d..fbd73d3064c 100644
--- a/people-and-planet-ai/geospatial-classification/requirements.txt
+++ b/people-and-planet-ai/geospatial-classification/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 earthengine-api==1.5.9
 folium==0.19.5
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.47.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 pandas==2.2.3
 tensorflow==2.12.0
diff --git a/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/requirements.txt b/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/requirements.txt
index 3a5c78d3764..2a71e884e01 100644
--- a/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/requirements.txt
+++ b/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pillow==10.3.0
 apache-beam[gcp]==2.55.1
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.47.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/people-and-planet-ai/land-cover-classification/requirements.txt b/people-and-planet-ai/land-cover-classification/requirements.txt
index e547b7dead5..576426d89fc 100644
--- a/people-and-planet-ai/land-cover-classification/requirements.txt
+++ b/people-and-planet-ai/land-cover-classification/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 apache-beam[gcp]==2.46.0
 earthengine-api==1.5.9
 folium==0.19.5
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.47.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 imageio==2.36.1
 plotly==5.15.0
 tensorflow==2.12.0
diff --git a/people-and-planet-ai/timeseries-classification/requirements.txt b/people-and-planet-ai/timeseries-classification/requirements.txt
index c97c9686726..a46822196d8 100644
--- a/people-and-planet-ai/timeseries-classification/requirements.txt
+++ b/people-and-planet-ai/timeseries-classification/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Flask==3.0.3
 apache-beam[gcp]==2.46.0
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.47.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 pandas==2.2.3
 tensorflow==2.12.1
diff --git a/people-and-planet-ai/weather-forecasting/tests/training_tests/requirements.txt b/people-and-planet-ai/weather-forecasting/tests/training_tests/requirements.txt
index 2dda40903c2..88eeecaafd2 100644
--- a/people-and-planet-ai/weather-forecasting/tests/training_tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/people-and-planet-ai/weather-forecasting/tests/training_tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ../../serving/weather-model
 build==0.10.0
-google-cloud-aiplatform==1.47.0
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/translate/samples/snippets/requirements.txt b/translate/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
index 100a6ecc805..42241b62278 100644
--- a/translate/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
+++ b/translate/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 google-cloud-translate==3.18.0
 google-cloud-storage==2.9.0
 google-cloud-automl==2.14.1
-google-cloud-aiplatform[vertexai]
+google-genai==2.7.0; python_version >= "3.10"