diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-language/package.json
index 1d6e91d622b..1d8e761086c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=10"
+    "node": ">=12.0.0"
   },
   "repository": "googleapis/nodejs-language",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "precompile": "gts clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "google-gax": "^2.24.1"
+    "google-gax": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@
     "jsdoc-fresh": "^1.0.1",
     "jsdoc-region-tag": "^1.0.2",
     "linkinator": "^2.0.0",
-    "mocha": "^8.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^9.2.2",
     "null-loader": "^4.0.0",
     "pack-n-play": "^1.0.0-2",
     "sinon": "^14.0.0",
     "ts-loader": "^9.0.0",
-    "typescript": "^3.8.3",
+    "typescript": "^4.6.4",
     "webpack": "^5.0.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^4.0.0"
   }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
index c755c16f5b1..54374cf4b66 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=8"
+    "node": ">=12.0.0"
   },
   "repository": "googleapis/nodejs-language",
   "private": true,
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
     "mocha": "^8.0.0",
     "uuid": "^8.0.0"
   }
-}
+}
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