diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 1485e41e..7f9a6721 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -56,9 +56,12 @@ def bigquery_client(project_id, private_key_path):
 @pytest.fixture()
 def random_dataset_id(bigquery_client):
     import google.api_core.exceptions
+    from google.cloud import bigquery
 
     dataset_id = "".join(["pandas_gbq_", str(uuid.uuid4()).replace("-", "_")])
-    dataset_ref = bigquery_client.dataset(dataset_id)
+    dataset_ref = bigquery.DatasetReference(
+        bigquery_client.project, dataset_id
+    )
     yield dataset_id
     try:
         bigquery_client.delete_dataset(dataset_ref, delete_contents=True)
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index f1ebae90..46570643 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Changelog
 
 .. _changelog-0.14.0:
 
-0.14.0 / TBD
-------------
+0.14.0 / 2020-10-05
+-------------------
 
 - Add ``dtypes`` argument to ``read_gbq``. Use this argument to override the
   default ``dtype`` for a particular column in the query results. For
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Changelog
 Dependency updates
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+- Support ``google-cloud-bigquery-storage`` 2.0 and higher. (:issue:`329`)
 - Update the minimum version of ``pandas`` to 0.20.1.
   (:issue:`331`)
 
diff --git a/pandas_gbq/exceptions.py b/pandas_gbq/exceptions.py
index 96711455..dde45081 100644
--- a/pandas_gbq/exceptions.py
+++ b/pandas_gbq/exceptions.py
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ class InvalidPrivateKeyFormat(ValueError):
     """
 
     pass
+
+
+class PerformanceWarning(RuntimeWarning):
+    """
+    Raised when a performance-related feature is requested, but unsupported.
+
+    Such warnings can occur when dependencies for the requested feature
+    aren't up-to-date.
+    """
diff --git a/pandas_gbq/gbq.py b/pandas_gbq/gbq.py
index 4671227d..7ae4fcf1 100644
--- a/pandas_gbq/gbq.py
+++ b/pandas_gbq/gbq.py
@@ -14,14 +14,8 @@
     bigquery = None
     google_exceptions = None
 
-try:
-    # The BigQuery Storage API client is an optional dependency. It is only
-    # required when use_bqstorage_api=True.
-    from google.cloud import bigquery_storage_v1beta1
-except ImportError:  # pragma: NO COVER
-    bigquery_storage_v1beta1 = None
-
 from pandas_gbq.exceptions import AccessDenied
+from pandas_gbq.exceptions import PerformanceWarning
 import pandas_gbq.schema
 import pandas_gbq.timestamp
 
@@ -30,7 +24,9 @@
 
 BIGQUERY_INSTALLED_VERSION = None
 BIGQUERY_CLIENT_INFO_VERSION = "1.12.0"
+BIGQUERY_BQSTORAGE_VERSION = "1.24.0"
 HAS_CLIENT_INFO = False
+HAS_BQSTORAGE_SUPPORT = False
 
 try:
     import tqdm  # noqa
@@ -39,7 +35,7 @@
 
 
 def _check_google_client_version():
-    global BIGQUERY_INSTALLED_VERSION, HAS_CLIENT_INFO, SHOW_VERBOSE_DEPRECATION
+    global BIGQUERY_INSTALLED_VERSION, HAS_CLIENT_INFO, HAS_BQSTORAGE_SUPPORT, SHOW_VERBOSE_DEPRECATION
 
     try:
         import pkg_resources
@@ -47,11 +43,14 @@ def _check_google_client_version():
     except ImportError:
         raise ImportError("Could not import pkg_resources (setuptools).")
 
-    # https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python/blob/master/bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
+    # https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
     bigquery_minimum_version = pkg_resources.parse_version("1.11.0")
     bigquery_client_info_version = pkg_resources.parse_version(
         BIGQUERY_CLIENT_INFO_VERSION
     )
+    bigquery_bqstorage_version = pkg_resources.parse_version(
+        BIGQUERY_BQSTORAGE_VERSION
+    )
     BIGQUERY_INSTALLED_VERSION = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
         "google-cloud-bigquery"
     ).parsed_version
@@ -59,6 +58,9 @@ def _check_google_client_version():
     HAS_CLIENT_INFO = (
         BIGQUERY_INSTALLED_VERSION >= bigquery_client_info_version
     )
+    HAS_BQSTORAGE_SUPPORT = (
+        BIGQUERY_INSTALLED_VERSION >= bigquery_bqstorage_version
+    )
 
     if BIGQUERY_INSTALLED_VERSION < bigquery_minimum_version:
         raise ImportError(
@@ -548,14 +550,30 @@ def _download_results(
         if user_dtypes is None:
             user_dtypes = {}
 
-        try:
-            bqstorage_client = None
-            if max_results is None:
-                # Only use the BigQuery Storage API if the full result set is requested.
-                bqstorage_client = _make_bqstorage_client(
-                    self.use_bqstorage_api, self.credentials
-                )
+        if self.use_bqstorage_api and not HAS_BQSTORAGE_SUPPORT:
+            warnings.warn(
+                (
+                    "use_bqstorage_api was set, but have google-cloud-bigquery "
+                    "version {}. Requires google-cloud-bigquery version "
+                    "{} or later."
+                ).format(
+                    BIGQUERY_INSTALLED_VERSION, BIGQUERY_BQSTORAGE_VERSION
+                ),
+                PerformanceWarning,
+                stacklevel=4,
+            )
+
+        create_bqstorage_client = self.use_bqstorage_api
+        if max_results is not None:
+            create_bqstorage_client = False
+
+        to_dataframe_kwargs = {}
+        if HAS_BQSTORAGE_SUPPORT:
+            to_dataframe_kwargs[
+                "create_bqstorage_client"
+            ] = create_bqstorage_client
 
+        try:
             query_job.result()
             # Get the table schema, so that we can list rows.
             destination = self.client.get_table(query_job.destination)
@@ -568,16 +586,11 @@ def _download_results(
             conversion_dtypes.update(user_dtypes)
             df = rows_iter.to_dataframe(
                 dtypes=conversion_dtypes,
-                bqstorage_client=bqstorage_client,
                 progress_bar_type=progress_bar_type,
+                **to_dataframe_kwargs
             )
         except self.http_error as ex:
             self.process_http_error(ex)
-        finally:
-            if bqstorage_client:
-                # Clean up open socket resources. See:
-                # https://github.com/pydata/pandas-gbq/issues/294
-                bqstorage_client.transport.channel.close()
 
         if df.empty:
             df = _cast_empty_df_dtypes(schema_fields, df)
@@ -763,27 +776,6 @@ def _cast_empty_df_dtypes(schema_fields, df):
     return df
 
 
-def _make_bqstorage_client(use_bqstorage_api, credentials):
-    if not use_bqstorage_api:
-        return None
-
-    if bigquery_storage_v1beta1 is None:
-        raise ImportError(
-            "Install the google-cloud-bigquery-storage and fastavro/pyarrow "
-            "packages to use the BigQuery Storage API."
-        )
-
-    import google.api_core.gapic_v1.client_info
-    import pandas
-
-    client_info = google.api_core.gapic_v1.client_info.ClientInfo(
-        user_agent="pandas-{}".format(pandas.__version__)
-    )
-    return bigquery_storage_v1beta1.BigQueryStorageClient(
-        credentials=credentials, client_info=client_info
-    )
-
-
 def read_gbq(
     query,
     project_id=None,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf2fde71..4e3d01c9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def readme():
     "pydata-google-auth",
     "google-auth",
     "google-auth-oauthlib",
-    "google-cloud-bigquery[bqstorage,pandas]>=1.11.1,<2.0.0dev",
+    "google-cloud-bigquery[bqstorage,pandas]>=1.11.1,<3.0.0dev",
 ]
 
 extras = {"tqdm": "tqdm>=4.23.0"}
diff --git a/tests/system/conftest.py b/tests/system/conftest.py
index 2004519a..9d160b47 100644
--- a/tests/system/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/system/conftest.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ def gbq_connector(project, credentials):
 def random_dataset(bigquery_client, random_dataset_id):
     from google.cloud import bigquery
 
-    dataset_ref = bigquery_client.dataset(random_dataset_id)
+    dataset_ref = bigquery.DatasetReference(
+        bigquery_client.project, random_dataset_id
+    )
     dataset = bigquery.Dataset(dataset_ref)
     bigquery_client.create_dataset(dataset)
     return dataset
@@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ def random_dataset(bigquery_client, random_dataset_id):
 def tokyo_dataset(bigquery_client, random_dataset_id):
     from google.cloud import bigquery
 
-    dataset_ref = bigquery_client.dataset(random_dataset_id)
+    dataset_ref = bigquery.DatasetReference(
+        bigquery_client.project, random_dataset_id
+    )
     dataset = bigquery.Dataset(dataset_ref)
     dataset.location = "asia-northeast1"
     bigquery_client.create_dataset(dataset)
diff --git a/tests/system/test_read_gbq_with_bqstorage.py b/tests/system/test_read_gbq_with_bqstorage.py
index 31f2e484..4dc1fb25 100644
--- a/tests/system/test_read_gbq_with_bqstorage.py
+++ b/tests/system/test_read_gbq_with_bqstorage.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 
-pytest.importorskip("google.cloud.bigquery_storage_v1beta1")
+pytest.importorskip("google.cloud.bigquery", minversion="1.24.0")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_gbq.py b/tests/unit/test_gbq.py
index be965c27..1307babe 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_gbq.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_gbq.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from pandas_gbq import gbq
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.filter_warnings(
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.filterwarnings(
     "ignore:credentials from Google Cloud SDK"
 )
 pandas_installed_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution(
@@ -490,9 +490,30 @@ def test_read_gbq_passes_dtypes(
 
     mock_list_rows = mock_bigquery_client.list_rows("dest", max_results=100)
 
+    _, to_dataframe_kwargs = mock_list_rows.to_dataframe.call_args
+    assert to_dataframe_kwargs["dtypes"] == {"int_col": "my-custom-dtype"}
+
+
+def test_read_gbq_use_bqstorage_api(
+    mock_bigquery_client, mock_service_account_credentials
+):
+    gbq._check_google_client_version()
+    if not gbq.HAS_BQSTORAGE_SUPPORT:
+        pytest.skip("requires BigQuery Storage API")
+
+    mock_service_account_credentials.project_id = "service_account_project_id"
+    df = gbq.read_gbq(
+        "SELECT 1 AS int_col",
+        dialect="standard",
+        credentials=mock_service_account_credentials,
+        use_bqstorage_api=True,
+    )
+    assert df is not None
+
+    mock_list_rows = mock_bigquery_client.list_rows("dest", max_results=100)
     mock_list_rows.to_dataframe.assert_called_once_with(
-        dtypes={"int_col": "my-custom-dtype"},
-        bqstorage_client=mock.ANY,
+        create_bqstorage_client=True,
+        dtypes=mock.ANY,
         progress_bar_type=mock.ANY,
     )
 
@@ -511,6 +532,5 @@ def test_read_gbq_calls_tqdm(
 
     mock_list_rows = mock_bigquery_client.list_rows("dest", max_results=100)
 
-    mock_list_rows.to_dataframe.assert_called_once_with(
-        dtypes=mock.ANY, bqstorage_client=mock.ANY, progress_bar_type="foobar"
-    )
+    _, to_dataframe_kwargs = mock_list_rows.to_dataframe.call_args
+    assert to_dataframe_kwargs["progress_bar_type"] == "foobar"