diff --git a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/base/modules.py b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/base/modules.py
index 8ef0161bdb..11e3839f2d 100644
--- a/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/base/modules.py
+++ b/src/clusterfuzz/_internal/base/modules.py
@@ -44,6 +44,50 @@ def _patch_appengine_modules_for_bots():
     pass
 
 
+def _patch_google_auth_for_bots() -> None:
+  """Patch google.auth.default to use explicit credentials via GCE metadata.
+
+  This is required for Swarming bots to authenticate with GCP services
+  since they do not always have application default credentials configured
+  in their environment.
+  """
+  if not os.getenv('SWARMING_BOT'):
+    # Only applicable when explicitly deployed as a Swarming task worker.
+    return
+
+  try:
+    import google.auth
+    from google.auth import compute_engine
+    import requests
+
+    def patched_default_credentials(
+        *args, **kwargs) -> tuple[compute_engine.Credentials, str] | None:
+      # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+      url = f"http://{os.environ['GCE_METADATA_HOST']}/computeMetadata/v1/" \
+            "project/project-id"
+      project_id = os.environ.get('GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT') or os.environ.get(
+          'APPLICATION_ID')
+      if not project_id and os.environ.get('GCE_METADATA_HOST'):
+        try:
+          project_id = requests.get(
+              url, headers={
+                  "Metadata-Flavor": "Google"
+              }, timeout=2).text.strip()
+        except Exception:
+          pass
+
+      if not project_id:
+        print('''[Swarming] [Error] Failed to patch google.auth.default.
+            Reason: failed to get project ID''')
+        return None
+
+      return compute_engine.Credentials(), project_id
+
+    google.auth.default = patched_default_credentials
+  except ImportError as e:
+    print(f'[Swarming] [Error] Failed to patch google.auth.default. {e.msg}')
+
+
 def fix_module_search_paths():
   """Add directories that we must be able to import from to path."""
   root_directory = os.environ['ROOT_DIR']
@@ -75,3 +119,4 @@ def fix_module_search_paths():
 
   # TODO(ochang): Remove this once SDK is removed from images.
   _patch_appengine_modules_for_bots()
+  _patch_google_auth_for_bots()