diff --git a/cloud-language/snippets/package.json b/cloud-language/snippets/package.json
index a43faa0087..d3a6f49712 100644
--- a/cloud-language/snippets/package.json
+++ b/cloud-language/snippets/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "mathjs": "^7.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/language": "^4.1.0",
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^5.0.0",
-    "yargs": "^15.0.0"
+    "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",