diff --git a/hack/.staticcheck_failures b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
index 5d9532402a2..44479ad24a5 100644
--- a/hack/.staticcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.staticcheck_failures
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ pkg/volume/vsphere_volume
 test/e2e/apps
 test/e2e/autoscaling
 test/e2e/instrumentation/logging/stackdriver
-test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring
 test/integration/deployment
 test/integration/etcd
 test/integration/examples
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/BUILD b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/BUILD
index e5b7a11aa18..cab20dd7c9c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/BUILD
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/onsi/gomega:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/golang.org/x/oauth2/google:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/google.golang.org/api/monitoring/v3:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/google.golang.org/api/option:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/accelerator.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/accelerator.go
index e7019193581..11d65301e79 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/accelerator.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/accelerator.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2/google"
 	gcm "google.golang.org/api/monitoring/v3"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
 )
 
 // Stackdriver container accelerator metrics, as described here:
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ func testStackdriverAcceleratorMonitoring(f *framework.Framework) {
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	client, err := google.DefaultClient(ctx, gcm.CloudPlatformScope)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
-	gcmService, err := gcm.New(client)
+	gcmService, err := gcm.NewService(ctx, option.WithHTTPClient(client))
 
 	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/custom_metrics_stackdriver.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/custom_metrics_stackdriver.go
index 360fc8b8180..762450e06fd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/custom_metrics_stackdriver.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/custom_metrics_stackdriver.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2/google"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -99,8 +100,9 @@ func testCustomMetrics(f *framework.Framework, kubeClient clientset.Interface, c
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	client, err := google.DefaultClient(ctx, gcm.CloudPlatformScope)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
-	gcmService, err := gcm.New(client)
+	gcmService, err := gcm.NewService(ctx, option.WithHTTPClient(client))
 	if err != nil {
 		framework.Failf("Failed to create gcm service, %v", err)
 	}
@@ -145,8 +147,9 @@ func testExternalMetrics(f *framework.Framework, kubeClient clientset.Interface,
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	client, err := google.DefaultClient(ctx, gcm.CloudPlatformScope)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
-	gcmService, err := gcm.New(client)
+	gcmService, err := gcm.NewService(ctx, option.WithHTTPClient(client))
 	if err != nil {
 		framework.Failf("Failed to create gcm service, %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver.go
index d9ca5c250be..dbc5e51c20d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/stackdriver.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2/google"
 	gcm "google.golang.org/api/monitoring/v3"
+	"google.golang.org/api/option"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ func testStackdriverMonitoring(f *framework.Framework, pods, allPodsCPU int, per
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	client, err := google.DefaultClient(ctx, gcm.CloudPlatformScope)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 
 	// Hack for running tests locally
 	// If this is your use case, create application default credentials:
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ func testStackdriverMonitoring(f *framework.Framework, pods, allPodsCPU int, per
 		client := oauth2.NewClient(oauth2.NoContext, ts)
 	*/
 
-	gcmService, err := gcm.New(client)
+	gcmService, err := gcm.NewService(ctx, option.WithHTTPClient(client))
 
 	// set this env var if accessing Stackdriver test endpoint (default is prod):
 	// $ export STACKDRIVER_API_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE=https://test-monitoring.sandbox.googleapis.com/