diff --git a/RHEL-187353-fence_gce-fail-immediately-with-import-error.patch b/RHEL-187353-fence_gce-fail-immediately-with-import-error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64eeb56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RHEL-187353-fence_gce-fail-immediately-with-import-error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+--- a/agents/gce/fence_gce.py	2026-07-31 18:20:02.677000000 +0530
++++ b/agents/gce/fence_gce.py	2026-07-31 18:31:30.223000000 +0530
+@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@
+   import socks
+   try:
+     from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials as GoogleCredentials
+-  except:
++  except ImportError:
+     from oauth2client.client import GoogleCredentials
+-except:
+-  pass
++except Exception as e:
++    from fencing import fail_import_if_not_metadata_or_help_action
++    fail_import_if_not_metadata_or_help_action("Failed to import Google Cloud dependencies", e)
+ 
+ METADATA_SERVER = 'http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/'
+ METADATA_HEADERS = {'Metadata-Flavor': 'Google'}
+--- a/lib/fencing.py.py	2026-07-31 18:20:02.666000000 +0530
++++ b/lib/fencing.py.py	2026-07-31 18:33:40.236000000 +0530
+@@ -1281,6 +1281,19 @@
+     os.environ.clear()
+     os.environ.update(line.partition('=')[::2] for line in output.decode("utf-8").split('\0') if not re.match("^\s*$", line))
+ 
++def fail_import_if_not_metadata_or_help_action(message, e):
++    args = sys.argv[1:]
++    opts = list(zip(args, args[1:] + [None]))
++    if any(opt in ("-h", "--help", "--action=metadata", "--action=manpage") or (opt in ("-o", "--action") and arg in ("metadata", "manpage")) for opt, arg in opts):
++        return
++    # When no command-line args, input might be from stdin - defer error to let argument validation happen
++    if len(args) == 0:
++        return
++    # Otherwise fail immediately
++    logging.getLogger().name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
++    logging.error("%s: %s", message, str(e))
++    sys.exit(EC_GENERIC_ERROR)
++
+ # Convert array of format [[key1, value1], [key2, value2], ... [keyN, valueN]] to dict, where key is
+ # in format a.b.c.d...z and returned dict has key only z
+ def array_to_dict(array):
diff --git a/fence-agents.spec b/fence-agents.spec
index 15abc52..9e0d60e 100644
--- a/fence-agents.spec
+++ b/fence-agents.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 Name: fence-agents
 Summary: Set of unified programs capable of host isolation ("fencing")
 Version: 4.10.0
-Release: 120%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}
+Release: 121%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 URL: https://github.com/ClusterLabs/fence-agents
 Source0: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/f/e/fence-agents/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ Patch78: RHEL-183892-fence_ibm_vpc-set-proxy-when-token-is-expired-as-well.patch
 Patch79: RHEL-154985-fence_openstack-fix-list-action-to-avoid-timeout-with-large-number-of-VMs.patch
 Patch80: RHEL-193739-1-fence_vmware_rest-add-token-based-authentication.patch
 Patch81: RHEL-193739-2-fence_vmware_rest-remove-static-token-option.patch
+Patch82: RHEL-187353-fence_gce-fail-immediately-with-import-error.patch
 
 ### HA support libs/utils ###
 # all archs
@@ -431,6 +432,7 @@ BuildRequires: %{systemd_units}
 %patch -p1 -P 79
 %patch -p1 -P 80
 %patch -p1 -P 81
+%patch -p1 -P 82
 
 # prevent compilation of something that won't get used anyway
 sed -i.orig 's|FENCE_ZVM=1|FENCE_ZVM=0|' configure.ac
@@ -1536,6 +1538,10 @@ are located on corosync cluster nodes.
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 31 2026 Arslan Ahmad <arahmad@redhat.com> - 4.10.0-121
+- fence_gce: fail immediately with import errors
+  Resolves: RHEL-187353
+
 * Thu Jul 30 2026 Arslan Ahmad <arahmad@redhat.com> - 4.10.0-120
 - fence_vmware_rest: add token-based authentication
   Resolves: RHEL-193739