diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
index 5b8254826496..eb10b0e7dff2 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
@@ -49,13 +49,14 @@
 }
 
 REQUIREMENTS = [
-    'google-cloud-core >= 0.21.0',
+    'google-cloud-core >= 0.22.1, < 0.23dev',
+    'grpcio >= 1.0.2, < 2.0dev',
     'gapic-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1 >= 0.14.0, < 0.15dev',
 ]
 
 setup(
     name='google-cloud-speech',
-    version='0.21.0',
+    version='0.22.0',
     description='Python Client for Google Cloud Speech',
     long_description=README,
     namespace_packages=[