diff --git a/functions/node8/.snyk b/functions/node8/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c0218915e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions/node8/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.14.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:
+    - '@google-cloud/firestore > google-gax > @grpc/proto-loader > lodash':
+        patched: '2020-05-01T08:53:16.936Z'
diff --git a/functions/node8/package.json b/functions/node8/package.json
index dbeff376d5..7a951cafa4 100644
--- a/functions/node8/package.json
+++ b/functions/node8/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "Google Cloud Functions samples for Node.js 8",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "ava test/*"
+    "test": "ava test/*",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=8"
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/firestore": "^0.19.0",
     "escape-html": "^1.0.3",
-    "node-fetch": "^2.3.0"
-  }
+    "node-fetch": "^2.3.0",
+    "snyk": "^1.316.1"
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }