diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 9acbabb1..f3ca5561 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-nodejs:latest
-  digest: sha256:b9e4584a1fe3c749e3c37c92497b13dce653b2e694f0261f0610eb0e15941357
-# created: 2022-05-05T21:08:42.530332893Z
+  digest: sha256:ddb19a6df6c1fa081bc99fb29658f306dd64668bc26f75d1353b28296f3a78e6
+# created: 2022-06-07T21:18:30.024751809Z
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index d1e8b5e6..4a30a08e 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     isAdminEnforced: true
     requiredApprovingReviewCount: 1
     requiresCodeOwnerReviews: true
-    requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
+    requiresStrictStatusChecks: true
     requiredStatusCheckContexts:
       - "ci/kokoro: Samples test"
       - "ci/kokoro: System test"
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ branchProtectionRules:
       - cla/google
       - windows
       - OwlBot Post Processor
+permissionRules:
+  - team: yoshi-admins
+    permission: admin
+  - team: jsteam-admins
+    permission: admin
+  - team: jsteam
+    permission: push
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 842997c7..ca68bf53 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "@types/sinon": "^10.0.0",
     "@types/tmp": "0.2.3",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.0.0",
+    "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
     "assert": "^2.0.0",
     "browserify": "^17.0.0",
     "c8": "^7.0.0",
@@ -86,7 +87,6 @@
     "webpack-cli": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
     "extend": "^3.0.2",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
     "is-stream": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index de1acbc1..2915b271 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-import {AbortSignal} from 'abort-controller';
 import {Agent} from 'http';
 import {URL} from 'url';
 
@@ -100,7 +99,9 @@ export interface GaxiosOptions {
   validateStatus?: (status: number) => boolean;
   retryConfig?: RetryConfig;
   retry?: boolean;
-  signal?: AbortSignal;
+  // Should be instance of https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal
+  // interface. Left as 'any' due to incompatibility between spec and abort-controller.
+  signal?: any;
   size?: number;
   /**
    * Implementation of `fetch` to use when making the API call. By default,