diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e412a057..cdc4027d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "prelint": "cd samples; npm link ../; npm i"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/common": "^2.1.1",
+    "@google-cloud/common": "^3.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/paginator": "^2.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/promisify": "^1.0.0",
     "arrify": "^2.0.0",