diff --git a/packages/teeny-request/package.json b/packages/teeny-request/package.json
index 0cf9dff35..d69d64ebd 100644
--- a/packages/teeny-request/package.json
+++ b/packages/teeny-request/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node-core/tree/main/packages/teeny-request",
   "dependencies": {
-    "http-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
+    "http-proxy-agent": "^7.0.0",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.1",
     "node-fetch": "^3.3.2",
     "stream-events": "^1.0.5"
diff --git a/packages/teeny-request/src/agents.ts b/packages/teeny-request/src/agents.ts
index 2cb72c1d0..bf27f8437 100644
--- a/packages/teeny-request/src/agents.ts
+++ b/packages/teeny-request/src/agents.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 import {Agent as HTTPAgent} from 'http';
 import {Agent as HTTPSAgent} from 'https';
-// eslint-disable-next-line n/no-deprecated-api
-import {parse} from 'url';
 import {Options} from './';
 
 export const pool = new Map<string, HTTPAgent>();
@@ -83,18 +81,11 @@ export function getAgent(
 
   if (proxy && shouldUseProxy) {
     // tslint:disable-next-line variable-name
-    let Agent = isHttp
-      ? require('http-proxy-agent')
-      : require('https-proxy-agent');
-
-    if (Agent.HttpsProxyAgent) {
-      Agent = Agent.HttpsProxyAgent;
-    } else if (Agent.HttpProxyAgent) {
-      Agent = Agent.HttpProxyAgent;
-    }
+    const {HttpProxyAgent} = require('http-proxy-agent');
+    const {HttpsProxyAgent} = require('https-proxy-agent');
 
-    const proxyOpts = {...parse(proxy), ...poolOptions};
-    return new Agent(proxyOpts);
+    const Agent = isHttp ? HttpProxyAgent : HttpsProxyAgent;
+    return new Agent(proxy, poolOptions);
   }
 
   let key = isHttp ? 'http' : 'https';
diff --git a/packages/teeny-request/test/agents.ts b/packages/teeny-request/test/agents.ts
index 755ddc268..0f8deee0e 100644
--- a/packages/teeny-request/test/agents.ts
+++ b/packages/teeny-request/test/agents.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('agents', () => {
         const proxy = 'http://hello.there:8080';
         const proxyExpected = {
           hostname: 'hello.there',
-          port: 8080,
+          port: '8080',
           protocol: 'http:',
         };