diff --git a/speech/package.json b/speech/package.json
index b071ab2fee..1c6d569f12 100644
--- a/speech/package.json
+++ b/speech/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/speech": "^3.3.2",
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^4.0.0",
-    "chalk": "^2.4.2",
+    "chalk": "^3.0.0",
     "node-record-lpcm16": "^1.0.1",
     "sox": "^0.1.0",
     "yargs": "^14.0.0"