diff --git a/framework/cloud_tasks_helpers.py b/framework/cloud_tasks_helpers.py
index bd9b7f9..89954e3 100644
--- a/framework/cloud_tasks_helpers.py
+++ b/framework/cloud_tasks_helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2020 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2020 The Chromium Authors
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 """A helper module for interfacing with google cloud tasks.
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import logging
+import six
 from six.moves import urllib
 
 from google.api_core import exceptions
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@
 
 if not settings.unit_test_mode:
   import grpc
-  from google.cloud import tasks
+  from google.cloud import tasks_v2
+  from google.cloud.tasks_v2.services import cloud_tasks
 
 _client = None
 # Default exponential backoff retry config for enqueueing, not to be confused
@@ -35,10 +37,11 @@
   global _client
   if not _client:
     if settings.local_mode:
-      _client = tasks.CloudTasksClient(
+      transport = cloud_tasks.transports.CloudTasksGrpcTransport(
           channel=grpc.insecure_channel(settings.CLOUD_TASKS_EMULATOR_ADDRESS))
+      _client = tasks_v2.CloudTasksClient(transport=transport)
     else:
-      _client = tasks.CloudTasksClient()
+      _client = tasks_v2.CloudTasksClient()
   return _client
 
 
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@
   target = task.get('app_engine_http_request').get('relative_uri')
   kwargs.setdefault('retry', _DEFAULT_RETRY)
   logging.info('Enqueueing %s task to %s', target, parent)
-  return client.create_task(parent, task, **kwargs)
+  return client.create_task(parent=parent, task=task, **kwargs)
 
 
 def generate_simple_task(url, params):
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@
       'app_engine_http_request':
           {
               'relative_uri': url,
-              'body': urllib.parse.urlencode(params),
+              'body': six.ensure_binary(urllib.parse.urlencode(params)),
               'headers': {
                   'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
               }