diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc44b086..7458b112 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "precompile": "gts clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/logging": "^10.1.11",
+    "@google-cloud/logging": "^10.2.2",
     "google-auth-library": "^8.0.2",
     "lodash.mapvalues": "^4.6.0",
     "winston-transport": "^4.3.0"
diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index 577bce84..8fa1a6b9 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ export const LOGGING_SPAN_KEY = 'logging.googleapis.com/spanId';
  */
 export const LOGGING_SAMPLED_KEY = 'logging.googleapis.com/trace_sampled';
 
+/**
+ * Default library version to be used if version retrieval fails
+ */
+export const NODEJS_WINSTON_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_VERSION = 'unknown';
+
 // The variable to hold cached library version
 let libraryVersion: string;
 
@@ -352,11 +357,15 @@ export function getNodejsLibraryVersion() {
   if (libraryVersion) {
     return libraryVersion;
   }
-  libraryVersion = require(path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
-    '../../',
-    'package.json'
-  )).version;
+  try {
+    libraryVersion = require(path.resolve(
+      __dirname,
+      '../../',
+      'package.json'
+    )).version;
+  } catch (err) {
+    libraryVersion = NODEJS_WINSTON_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_VERSION;
+  }
   return libraryVersion;
 }
 
diff --git a/system-test/logging-winston.ts b/system-test/logging-winston.ts
index 6f4f8d72..02907904 100644
--- a/system-test/logging-winston.ts
+++ b/system-test/logging-winston.ts
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ describe('LoggingWinston', function () {
             entry.data[instrumentation.DIAGNOSTIC_INFO_KEY][
               instrumentation.INSTRUMENTATION_SOURCE_KEY
             ];
-          assert.equal(info[0].name, 'nodejs');
-          assert.equal(info[1].name, 'nodejs-winston');
+          assert.equal(info[0].name, 'nodejs-winston');
+          assert.equal(info[1].name, 'nodejs');
         } else {
           const data = entry.data as {message: string};
           assert.strictEqual(data.message, `   ${MESSAGE}`);