diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-iot/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-iot/samples/package.json
index 8b448b1a686..3a6779bc373 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-iot/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-iot/samples/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
     "hash_file": "^0.1.1",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.0",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
     "mocha": "^8.1.1",
     "mqtt": "^4.0.0",
     "uuid": "^9.0.0",