diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-datacatalog/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-datacatalog/samples/package.json
index 86688f4bba9..22d07178c92 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-datacatalog/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-datacatalog/samples/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "execa": "^5.0.0",
+    "execa": "^6.0.0",
     "mocha": "^8.0.0"
   }
 }