diff --git a/endpoints/getting-started-grpc/package.json b/endpoints/getting-started-grpc/package.json
index 35b696baa1..2ffa2a8f1e 100644
--- a/endpoints/getting-started-grpc/package.json
+++ b/endpoints/getting-started-grpc/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "google-auth-library": "^2.0.0",
     "grpc": "1.17.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.2.0",
-    "yargs": "12.0.5"
+    "yargs": "16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "^3.0.0",