diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b1a4e456b..43117d272 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "typescript": "~3.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/common": "^0.20.3",
+    "@google-cloud/common": "^0.23.0",
     "builtin-modules": "^3.0.0",
     "continuation-local-storage": "^3.2.1",
     "extend": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cf7037ea8..40309b555 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -82,26 +82,32 @@
     lodash "^4.17.5"
     to-fast-properties "^2.0.0"
 
-"@google-cloud/common@^0.20.3":
-  version "0.20.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@google-cloud/common/-/common-0.20.3.tgz#639fb9ed07b0e20bdcfa84ebb0838b8cb2068e3b"
+"@google-cloud/common@^0.23.0":
+  version "0.23.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@google-cloud/common/-/common-0.23.0.tgz#34076548b31817324baad23257b4ce27d6cd0a40"
   dependencies:
+    "@google-cloud/projectify" "^0.3.0"
+    "@google-cloud/promisify" "^0.3.0"
     "@types/duplexify" "^3.5.0"
     "@types/request" "^2.47.0"
     arrify "^1.0.1"
-    axios "^0.18.0"
     duplexify "^3.6.0"
     ent "^2.2.0"
     extend "^3.0.1"
     google-auth-library "^1.6.0"
     is "^3.2.1"
-    pify "^3.0.0"
-    request "^2.87.0"
+    pify "^4.0.0"
     retry-request "^4.0.0"
-    split-array-stream "^2.0.0"
-    stream-events "^1.0.4"
     through2 "^2.0.3"
 
+"@google-cloud/projectify@^0.3.0":
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@google-cloud/projectify/-/projectify-0.3.0.tgz#adb984ac61f7ec855558ef677621b2488c50d05d"
+
+"@google-cloud/promisify@^0.3.0":
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@google-cloud/promisify/-/promisify-0.3.0.tgz#b36a802ea07740b15b3bf63246df829d2dc24f14"
+
 "@types/builtin-modules@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/builtin-modules/-/builtin-modules-2.0.0.tgz#ac89b765b8ef36f0d5ab42de10e39faa5fd64535"
@@ -2396,10 +2402,6 @@ is-retry-allowed@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-retry-allowed/-/is-retry-allowed-1.1.0.tgz#11a060568b67339444033d0125a61a20d564fb34"
 
-is-stream-ended@^0.1.4:
-  version "0.1.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-stream-ended/-/is-stream-ended-0.1.4.tgz#f50224e95e06bce0e356d440a4827cd35b267eda"
-
 is-stream@^1.0.0, is-stream@^1.0.1, is-stream@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-stream/-/is-stream-1.1.0.tgz#12d4a3dd4e68e0b79ceb8dbc84173ae80d91ca44"
@@ -4032,12 +4034,6 @@ spdx-satisfies@^4.0.0:
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.0"
     spdx-ranges "^2.0.0"
 
-split-array-stream@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/split-array-stream/-/split-array-stream-2.0.0.tgz#85a4f8bfe14421d7bca7f33a6d176d0c076a53b1"
-  dependencies:
-    is-stream-ended "^0.1.4"
-
 split-string@^3.0.1, split-string@^3.0.2:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/split-string/-/split-string-3.1.0.tgz#7cb09dda3a86585705c64b39a6466038682e8fe2"
@@ -4107,12 +4103,6 @@ statuses@~1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/statuses/-/statuses-1.4.0.tgz#bb73d446da2796106efcc1b601a253d6c46bd087"
 
-stream-events@^1.0.4:
-  version "1.0.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-events/-/stream-events-1.0.4.tgz#73bfd4007b8f677b46ec699f14e9e2304c2f0a9e"
-  dependencies:
-    stubs "^3.0.0"
-
 stream-shift@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-shift/-/stream-shift-1.0.0.tgz#d5c752825e5367e786f78e18e445ea223a155952"
@@ -4186,10 +4176,6 @@ strip-json-comments@^2.0.1, strip-json-comments@~2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-2.0.1.tgz#3c531942e908c2697c0ec344858c286c7ca0a60a"
 
-stubs@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stubs/-/stubs-3.0.0.tgz#e8d2ba1fa9c90570303c030b6900f7d5f89abe5b"
-
 supports-color@5.4.0, supports-color@^5.3.0:
   version "5.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.4.0.tgz#1c6b337402c2137605efe19f10fec390f6faab54"