diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/package.json
index a0915a2fe71d..1b736a24b336 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/samples/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/speech": "^3.6.0",
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^4.0.0",
-    "chalk": "^3.0.0",
+    "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "node-record-lpcm16": "^1.0.1",
     "sox": "^0.1.0",
     "yargs": "^15.0.0"