diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f761a98..c8ab5566 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@compodoc/compodoc": "1.1.19",
-    "@google-cloud/datastore": "^8.0.0",
+    "@google-cloud/datastore": "^9.0.0",
     "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.7.0",
     "@types/builtin-modules": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/console-log-level": "^1.4.0",