diff --git a/packages/datastore/package.json b/packages/datastore/package.json
index eb9686f2113..85b6cc40a84 100644
--- a/packages/datastore/package.json
+++ b/packages/datastore/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "datastore"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/common": "^0.11.0",
+    "@google-cloud/common": "^0.23.0",
     "arrify": "^1.0.0",
     "concat-stream": "^1.5.0",
     "create-error-class": "^3.0.2",