diff --git a/lib/core/auth/mongodb_aws.js b/lib/core/auth/mongodb_aws.js
index af19d6dc0d..492b573e61 100644
--- a/lib/core/auth/mongodb_aws.js
+++ b/lib/core/auth/mongodb_aws.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const url = require('url');
 
 let aws4;
 try {
+  // Ensure you always wrap an optional require in the try block NODE-3199
   aws4 = require('aws4');
 } catch (e) {
   // don't do anything;
diff --git a/lib/core/auth/scram.js b/lib/core/auth/scram.js
index 7eca32dda3..2d1787810c 100644
--- a/lib/core/auth/scram.js
+++ b/lib/core/auth/scram.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const Binary = BSON.Binary;
 
 let saslprep;
 try {
+  // Ensure you always wrap an optional require in the try block NODE-3199
   saslprep = require('saslprep');
 } catch (e) {
   // don't do anything;
diff --git a/lib/core/index.js b/lib/core/index.js
index cf3bbfed7b..b01be2ad25 100644
--- a/lib/core/index.js
+++ b/lib/core/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const require_optional = require('optional-require')(require);
 const EJSON = require('./utils').retrieveEJSON();
 
 try {
+  // Ensure you always wrap an optional require in the try block NODE-3199
   // Attempt to grab the native BSON parser
   const BSONNative = require_optional('bson-ext');
   // If we got the native parser, use it instead of the
diff --git a/lib/core/utils.js b/lib/core/utils.js
index 631c4a9b3b..0940619efa 100644
--- a/lib/core/utils.js
+++ b/lib/core/utils.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ function retrieveKerberos() {
   let kerberos;
 
   try {
+    // Ensure you always wrap an optional require in the try block NODE-3199
     kerberos = requireOptional('kerberos');
   } catch (err) {
     if (err.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
diff --git a/lib/encrypter.js b/lib/encrypter.js
index 4f0155d361..ecf69babbf 100644
--- a/lib/encrypter.js
+++ b/lib/encrypter.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ const MongoClient = require('./mongo_client');
 const BSON = require('./core/connection/utils').retrieveBSON();
 const MongoError = require('./core/error').MongoError;
 
+let mongodbClientEncryption = undefined;
 try {
-  require.resolve('mongodb-client-encryption');
+  // Ensure you always wrap an optional require in the try block NODE-3199
+  mongodbClientEncryption = require('mongodb-client-encryption');
 } catch (err) {
   throw new MongoError(
     'Auto-encryption requested, but the module is not installed. ' +
@@ -12,13 +14,16 @@ try {
   );
 }
 
-const mongodbClientEncryption = require('mongodb-client-encryption');
-if (typeof mongodbClientEncryption.extension !== 'function') {
+if (
+  mongodbClientEncryption === undefined ||
+  typeof mongodbClientEncryption.extension !== 'function'
+) {
   throw new MongoError(
     'loaded version of `mongodb-client-encryption` does not have property `extension`. ' +
       'Please make sure you are loading the correct version of `mongodb-client-encryption`'
   );
 }
+
 const AutoEncrypter = mongodbClientEncryption.extension(require('../index')).AutoEncrypter;
 
 const kInternalClient = Symbol('internalClient');
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6677f69392..0a3a8eaf2d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -722,9 +722,9 @@
       }
     },
     "caniuse-lite": {
-      "version": "1.0.30001243",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001243.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vNxw9mkTBtkmLFnJRv/2rhs1yufpDfCkBZexG3Y0xdOH2Z/eE/85E4Dl5j1YUN34nZVsSp6vVRFQRrez9wJMRA==",
+      "version": "1.0.30001245",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001245.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-768fM9j1PKXpOCKws6eTo3RHmvTUsG9UrpT4WoREFeZgJBTi4/X9g565azS/rVUGtqb8nt7FjLeF5u4kukERnA==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "catharsis": {
@@ -1318,9 +1318,9 @@
       }
     },
     "electron-to-chromium": {
-      "version": "1.3.771",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.3.771.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-zHMomTqkpnAD9W5rhXE1aiU3ogGFrqWzdvM4C6222SREiqsWQb2w0S7P2Ii44qCaGimmAP1z+OydllM438uJyA==",
+      "version": "1.3.778",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.3.778.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Lw04qJaPtWdq0d7qKHJTgkam+FhFi3hm/scf1EyqJWdjO3ZIGUJhNmZJRXWb7yb/bRYXQyVGSpa9RqVpjjWMQw==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "emoji-regex": {
@@ -2303,9 +2303,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "is-core-module": {
-      "version": "2.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-core-module/-/is-core-module-2.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6A2fkfq1rfeQZjxrZJGerpLCTHRNEBiSgnu0+obeJpEPZRUooHgsizvzv0ZjJwOz3iWIHdJtVWJ/tmPr3D21/A==",
+      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-core-module/-/is-core-module-2.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-TXCMSDsEHMEEZ6eCA8rwRDbLu55MRGmrctljsBX/2v1d9/GzqHOxW5c5oPSgrUt2vBFXebu9rGqckXGPWOlYpg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "has": "^1.0.3"
@@ -3310,9 +3310,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "object-inspect": {
-      "version": "1.10.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/object-inspect/-/object-inspect-1.10.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-e5mCJlSH7poANfC8z8S9s9S2IN5/4Zb3aZ33f5s8YqoazCFzNLloLU8r5VCG+G7WoqLvAAZoVMcy3tp/3X0Plw==",
+      "version": "1.11.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/object-inspect/-/object-inspect-1.11.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jp7ikS6Sd3GxQfZJPyH3cjcbJF6GZPClgdV+EFygjFLQ5FmW/dRUnTd9PQ9k0JhoNDabWFbpF1yCdSWCC6gexg==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "object-keys": {
@@ -4110,9 +4110,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "standard-version": {
-      "version": "9.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/standard-version/-/standard-version-9.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-cYxxKXhYfI3S9+CA84HmrJa9B88H56V5FQ302iFF2TNwJukJCNoU8FgWt+11YtwKFXRkQQFpepC2QOF7aDq2Ow==",
+      "version": "9.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/standard-version/-/standard-version-9.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5qMxXw/FxLouC5nANyx/5RY1kiorJx9BppUso8gN07MG64q2uLRmrPb4KfXp3Ql4s/gxjZwZ89e0FwxeLubGww==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "chalk": "^2.4.2",
@@ -4359,9 +4359,9 @@
       },
       "dependencies": {
         "ajv": {
-          "version": "8.6.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.6.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-42VLtQUOLefAvKFAQIxIZDaThq6om/PrfP0CYk3/vn+y4BMNkKnbli8ON2QCiHov4KkzOSJ/xSoBJdayiiYvVQ==",
+          "version": "8.6.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.6.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-9807RlWAgT564wT+DjeyU5OFMPjmzxVobvDFmNAhY+5zD6A2ly3jDp6sgnfyDtlIQ+7H97oc/DGCzzfu9rjw9w==",
           "dev": true,
           "requires": {
             "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",