diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-datacatalog/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-datacatalog/samples/package.json
index 4ccc5165533..7bfedfdcdb7 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-datacatalog/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-datacatalog/samples/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "execa": "^1.0.0",
+    "execa": "^2.0.0",
     "mocha": "^6.0.0"
   }
 }