diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index 4934c10ca92..4461e5de088 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "@google-cloud/local-auth": "^1.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "googleapis": "^67.1.1",
-    "nconf": "^0.11.0",
+    "nconf": "^0.12.0",
     "open": "^8.0.0",
     "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
     "uuid": "^8.0.0"