diff --git a/packages/speech/package.json b/packages/speech/package.json
index ad232b2134f..13f72484746 100644
--- a/packages/speech/package.json
+++ b/packages/speech/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "speech"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/common": "^0.11.0",
+    "@google-cloud/common": "^0.13.2",
     "events-intercept": "^2.0.0",
     "extend": "^3.0.0",
     "google-gax": "^0.10.2",