diff --git a/datastore/functions/package.json b/datastore/functions/package.json
index a69d759567..867a19cd4a 100644
--- a/datastore/functions/package.json
+++ b/datastore/functions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "nodejs-docs-samples-functions-datastore",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
   "private": true,
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
@@ -16,15 +15,14 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/datastore": "^5.0.0",
-    "supertest": "^4.0.0"
+    "is-reachable": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/functions-framework": "^1.1.1",
     "child-process-promise": "^2.2.1",
+    "gaxios": "^2.3.1",
     "mocha": "^7.0.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.0",
-    "request": "^2.88.0",
-    "requestretry": "^4.0.0",
     "sinon": "^9.0.0",
     "uuid": "^3.3.2"
   }
diff --git a/datastore/functions/test/index.test.js b/datastore/functions/test/index.test.js
index c0520fc287..5d773ededb 100644
--- a/datastore/functions/test/index.test.js
+++ b/datastore/functions/test/index.test.js
@@ -15,24 +15,19 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const uuid = require('uuid');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const {request} = require('gaxios');
+const isReachable = require('is-reachable');
+const execPromise = require('child-process-promise').exec;
 const {Datastore} = require('@google-cloud/datastore');
+
 const datastore = new Datastore();
 const program = require('../');
-const uuid = require('uuid');
-const path = require('path');
-const execPromise = require('child-process-promise').exec;
-const sinon = require('sinon');
 
 const FF_TIMEOUT = 3000;
-
-let requestRetry = require('requestretry');
-requestRetry = requestRetry.defaults({
-  retryDelay: 500,
-  retryStrategy: requestRetry.RetryStrategies.NetworkError,
-});
-
 const cwd = path.join(__dirname, '..');
-
 const NAME = 'sampletask1';
 const KIND = `Task-${uuid.v4()}`;
 const VALUE = {
@@ -54,17 +49,27 @@ const handleLinuxFailures = async proc => {
   }
 };
 
+// Wait for the HTTP server to start listening
+const waitForReady = async baseUrl => {
+  let ready = false;
+  while (!ready) {
+    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 500));
+    ready = await isReachable(baseUrl);
+  }
+};
+
 describe('functions/datastore', () => {
   describe('set', () => {
     let ffProc;
     const PORT = 8080;
     const BASE_URL = `http://localhost:${PORT}`;
 
-    before(() => {
+    before(async () => {
       ffProc = execPromise(
         `functions-framework --target=set --signature-type=http --port=${PORT}`,
         {timeout: FF_TIMEOUT, shell: true, cwd}
       );
+      await waitForReady(BASE_URL);
     });
 
     after(async () => {
@@ -96,9 +101,7 @@ describe('functions/datastore', () => {
         status: sinon.stub().returnsThis(),
         send: sinon.stub(),
       };
-
       await program.set(req, res);
-
       assert.ok(res.status.calledWith(500));
       assert.ok(res.send.calledWith(errorMsg('Key')));
     });
@@ -122,19 +125,18 @@ describe('functions/datastore', () => {
     });
 
     it('set: Saves an entity', async () => {
-      const response = await requestRetry({
+      const response = await request({
         url: `${BASE_URL}/set`,
         method: 'POST',
-        body: {
+        responseType: 'text',
+        data: {
           kind: KIND,
           key: NAME,
           value: VALUE,
         },
-        json: true,
       });
-
-      assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200);
-      assert.ok(response.body.includes(`Entity ${KIND}/${NAME} saved`));
+      assert.strictEqual(response.status, 200);
+      assert.ok(response.data.includes(`Entity ${KIND}/${NAME} saved`));
     });
   });
 
@@ -143,11 +145,12 @@ describe('functions/datastore', () => {
     const PORT = 8081;
     const BASE_URL = `http://localhost:${PORT}`;
 
-    before(() => {
+    before(async () => {
       ffProc = execPromise(
         `functions-framework --target=get --signature-type=http --port=${PORT}`,
         {timeout: FF_TIMEOUT, shell: true, cwd}
       );
+      await waitForReady(BASE_URL);
     });
 
     after(async () => {
@@ -155,37 +158,36 @@ describe('functions/datastore', () => {
     });
 
     it('get: Fails when entity does not exist', async () => {
-      const response = await requestRetry({
+      const response = await request({
         url: `${BASE_URL}/get`,
         method: 'POST',
-        body: {
+        data: {
           kind: KIND,
           key: 'nonexistent',
         },
-        json: true,
+        responseType: 'text',
+        validateStatus: () => true,
       });
 
-      assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 500);
+      assert.strictEqual(response.status, 500);
       assert.ok(
         new RegExp(
           /(Missing or insufficient permissions.)|(No entity found for key)/
-        ).test(response.body)
+        ).test(response.data)
       );
     });
 
     it('get: Finds an entity', async () => {
-      const response = await requestRetry({
+      const response = await request({
         method: 'POST',
         url: `${BASE_URL}/get`,
-        body: {
+        data: {
           kind: KIND,
           key: NAME,
         },
-        json: true,
       });
-
-      assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(response.body, {
+      assert.strictEqual(response.status, 200);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(response.data, {
         description: 'Buy milk',
       });
     });
@@ -228,11 +230,12 @@ describe('functions/datastore', () => {
     const PORT = 8082;
     const BASE_URL = `http://localhost:${PORT}`;
 
-    before(() => {
+    before(async () => {
       ffProc = execPromise(
         `functions-framework --target=del --signature-type=http --port=${PORT}`,
         {timeout: FF_TIMEOUT, shell: true, cwd}
       );
+      await waitForReady(BASE_URL);
     });
 
     after(async () => {
@@ -272,32 +275,31 @@ describe('functions/datastore', () => {
     });
 
     it(`del: Doesn't fail when entity does not exist`, async () => {
-      const response = await requestRetry({
+      const response = await request({
         method: 'POST',
         url: `${BASE_URL}/del`,
-        body: {
+        data: {
           kind: KIND,
           key: 'nonexistent',
         },
-        json: true,
+        responseType: 'text',
       });
-
-      assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200);
-      assert.strictEqual(response.body, `Entity ${KIND}/nonexistent deleted.`);
+      assert.strictEqual(response.status, 200);
+      assert.strictEqual(response.data, `Entity ${KIND}/nonexistent deleted.`);
     });
 
     it('del: Deletes an entity', async () => {
-      const response = await requestRetry({
+      const response = await request({
         method: 'POST',
         url: `${BASE_URL}/del`,
-        body: {
+        data: {
           kind: KIND,
           key: NAME,
         },
-        json: true,
+        responseType: 'text',
       });
-      assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200);
-      assert.strictEqual(response.body, `Entity ${KIND}/${NAME} deleted.`);
+      assert.strictEqual(response.status, 200);
+      assert.strictEqual(response.data, `Entity ${KIND}/${NAME} deleted.`);
 
       const key = datastore.key([KIND, NAME]);
       const [entity] = await datastore.get(key);