diff --git a/googledatastore/README.md b/googledatastore/README.md
index a6755a6522ee100c5ab1a3c3ebad088a2ba31d7b..80b6a4cf8a12d95213a1a37c7a2f42588b132b6d 100644
--- a/googledatastore/README.md
+++ b/googledatastore/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ LICENSE file.
 
 https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/overview?hl=en
 
+Please refer [here] (https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/apis/overview) for more information on
+Google Cloud Datastore API.
+
 ## Configure
 
     YCSB_HOME - YCSB home directory
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ A. Configuration and setup:
 See this link for instructions about setting up Google Cloud Datastore and
 authentication:
 
-https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/getstarted/start_java/
+https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/activate#accessing_the_datastore_api_from_another_platform
 
 After you setup your environment, you will have 3 pieces of information ready:
 - datasetId,
diff --git a/googledatastore/conf/googledatastore.properties b/googledatastore/conf/googledatastore.properties
index ac95b570c4ec4f469d6d6ceda0c6c13b3bdd9d29..408acf0d0d025f1dc419fa404633ea60f88ea133 100644
--- a/googledatastore/conf/googledatastore.properties
+++ b/googledatastore/conf/googledatastore.properties
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 # Google Cloud Datastore's read and update APIs do not support
 # reading or updating a select subset of properties for an entity.
-# (as of version v1beta2-rev1-3.0.2)
+# (as of version v1beta3)
 # Therefore, it's recommended that you set writeallfields and readallfields
 # to true to get stable and comparable performance numbers.
 writeallfields = true
diff --git a/googledatastore/pom.xml b/googledatastore/pom.xml
index 57db3505c288e6d27c309dbd19a0bcf1ba1fbd2e..3d636a2d523c6751240bf50d80fc6e285c5c8b52 100644
--- a/googledatastore/pom.xml
+++ b/googledatastore/pom.xml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ LICENSE file.
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-api-services-datastore-protobuf</artifactId>
-      <version>v1beta2-rev1-3.0.2</version>
+      <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
+      <artifactId>datastore-v1beta3-proto-client</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0-beta.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/googledatastore/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/GoogleDatastoreClient.java b/googledatastore/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/GoogleDatastoreClient.java
index 12fc0fac96ab0b442d4e1710160ab0fadb2d8842..a3f6553427d49565c61317474b3ceaaae74ab22e 100644
--- a/googledatastore/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/GoogleDatastoreClient.java
+++ b/googledatastore/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/GoogleDatastoreClient.java
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@
 package com.yahoo.ycsb.db;
 
 import com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2.Credential;
-import com.google.api.services.datastore.DatastoreV1.*;
-import com.google.api.services.datastore.DatastoreV1.CommitRequest.Mode;
-import com.google.api.services.datastore.DatastoreV1.ReadOptions
-  .ReadConsistency;
-import com.google.api.services.datastore.client.Datastore;
-import com.google.api.services.datastore.client.DatastoreException;
-import com.google.api.services.datastore.client.DatastoreFactory;
-import com.google.api.services.datastore.client.DatastoreHelper;
-import com.google.api.services.datastore.client.DatastoreOptions;
+import com.google.datastore.v1beta3.*;
+import com.google.datastore.v1beta3.CommitRequest.Mode;
+import com.google.datastore.v1beta3.ReadOptions.ReadConsistency;
+import com.google.datastore.v1beta3.client.Datastore;
+import com.google.datastore.v1beta3.client.DatastoreException;
+import com.google.datastore.v1beta3.client.DatastoreFactory;
+import com.google.datastore.v1beta3.client.DatastoreHelper;
+import com.google.datastore.v1beta3.client.DatastoreOptions;
 
 import com.yahoo.ycsb.ByteIterator;
 import com.yahoo.ycsb.DB;
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ public class GoogleDatastoreClient extends DB {
           serviceAccountEmail + ", Private Key File Path: " + privateKeyFile);
 
       datastore = DatastoreFactory.get().create(
-          options.credential(credential).dataset(datasetId).build());
+          options.credential(credential).projectId(datasetId).build());
 
     } catch (GeneralSecurityException exception) {
       throw new DBException("Security error connecting to the datastore: " +
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ public class GoogleDatastoreClient extends DB {
   public Status read(String table, String key, Set<String> fields,
           HashMap<String, ByteIterator> result) {
     LookupRequest.Builder lookupRequest = LookupRequest.newBuilder();
-    lookupRequest.addKey(buildPrimaryKey(table, key));
+    lookupRequest.addKeys(buildPrimaryKey(table, key));
     lookupRequest.getReadOptionsBuilder().setReadConsistency(
         this.readConsistency);
     // Note above, datastore lookupRequest always reads the entire entity, it
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ public class GoogleDatastoreClient extends DB {
     Entity entity = response.getFound(0).getEntity();
     logger.debug("Read entity: " + entity.toString());
 
-    Map<String, Value> properties = DatastoreHelper.getPropertyMap(entity);
+    Map<String, Value> properties = entity.getProperties();
     Set<String> propertiesToReturn =
         (fields == null ? properties.keySet() : fields);
 
@@ -267,11 +266,11 @@ public class GoogleDatastoreClient extends DB {
 
     if (this.entityGroupingMode == EntityGroupingMode.MULTI_ENTITY_PER_GROUP) {
       // All entities are in side the same group when we are in this mode.
-      result.addPathElement(Key.PathElement.newBuilder().setKind(table).
+      result.addPath(Key.PathElement.newBuilder().setKind(table).
           setName(rootEntityName));
     }
 
-    return result.addPathElement(Key.PathElement.newBuilder().setKind(table)
+    return result.addPath(Key.PathElement.newBuilder().setKind(table)
         .setName(key));
   }
 
@@ -289,25 +288,25 @@ public class GoogleDatastoreClient extends DB {
     commitRequest.setMode(Mode.NON_TRANSACTIONAL);
 
     if (mutationType == MutationType.DELETE) {
-      commitRequest.getMutationBuilder().addDelete(datastoreKey);
+      commitRequest.addMutationsBuilder().setDelete(datastoreKey);
 
     } else {
       // If this is not for delete, build the entity.
       Entity.Builder entityBuilder = Entity.newBuilder();
       entityBuilder.setKey(datastoreKey);
       for (Entry<String, ByteIterator> val : values.entrySet()) {
-        entityBuilder.addProperty(Property.newBuilder()
-            .setName(val.getKey())
-            .setValue(Value.newBuilder()
-                .setStringValue(val.getValue().toString())));
+        entityBuilder.getMutableProperties()
+            .put(val.getKey(),
+                Value.newBuilder()
+                .setStringValue(val.getValue().toString()).build());
       }
       Entity entity = entityBuilder.build();
       logger.debug("entity built as: " + entity.toString());
 
       if (mutationType == MutationType.UPSERT) {
-        commitRequest.getMutationBuilder().addUpsert(entity);
+        commitRequest.addMutationsBuilder().setUpsert(entity);
       } else if (mutationType == MutationType.UPDATE){
-        commitRequest.getMutationBuilder().addUpdate(entity);
+        commitRequest.addMutationsBuilder().setUpdate(entity);
       } else {
         throw new RuntimeException("Impossible MutationType, code bug.");
       }