diff --git a/courses/developingapps/v1.2/nodejs/appengine/end/function/package.json b/courses/developingapps/v1.2/nodejs/appengine/end/function/package.json
index 56cdd5ba57..e1bb42da1d 100644
--- a/courses/developingapps/v1.2/nodejs/appengine/end/function/package.json
+++ b/courses/developingapps/v1.2/nodejs/appengine/end/function/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "sample-pubsub",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^4.1.0",
+    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^6.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/language": "^3.3.0"
   }
 }