diff --git a/people-and-planet-ai/conftest.py b/people-and-planet-ai/conftest.py
index fed54feb9b9..1bf49d26a00 100644
--- a/people-and-planet-ai/conftest.py
+++ b/people-and-planet-ai/conftest.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def bucket_name(test_name: str, location: str, unique_id: str) -> Iterable[str]:
     # Try to remove all files before deleting the bucket.
     # Deleting a bucket with too many files results in an error.
     try:
-        run_cmd("gsutil", "-m", "rm", "-rf", f"gs://{bucket_name}/*")
+        run_cmd("gcloud", "storage", "rm", "--recursive", f"gs://{bucket_name}/**")
     except RuntimeError:
         # If no files were found and it fails, ignore the error.
         pass
diff --git a/pubsublite/spark-connector/README.md b/pubsublite/spark-connector/README.md
index c133fd66f64..cdef86589f7 100644
--- a/pubsublite/spark-connector/README.md
+++ b/pubsublite/spark-connector/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Get the connector's uber jar from this [public Cloud Storage location]. Alternat
    ```bash
    export BUCKET_ID=your-gcs-bucket-id
 
-   gsutil mb gs://$BUCKET_ID
+   gcloud storage buckets create gs://$BUCKET_ID
    ```
 
 ## Python setup