diff --git a/RO-VIM-gcp/osm_rovim_gcp/vimconn_gcp.py b/RO-VIM-gcp/osm_rovim_gcp/vimconn_gcp.py
index 6532be3..5b58c1a 100644
--- a/RO-VIM-gcp/osm_rovim_gcp/vimconn_gcp.py
+++ b/RO-VIM-gcp/osm_rovim_gcp/vimconn_gcp.py
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@
 
             try:
                 # Set to client created
-                self.conn_compute = googleapiclient.discovery.build("compute", "v1")
+                self.conn_compute = googleapiclient.discovery.build(
+                    "compute", "v1", credentials=self.credentials
+                )
             except Exception as e:
                 self._format_vimconn_exception(e)
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix_bug_2268-94c0189c7dd607f0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix_bug_2268-94c0189c7dd607f0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..386f1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix_bug_2268-94c0189c7dd607f0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#######################################################################################
+# Copyright ETSI Contributors and Others.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#######################################################################################
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fix bug 2268: Authentication error when instantiating NS on GCP.
+    There was a bug in _reload_connection method of GCP connector which is
+    called when trying to reconnect after a previous error: the credentials
+    parameter was missing in googleapiclient.discovery.build() call.