diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
index 976c12ef38e..b55ae4a33da 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
     "test": "ava -T 20s --verbose system-test/*.test.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/speech": "1.5.0",
-    "@google-cloud/storage": "1.7.0",
-    "node-record-lpcm16": "0.3.0",
-    "yargs": "11.0.0"
+    "@google-cloud/speech": "^1.5.0",
+    "@google-cloud/storage": "^1.7.0",
+    "node-record-lpcm16": "^0.3.0",
+    "yargs": "^11.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "2.3.0",
-    "ava": "0.25.0",
-    "proxyquire": "2.0.1",
-    "sinon": "6.0.1",
-    "uuid": "3.2.1"
+    "@google-cloud/nodejs-repo-tools": "^2.3.0",
+    "ava": "^0.25.0",
+    "proxyquire": "^2.0.1",
+    "sinon": "^6.0.1",
+    "uuid": "^3.3.0"
   }
 }