build(deps): bump cloud.google.com/go/storage from 1.16.1 to 1.18.1

Bumps [cloud.google.com/go/storage](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go) from 1.16.1 to 1.18.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/blob/master/CHANGES.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.16.1...storage/v1.18.1)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: cloud.google.com/go/storage
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

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vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/metadata.go

@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -317,7 +315,7 @@ func (c *Client) getETag(suffix string) (value, etag string, err error) {
 			code = res.StatusCode
 		}
 		if delay, shouldRetry := retryer.Retry(code, reqErr); shouldRetry {
-			if err := gax.Sleep(ctx, delay); err != nil {
+			if err := sleep(ctx, delay); err != nil {
 				return "", "", err
 			}
 			continue

vendor/cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata/retry.go

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 package metadata
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"io"
+	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -30,8 +30,41 @@ var (
 	syscallRetryable = func(err error) bool { return false }
 )
 
+// defaultBackoff is basically equivalent to gax.Backoff without the need for
+// the dependency.
+type defaultBackoff struct {
+	max time.Duration
+	mul float64
+	cur time.Duration
+}
+
+func (b *defaultBackoff) Pause() time.Duration {
+	d := time.Duration(1 + rand.Int63n(int64(b.cur)))
+	b.cur = time.Duration(float64(b.cur) * b.mul)
+	if b.cur > b.max {
+		b.cur = b.max
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+// sleep is the equivalent of gax.Sleep without the need for the dependency.
+func sleep(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration) error {
+	t := time.NewTimer(d)
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		t.Stop()
+		return ctx.Err()
+	case <-t.C:
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 func newRetryer() *metadataRetryer {
-	return &metadataRetryer{bo: &gax.Backoff{Initial: 100 * time.Millisecond}}
+	return &metadataRetryer{bo: &defaultBackoff{
+		cur: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+		max: 30 * time.Second,
+		mul: 2,
+	}}
 }
 
 type backoff interface {