diff --git a/gax-java/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/nativeimage/GrpcNettyFeature.java b/gax-java/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/nativeimage/GrpcNettyFeature.java
index bbd899b284..fa8fa77d24 100644
--- a/gax-java/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/nativeimage/GrpcNettyFeature.java
+++ b/gax-java/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/nativeimage/GrpcNettyFeature.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ private static void loadGrpcNettyClasses(BeforeAnalysisAccess access) {
   private static void loadMiscClasses(BeforeAnalysisAccess access) {
     registerClassHierarchyForReflection(access, "com.google.protobuf.DescriptorProtos");
     registerClassForReflection(access, "com.google.api.FieldBehavior");
-
+    registerClassForReflection(access, "java.time.Instant");
     registerForUnsafeFieldAccess(access, "javax.net.ssl.SSLContext", "contextSpi");
   }
 }