diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df4a58adb57..01c990542a6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "google-auth-library": "^5.2.0",
-    "googleapis-common": "^3.1.0"
+    "google-auth-library": "^5.6.1",
+    "googleapis-common": "^3.2.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "build/src",
@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@
     "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.12",
     "tmp": "^0.1.0",
-    "typescript": "~3.7.0"
+    "typescript": "3.6.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 61f31b77aad..9518bf36fdc 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
       "extends": "packages:linters",
       "groupName": "linters"
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "ignoreDeps": ["typescript"]
 }
diff --git a/src/generator/docs.ts b/src/generator/docs.ts
index db7a59bcf60..4ff0fa0b624 100644
--- a/src/generator/docs.ts
+++ b/src/generator/docs.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 import * as execa from 'execa';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as nunjucks from 'nunjucks';
-import Q from 'p-queue';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {promisify} from 'util';
+// there is a typings issue with p-queue and TypeScript 3.6.4.
+const {default: Q} = require('p-queue');
 
 const readdir = promisify(fs.readdir);
 const writeFile = promisify(fs.writeFile);
diff --git a/src/generator/generator.ts b/src/generator/generator.ts
index dc53de4d1fb..ad5bd0b02dc 100644
--- a/src/generator/generator.ts
+++ b/src/generator/generator.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ import {
 } from 'googleapis-common';
 import * as mkdirp from 'mkdirp';
 import * as nunjucks from 'nunjucks';
-import Q from 'p-queue';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as url from 'url';
 import * as util from 'util';
+// there is a typings issue with p-queue and TypeScript 3.6.4.
+const {default: Q} = require('p-queue');
 
 const writeFile = util.promisify(fs.writeFile);
 const readDir = util.promisify(fs.readdir);
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ export class Generator {
     const queue = new Q({concurrency: 10});
     console.log(`Generating ${apis.length} APIs...`);
     queue.addAll(
-      apis.map(api => {
+      apis.map((api: {[key: string]: string}) => {
         return async () => {
           this.log('Generating API for %s...', api.id);
           this.logResult(
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ export class Generator {
                 fragment = fragment.replace(/`\*/gi, '`<');
                 fragment = fragment.replace(/\*`/gi, '>`');
                 const lines = fragment.split('\n');
-                lines.forEach((line, i) => {
+                lines.forEach((line: string, i: number) => {
                   lines[i] = '*' + (line ? ' ' + lines[i] : '');
                 });
                 fragment = lines.join('\n');