diff --git a/iot/mqtt_example/package.json b/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
index 13d96926b2..994985387a 100644
--- a/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
+++ b/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "@google-cloud/iot": "^0.2.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.0",
     "mqtt": "^2.18.8",
-    "yargs": "^13.2.2"
+    "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "^3.3.0",