diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/test/helpers.test.js b/packages/google-cloud-node/test/helpers.test.js
index 5531c3e68bd9..5fff3631d54f 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/test/helpers.test.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/test/helpers.test.js
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ describe('Speech helper methods', () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    client = new speech.v1.SpeechClient();
+    client = new speech.v1.SpeechClient({
+      credentials: {client_email: 'bogus', private_key: 'bogus'},
+      projectId: 'bogus',
+    });
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {