diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
index a3c86d241a29..8a15fe7b10b2 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@
 }
 
 REQUIREMENTS = [
-    'google-cloud-core >= 0.27.0, < 0.28dev',
+    'google-cloud-core[grpc] >= 0.27.1, < 0.28dev',
     'google-gax >= 0.15.14, < 0.16dev',
-    'googleapis-common-protos[grpc] >= 1.5.3, < 2.0dev',
 ]
 
 setup(