diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5e73bb3d..7dd110e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
       - run: node --version
-      - run: npm install
+      - run: npm install --engine-strict
       - run: npm test
       - name: coverage
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
diff --git a/.mocharc.js b/.mocharc.js
index ff7b34fa..0b600509 100644
--- a/.mocharc.js
+++ b/.mocharc.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 const config = {
   "enable-source-maps": true,
   "throw-deprecation": true,
-  "timeout": 10000
+  "timeout": 10000,
+  "recursive": true
 }
 if (process.env.MOCHA_THROW_DEPRECATION === 'false') {
   delete config['throw-deprecation'];
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 1590f9d1..5d9f95ec 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-bigquery.git",
-        "sha": "c2058e4f4a0c985c405f0cfb0718053b520367cf"
+        "sha": "58dcf34d8d22b4b5c9e488935b75eeaf8c8fd69e"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "8cf6d2834ad14318e64429c3b94f6443ae83daf9"
+        "sha": "fdd03c161003ab97657cc0218f25c82c89ddf4b6"
       }
     }
   ],