diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 1261273fb..c686ad3bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,48 @@ jobs:
       - run: cd gax; npm test
         env:
           MOCHA_THROW_DEPRECATION: false
+  test-logging-utils:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node: [14, 16]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+      - run: node --version
+      # The first installation step ensures that all of our production
+      # dependencies work on the given Node.js version, this helps us find
+      # dependencies that don't match our engines field:
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm install --production --engine-strict --ignore-scripts --no-package-lock
+      # Clean up the production install, before installing dev/production:
+      - run: cd logging-utils; rm -rf node_modules
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm install
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm test
+        env:
+          MOCHA_THROW_DEPRECATION: false
+  test-logging-utils-samples:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node: [14, 16]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+      - run: node --version
+      # The first installation step ensures that all of our production
+      # dependencies work on the given Node.js version, this helps us find
+      # dependencies that don't match our engines field:
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm install --production --engine-strict --ignore-scripts --no-package-lock
+      # Clean up the production install, before installing dev/production:
+      - run: cd logging-utils; rm -rf node_modules
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm install
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm run samples-test
+        env:
+          MOCHA_THROW_DEPRECATION: false
   test-tools:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
@@ -69,6 +111,17 @@ jobs:
       - run: cd tools; npm test
         env:
           MOCHA_THROW_DEPRECATION: false
+  windows-logging-utils:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 14
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm install
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm test
+        env:
+          MOCHA_THROW_DEPRECATION: false
   lint-gax:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -87,6 +140,15 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 14
       - run: cd tools; npm install
       - run: cd tools; npm run lint
+  lint-logging-utils:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 14
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm install
+      - run: cd logging-utils; npm run lint
   docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/logging-utils/.eslintignore b/logging-utils/.eslintignore
index ea5b04aeb..5c7dc7164 100644
--- a/logging-utils/.eslintignore
+++ b/logging-utils/.eslintignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ build/
 docs/
 protos/
 samples/generated/
+samples/typescript/**
+samples/system-test/**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logging-utils/package.json b/logging-utils/package.json
index 6934e2095..765238c60 100644
--- a/logging-utils/package.json
+++ b/logging-utils/package.json
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
     "test": "c8 mocha build/test",
     "lint": "gts check test src samples",
     "clean": "gts clean",
-    "compile": "tsc -p . && cp -r test/fixtures build/test",
+    "compile": "tsc -p .",
     "fix": "gts fix",
     "prepare": "npm run compile",
     "precompile": "gts clean",
-    "samples-test": "echo no samples 🙀",
+    "samples-test": "cd samples/ && npm install && npm test && cd ../",
     "system-test": "echo no system tests 🙀"
   },
   "author": "Google API Authors",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.10",
     "@types/node": "^22.9.1",
     "c8": "^9.0.0",
-    "gts": "^5.0.0",
+    "gts": "^5.3.1",
     "mocha": "^9.0.0",
     "typescript": "^5.1.6"
   },
diff --git a/logging-utils/samples/javascript/quickstart.js b/logging-utils/samples/javascript/quickstart.js
index e158d9461..c9f66094c 100644
--- a/logging-utils/samples/javascript/quickstart.js
+++ b/logging-utils/samples/javascript/quickstart.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 //   usage: node quickstart.js <project-id> <topic-name-or-id> <subscription-name-or-id>
 
 // [!START logging_utils_quickstart]
+// eslint-disable-next-line n/no-missing-require
 const {log} = require('google-logging-utils');
 
 function main() {
diff --git a/logging-utils/samples/package.json b/logging-utils/samples/package.json
index 1083faa2d..5715d4fe6 100644
--- a/logging-utils/samples/package.json
+++ b/logging-utils/samples/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "node": ">=14"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "google-logging-utils": "^1.0.0"
+    "google-logging-utils": "0.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/typeless-sample-bot": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/logging-utils/src/logging-utils.ts b/logging-utils/src/logging-utils.ts
index b36d36203..60e98dc19 100644
--- a/logging-utils/src/logging-utils.ts
+++ b/logging-utils/src/logging-utils.ts
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ export function getNodeBackend(): DebugLogBackend {
 //
 // Note: using the proper types here introduces an extra dependency
 // we don't want, so for the moment, they'll be notational only.
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 type DebugPackage = any; // debug.Debug
 class DebugBackend extends DebugLogBackendBase {
   debugPkg: DebugPackage;