diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/microphone/requirements.txt b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/microphone/requirements.txt
index 88d0bd85cb12..4a09e2c8acf0 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/microphone/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/samples/microphone/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-google-cloud-speech==0.36.3
+google-cloud-speech==1.2.0
 pyaudio==0.2.11
 six==1.12.0