diff --git a/core/packages/teeny-request/src/index.ts b/core/packages/teeny-request/src/index.ts
index 931861ad798c..1310d015e8bb 100644
--- a/core/packages/teeny-request/src/index.ts
+++ b/core/packages/teeny-request/src/index.ts
@@ -293,6 +293,12 @@ function teenyRequest(
         teenyRequest.stats.requestFinished();
         responseStream = res.body;
 
+        // node-fetch v3's internal pipeline listeners plus the wiring below
+        // legitimately exceed the default limit of 10, warning on every
+        // streamed response
+        // see: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/9185
+        responseStream.setMaxListeners(0);
+
         responseStream.on('error', (err: Error) => {
           requestStream.emit('error', err);
         });
diff --git a/core/packages/teeny-request/test/index.ts b/core/packages/teeny-request/test/index.ts
index e34d697a2a58..0f80d277bba6 100644
--- a/core/packages/teeny-request/test/index.ts
+++ b/core/packages/teeny-request/test/index.ts
@@ -298,6 +298,18 @@ describe('teeny', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  // see: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/9185
+  it('should remove the listener limit on the fetch response stream', done => {
+    const scope = mockJson();
+    const stream = teenyRequest({uri}).on('error', done);
+    stream.on('response', res => {
+      assert.strictEqual(res.body.getMaxListeners(), 0);
+      scope.done();
+      done();
+    });
+    stream.resume();
+  });
+
   it('should expose TeenyStatistics instance', () => {
     assert.ok(teenyRequest.stats instanceof TeenyStatistics);
   });