diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-dns/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-dns/package.json
index 996da7e37b3..a3ed41b5d24 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-dns/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-dns/package.json
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
     "lodash.groupby": "^4.6.0",
     "methmeth": "^1.1.0",
     "propprop": "^0.3.1",
-    "request": "^2.88.0",
-    "string-format-obj": "^1.1.1"
+    "string-format-obj": "^1.1.1",
+    "teeny-request": "^3.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/change.js b/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/change.js
index 81f3e66cc70..3e82df69521 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/change.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/change.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const request = require('request');
+const teenyRequest = require('teeny-request').teenyRequest;
 const {ServiceObject} = require('@google-cloud/common');
 const {promisifyAll} = require('@google-cloud/promisify');
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Change extends ServiceObject {
        */
       id: id,
       methods: methods,
-      requestModule: request,
+      requestModule: teenyRequest,
     });
   }
   /**
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/index.js b/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/index.js
index a91a7c41002..08117545326 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/index.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const {paginator} = require('@google-cloud/paginator');
 const {promisifyAll} = require('@google-cloud/promisify');
 const extend = require('extend');
 const is = require('is');
-const request = require('request');
+const teenyRequest = require('teeny-request').teenyRequest;
 
 const Zone = require('./zone');
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class DNS extends Service {
         'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform',
       ],
       packageJson: require('../package.json'),
-      requestModule: request,
+      requestModule: teenyRequest,
     };
     super(config, options);
   }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/zone.js b/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/zone.js
index 78f26fe9aa6..3bbbf318304 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/zone.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-dns/src/zone.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const groupBy = require('lodash.groupby');
 const is = require('is');
 const prop = require('propprop');
-const request = require('request');
+const teenyRequest = require('teeny-request').teenyRequest;
 const zonefile = require('dns-zonefile');
 
 const Change = require('./change');
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class Zone extends ServiceObject {
       id: name,
       createMethod: dns.createZone.bind(dns),
       methods: methods,
-      requestModule: request,
+      requestModule: teenyRequest,
     });
     /**
      * @name Zone#name