diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 8487a50b..39f1a350 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-validator": "^6.12.2",
     "express-winston": "^4.2.0",
-    "googleapis": "^112.0.0",
+    "googleapis": "^133.0.0",
     "helmet": "^7.0.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
     "mongodb": "6.3",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/common/services/gcal/gcal.service.ts b/packages/backend/src/common/services/gcal/gcal.service.ts
index 03a8c82e..357b3dfd 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/common/services/gcal/gcal.service.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/common/services/gcal/gcal.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { gSchema$Event, gParamsEventsList, gCalendar } from "@core/types/gcal";
+import {
+  gSchema$Channel,
+  gSchema$Event,
+  gParamsEventsList,
+  gCalendar,
+} from "@core/types/gcal";
 import { GCAL_NOTIFICATION_ENDPOINT } from "@core/constants/core.constants";
 import { Params_WatchEvents } from "@core/types/sync.types";
 import { ENV } from "@backend/common/constants/env.constants";
@@ -26,7 +31,10 @@ class GCalService {
   }
 
   async getEvents(gcal: gCalendar, params: gParamsEventsList) {
-    const response = await gcal.events.list(params);
+    const response = await gcal.events.list({
+      ...params,
+      eventTypes: ["default"],
+    });
     return response;
   }
 
@@ -58,9 +66,10 @@ class GCalService {
   watchEvents = async (gcal: gCalendar, params: Params_WatchEvents) => {
     const { data } = await gcal.events.watch({
       calendarId: params.gCalendarId,
+      eventTypes: ["default"],
       requestBody: {
         // reminder: address always needs to be HTTPS
-        address: (ENV.BASEURL as string) + GCAL_NOTIFICATION_ENDPOINT,
+        address: ENV.BASEURL + GCAL_NOTIFICATION_ENDPOINT,
         expiration: params.expiration,
         id: params.channelId,
         token: ENV.TOKEN_GCAL_NOTIFICATION,
@@ -69,7 +78,7 @@ class GCalService {
       syncToken: params.nextSyncToken,
     });
 
-    return { watch: data };
+    return { watch: data as gSchema$Channel };
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 898ac8c6..b3d7a88b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7274,6 +7274,16 @@ gaxios@^5.0.0, gaxios@^5.0.1:
     is-stream "^2.0.0"
     node-fetch "^2.6.9"
 
+gaxios@^6.0.0, gaxios@^6.0.3, gaxios@^6.1.1:
+  version "6.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gaxios/-/gaxios-6.3.0.tgz#5cd858de47c6560caaf0f99bb5d89c5bdfbe9034"
+  integrity sha512-p+ggrQw3fBwH2F5N/PAI4k/G/y1art5OxKpb2J2chwNNHM4hHuAOtivjPuirMF4KNKwTTUal/lPfL2+7h2mEcg==
+  dependencies:
+    extend "^3.0.2"
+    https-proxy-agent "^7.0.1"
+    is-stream "^2.0.0"
+    node-fetch "^2.6.9"
+
 gcp-metadata@^5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gcp-metadata/-/gcp-metadata-5.3.0.tgz#6f45eb473d0cb47d15001476b48b663744d25408"
@@ -7282,6 +7292,14 @@ gcp-metadata@^5.3.0:
     gaxios "^5.0.0"
     json-bigint "^1.0.0"
 
+gcp-metadata@^6.1.0:
+  version "6.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gcp-metadata/-/gcp-metadata-6.1.0.tgz#9b0dd2b2445258e7597f2024332d20611cbd6b8c"
+  integrity sha512-Jh/AIwwgaxan+7ZUUmRLCjtchyDiqh4KjBJ5tW3plBZb5iL/BPcso8A5DlzeD9qlw0duCamnNdpFjxwaT0KyKg==
+  dependencies:
+    gaxios "^6.0.0"
+    json-bigint "^1.0.0"
+
 gensync@^1.0.0-beta.2:
   version "1.0.0-beta.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gensync/-/gensync-1.0.0-beta.2.tgz#32a6ee76c3d7f52d46b2b1ae5d93fea8580a25e0"
@@ -7472,6 +7490,18 @@ google-auth-library@^8.0.2:
     jws "^4.0.0"
     lru-cache "^6.0.0"
 
+google-auth-library@^9.0.0:
+  version "9.6.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/google-auth-library/-/google-auth-library-9.6.3.tgz#add8935bc5b842a8e80f84fef2b5ed9febb41d48"
+  integrity sha512-4CacM29MLC2eT9Cey5GDVK4Q8t+MMp8+OEdOaqD9MG6b0dOyLORaaeJMPQ7EESVgm/+z5EKYyFLxgzBJlJgyHQ==
+  dependencies:
+    base64-js "^1.3.0"
+    ecdsa-sig-formatter "^1.0.11"
+    gaxios "^6.1.1"
+    gcp-metadata "^6.1.0"
+    gtoken "^7.0.0"
+    jws "^4.0.0"
+
 google-gax@^3.5.8:
   version "3.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/google-gax/-/google-gax-3.6.1.tgz#02c78fc496f5adf86f2ca9145545f4b6575f6118"
@@ -7500,25 +7530,25 @@ google-p12-pem@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     node-forge "^1.3.1"
 
-googleapis-common@^6.0.0:
-  version "6.0.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/googleapis-common/-/googleapis-common-6.0.4.tgz#bd968bef2a478bcd3db51b27655502a11eaf8bf4"
-  integrity sha512-m4ErxGE8unR1z0VajT6AYk3s6a9gIMM6EkDZfkPnES8joeOlEtFEJeF8IyZkb0tjPXkktUfYrE4b3Li1DNyOwA==
+googleapis-common@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/googleapis-common/-/googleapis-common-7.0.1.tgz#c85d0ee605ff0be9f604b963c69dfd27e46f6dec"
+  integrity sha512-mgt5zsd7zj5t5QXvDanjWguMdHAcJmmDrF9RkInCecNsyV7S7YtGqm5v2IWONNID88osb7zmx5FtrAP12JfD0w==
   dependencies:
     extend "^3.0.2"
-    gaxios "^5.0.1"
-    google-auth-library "^8.0.2"
+    gaxios "^6.0.3"
+    google-auth-library "^9.0.0"
     qs "^6.7.0"
     url-template "^2.0.8"
     uuid "^9.0.0"
 
-googleapis@^112.0.0:
-  version "112.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/googleapis/-/googleapis-112.0.0.tgz#e957811a1df3c408f934c0047e091d5d8f14b7ef"
-  integrity sha512-WPfXhYZVrbbJRxB+ZZDksjuelmt49Mcl/1mo7w05kvLS1EbynvTELsNTJwh+hNrjsFKdh4izWLAcjTDo0Boycg==
+googleapis@^133.0.0:
+  version "133.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/googleapis/-/googleapis-133.0.0.tgz#e8d2f7128eb60d1c268dde91b6e17f5c5403790a"
+  integrity sha512-6xyc49j+x7N4smawJs/q1i7mbSkt6SYUWWd9RbsmmDW7gRv+mhwZ4xT+XkPihZcNyo/diF//543WZq4szdS74w==
   dependencies:
-    google-auth-library "^8.0.2"
-    googleapis-common "^6.0.0"
+    google-auth-library "^9.0.0"
+    googleapis-common "^7.0.0"
 
 gopd@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -7590,6 +7620,14 @@ gtoken@^6.1.0:
     google-p12-pem "^4.0.0"
     jws "^4.0.0"
 
+gtoken@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gtoken/-/gtoken-7.1.0.tgz#d61b4ebd10132222817f7222b1e6064bd463fc26"
+  integrity sha512-pCcEwRi+TKpMlxAQObHDQ56KawURgyAf6jtIY046fJ5tIv3zDe/LEIubckAO8fj6JnAxLdmWkUfNyulQ2iKdEw==
+  dependencies:
+    gaxios "^6.0.0"
+    jws "^4.0.0"
+
 gzip-size@^6.0.0:
   version "6.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gzip-size/-/gzip-size-6.0.0.tgz#065367fd50c239c0671cbcbad5be3e2eeb10e462"
@@ -7920,6 +7958,14 @@ https-proxy-agent@5.0.1, https-proxy-agent@^5.0.0, https-proxy-agent@^5.0.1:
     agent-base "6"
     debug "4"
 
+https-proxy-agent@^7.0.1:
+  version "7.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-7.0.4.tgz#8e97b841a029ad8ddc8731f26595bad868cb4168"
+  integrity sha512-wlwpilI7YdjSkWaQ/7omYBMTliDcmCN8OLihO6I9B86g06lMyAoqgoDpV0XqoaPOKj+0DIdAvnsWfyAAhmimcg==
+  dependencies:
+    agent-base "^7.0.2"
+    debug "4"
+
 https-proxy-agent@^7.0.2:
   version "7.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-7.0.2.tgz#e2645b846b90e96c6e6f347fb5b2e41f1590b09b"