diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/utils/credentials_provider.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/utils/credentials_provider.py
index ac1cfb42a31abf..258a0f37ff8936 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/utils/credentials_provider.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/utils/credentials_provider.py
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 import google.auth
 import google.auth.credentials
 import google.oauth2.service_account
-from google.auth import impersonated_credentials
+from google.auth import compute_engine, impersonated_credentials
 from google.auth.environment_vars import CREDENTIALS, LEGACY_PROJECT, PROJECT
+from google.auth.transport import _http_client
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.providers.google.cloud._internal_client.secret_manager_client import _SecretManagerClient
@@ -248,6 +249,9 @@ def get_credentials_and_project(self) -> Tuple[google.auth.credentials.Credentia
 
             project_id = _get_project_id_from_service_account_email(self.target_principal)
 
+        if isinstance(credentials, compute_engine.Credentials):
+            credentials.refresh(_http_client.Request())
+
         return credentials, project_id
 
     def _get_credentials_using_keyfile_dict(self):