diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml b/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
index 641f70059..265abd7fa 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@
       <classifier>testlib</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
+      <classifier>testlib</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -178,5 +184,19 @@
         <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <ignoredUsedUndeclaredDependencies>
+              <!-- This dependency is used for its native image configuration in the test scope -->
+              <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>com.google.api:gax:jar:testlib</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+            </ignoredUsedUndeclaredDependencies>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-logging/native-image.properties b/google-cloud-logging/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-logging/native-image.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index a62f3f19b..000000000
--- a/google-cloud-logging/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-logging/native-image.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Args=--initialize-at-build-time=org.junit.Ignore,\
-java.lang.annotation.Annotation,\
-org.junit.vintage.engine.discovery.FilterableIgnoringRunnerDecorator,\
-org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkField