diff --git a/backend/oauth_connect.json b/backend/oauth_connect.json
index 282660a8de..0ed093e6d9 100644
--- a/backend/oauth_connect.json
+++ b/backend/oauth_connect.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         "auth_url": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth",
         "token_url": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
         "scopes": [
-            "https://mail.google.com/"
+            "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send"
         ],
         "extra_params": {
             "access_type": "offline",