Using different connection methods while using operators in airflow in composer

[jaangojayaraj]

We are refactoring(changing) GKEStartPodOperator to KubernetesPodOperator in our airflow dags and noticed that the tasks using GKEStartPodOperator is using "Using connection ID 'google_cloud_default' for task execution" --- from the logs

KubernetesPodOperator is using "Using connection ID 'kubernetes_default' for task execution" for task execution from logs

Note that in both the cases we are not passing any explicit conn_id as a parameter.

How can i make the KubernetesPodOperator use google_cloud_default?