diff --git a/dev/system-test/tracing.ts b/dev/system-test/tracing.ts
index 9d772dcf2..bf97ae246 100644
--- a/dev/system-test/tracing.ts
+++ b/dev/system-test/tracing.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import {
 } from '../src/telemetry/trace-util';
 import {AsyncLocalStorageContextManager} from '@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks';
 import {deepStrictEqual} from 'assert';
-import {cloudtrace_v1, auth as gAuth} from '@googleapis/cloudtrace';
+import {cloudtrace_v1, cloudtrace_v2} from '@googleapis/cloudtrace';
 import {GoogleAuth} from 'google-gax';
 import Schema$Trace = cloudtrace_v1.Schema$Trace;
 import Schema$TraceSpan = cloudtrace_v1.Schema$TraceSpan;
@@ -325,6 +325,22 @@ describe.only('Tracing Tests', () => {
     );
   }
 
+  async function authenticate() : Promise<any> {
+    try {
+      const auth = new GoogleAuth({
+        scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform']
+      });
+
+      const client = await auth.getClient();
+      console.log(client); // The authenticated client
+      console.log(`authenticated for project:${client.projectId}`);
+      return auth;
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('Authentication failed:', error);
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Returns true on success, and false otherwise.
   async function waitForCompletedInMemorySpans(): Promise<boolean> {
     await tracerProvider.forceFlush();
@@ -337,14 +353,17 @@ describe.only('Tracing Tests', () => {
   async function waitForCompletedCloudTraceSpans(
     numExpectedSpans: number
   ): Promise<boolean> {
-    const auth = new gAuth.GoogleAuth({
-      scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
-    });
+    // const auth = new gAuth.GoogleAuth({
+    //   scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
+    // });
+
     // const client = new cloudtrace_v1.Cloudtrace({
     //   auth: new GoogleAuth({
     //     projectId: firestore.projectId,
     //   }),
     // });
+
+    const auth = await authenticate();
     const client = new cloudtrace_v1.Cloudtrace({auth});
     const projectTraces = new cloudtrace_v1.Resource$Projects$Traces(
       client.context
@@ -360,10 +379,12 @@ describe.only('Tracing Tests', () => {
     let receivedFullTrace = false;
     do {
       try {
+        console.log('going to get traces');
         const getTraceResponse = await projectTraces.get({
           projectId: firestore.projectId,
           traceId: customSpanContext.traceId,
         });
+        console.log(`got ${getTraceResponse}`);
 
         cloudTraceInfo = getTraceResponse.data;