diff --git a/handwritten/bigquery-storage/package.json b/handwritten/bigquery-storage/package.json
index 26fbe1745c5d..4cff498f1ae9 100644
--- a/handwritten/bigquery-storage/package.json
+++ b/handwritten/bigquery-storage/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "long": "^5.2.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "protobufjs": "7.2.4 - 7.5.0"
+    "protobufjs": "^7.5.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/bigquery": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/handwritten/bigquery-storage/system-test/managed_writer_client_test.ts b/handwritten/bigquery-storage/system-test/managed_writer_client_test.ts
index a2c80746db1f..3eba4187510e 100644
--- a/handwritten/bigquery-storage/system-test/managed_writer_client_test.ts
+++ b/handwritten/bigquery-storage/system-test/managed_writer_client_test.ts
@@ -1864,6 +1864,7 @@ describe('managedwriter.WriterClient', () => {
 
         // add a fake pending write
         connection['_pendingWrites'].push(new PendingWrite({}));
+        // connection['_pendingWrites'].push(new PendingWrite({writeStream: parent}));
         conn.emit('error', gerr);
         conn.emit('close');