diff --git a/integration_test/functions/src/index.ts b/integration_test/functions/src/index.ts
index 76094b0a4..66d637a16 100644
--- a/integration_test/functions/src/index.ts
+++ b/integration_test/functions/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ const numTests = Object.keys(exports).length; // Assumption: every exported func
 import 'firebase-functions'; // temporary shim until process.env.FIREBASE_CONFIG available natively in GCF(BUG 63586213)
 const firebaseConfig = JSON.parse(process.env.FIREBASE_CONFIG);
 admin.initializeApp();
-admin.firestore().settings({ timestampsInSnapshots: true });
 
 // TODO(klimt): Get rid of this once the JS client SDK supports callable triggers.
 function callHttpsTrigger(name: string, data: any) {
diff --git a/integration_test/package.node6.json b/integration_test/package.node6.json
index efc6380a8..c7397753d 100644
--- a/integration_test/package.node6.json
+++ b/integration_test/package.node6.json
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
     "@google-cloud/pubsub": "~0.19.0",
     "@types/google-cloud__pubsub": "^0.18.0",
     "@types/lodash": "~4.14.41",
-    "firebase-admin": "~6.0.0",
+    "firebase-admin": "~7.0.0",
     "firebase-functions": "./firebase-functions.tgz",
     "lodash": "~4.17.2"
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "~2.8.3"
+    "typescript": "~3.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "6"
diff --git a/integration_test/package.node8.json b/integration_test/package.node8.json
index 0de718c2a..ae861c35b 100644
--- a/integration_test/package.node8.json
+++ b/integration_test/package.node8.json
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
     "@google-cloud/pubsub": "~0.19.0",
     "@types/google-cloud__pubsub": "^0.18.0",
     "@types/lodash": "~4.14.41",
-    "firebase-admin": "~6.0.0",
+    "firebase-admin": "~7.0.0",
     "firebase-functions": "./firebase-functions.tgz",
     "lodash": "~4.17.2"
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "~2.8.3"
+    "typescript": "~3.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "8"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8339ad84..390f943fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@types/sinon": "^1.16.29",
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^5.2.0",
-    "firebase-admin": "~6.0.0",
+    "firebase-admin": "~7.0.0",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.2",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
     "mock-require": "^2.0.1",
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
     "prettier": "^1.13.7",
     "sinon": "^1.17.4",
     "ts-node": "^7.0.1",
-    "typescript": "~2.8.3"
+    "typescript": "~3.1.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "firebase-admin": "~6.0.0"
+    "firebase-admin": "~7.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.1",
diff --git a/src/providers/firestore.ts b/src/providers/firestore.ts
index 7a2931618..20dee281f 100644
--- a/src/providers/firestore.ts
+++ b/src/providers/firestore.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ function _getValueProto(data: any, resource: string, valueFieldName: string) {
 export function snapshotConstructor(event: Event): DocumentSnapshot {
   if (!firestoreInstance) {
     firestoreInstance = firebase.firestore(apps().admin);
-    firestoreInstance.settings({ timestampsInSnapshots: true });
   }
   let valueProto = _getValueProto(
     event.data,
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ export function snapshotConstructor(event: Event): DocumentSnapshot {
 export function beforeSnapshotConstructor(event: Event): DocumentSnapshot {
   if (!firestoreInstance) {
     firestoreInstance = firebase.firestore(apps().admin);
-    firestoreInstance.settings({ timestampsInSnapshots: true });
   }
   let oldValueProto = _getValueProto(
     event.data,