diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
index 08539637b5a..a1db170ec16 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "mocha": "^7.0.0",
-    "uuid": "^7.0.0"
+    "uuid": "^8.0.0"
   }
 }