#google-cloud/logging causing Error: Could not load the default credential - firebase

Question

I am getting this error when trying to use #google-cloud/logging with Firebase Functions. If I remove the logging stuff everything works fine. I also tried using #google-cloud/logging-winston however, causing the same error along with an additional error.
Here is my code:
const functions = require('firebase-functions')
const mongoose = require('mongoose')
const Tag = require('../../models/tag')
const { Logging } = require('#google-cloud/logging')
const logging = new Logging({projectId: 'circle-fc687'})
const log = logging.log('tags')
const METADATA = {
resource: {
type: 'cloud_function',
labels: {
function_name: 'tags-getTags',
region: 'us-central1'
}
}
}
const uri = 'mongoURL'
module.exports = functions.https.onRequest(async (req, res) => {
try {
console.log('getTags : start')
const logOne = log.entry(METADATA, { event: 'getTags:mongodb:started', value: 'started', message: 'tags-getTags:started' })
log.write(logOne) // I've also tried with an await here thinking maybe it was trying to do something after the function terminates but that didn't fix anything
console.log('getTags : after first logging statement') // doesn't work
await mongoose.connect(uri, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true })
const result = await Tag.find({})
res.send(result)
} catch (err) {
res.send(err)
}
})
Here is the error:
Error: Could not load the default credentials. Browse to https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started for more information.
at GoogleAuth.getApplicationDefaultAsync (/srv/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth.js:161:19)
at <anonymous>
at process._tickDomainCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:229:7)
Edit 1: adding package.json
{
"name": "functions",
"description": "Cloud Functions for Firebase",
"scripts": {
"lint": "eslint .",
"serve": "firebase serve --only functions",
"shell": "firebase functions:shell",
"start": "npm run shell",
"deploy": "firebase deploy --only functions",
"logs": "firebase functions:log"
},
"engines": {
"node": "10"
},
"dependencies": {
"#google-cloud/logging": "^6.0.0",
"#google-cloud/logging-winston": "^3.0.2",
"axios": "^0.19.0",
"cors": "^2.8.5",
"firebase-admin": "^8.9.0",
"firebase-functions": "^3.3.0",
"mongoose": "^5.8.3",
"mongoose-unique-validator": "^2.0.3",
"winston": "^3.2.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"eslint": "^5.12.0",
"eslint-plugin-promise": "^4.0.1",
"firebase-functions-test": "^0.1.7"
},
"private": true
}