diff --git a/storage/gcloud/aio/storage/storage.py b/storage/gcloud/aio/storage/storage.py
index 4a6aec255..4bdf0c556 100644
--- a/storage/gcloud/aio/storage/storage.py
+++ b/storage/gcloud/aio/storage/storage.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH_SIMPLE_UPLOAD = 5 * 1024 * 1024  # 5 MB
 SCOPES = [
-    'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_write',
+    'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control',
 ]
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)