diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable.gemspec b/google-cloud-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable.gemspec
index 33b7a2bf9170..64d6d280b354 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable.gemspec
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/google-cloud-bigtable.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7"
 
   gem.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby", "~> 1.0"
-  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2", "~> 0.0"
-  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-bigtable-v2", "~> 0.14"
+  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2", ">= 0.0", "< 2.a"
+  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-bigtable-v2", ">= 0.14", "< 2.a"
   gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-core", "~> 1.5"
 end
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/google-cloud-datastore.gemspec b/google-cloud-datastore/google-cloud-datastore.gemspec
index d8d1065d7663..c2c45814e10d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/google-cloud-datastore.gemspec
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/google-cloud-datastore.gemspec
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7"
 
   gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-core", "~> 1.5"
-  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-datastore-v1", "~> 0.0"
+  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-datastore-v1", ">= 0.0", "< 2.a"
 end
diff --git a/google-cloud-firestore/google-cloud-firestore.gemspec b/google-cloud-firestore/google-cloud-firestore.gemspec
index 02646e6257a7..2f32cf49da40 100644
--- a/google-cloud-firestore/google-cloud-firestore.gemspec
+++ b/google-cloud-firestore/google-cloud-firestore.gemspec
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency "bigdecimal", "~> 3.0"
   gem.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby", "~> 1.0"
   gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-core", "~> 1.5"
-  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-firestore-v1", "~> 0.10"
+  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-firestore-v1", ">= 0.10", "< 2.a"
   gem.add_dependency "rbtree", "~> 0.4.2"
 end
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/google-cloud-logging.gemspec b/google-cloud-logging/google-cloud-logging.gemspec
index d8715710ebc0..fedcd6c77a71 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/google-cloud-logging.gemspec
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/google-cloud-logging.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7"
 
   gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-core", "~> 1.5"
-  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-logging-v2", "~> 0.0"
+  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-logging-v2", ">= 0.0", "< 2.a"
   gem.add_dependency "stackdriver-core", "~> 1.3"
   gem.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby", "~> 1.1"
 end
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub.gemspec b/google-cloud-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub.gemspec
index 90209d60d2f9..189d2cb2640c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub.gemspec
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/google-cloud-pubsub.gemspec
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby", "~> 1.1"
   gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-core", "~> 1.5"
-  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-pubsub-v1", "~> 0.20"
+  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-pubsub-v1", ">= 0.20", "< 2.a"
   gem.add_dependency "retriable", "~> 3.1"
 end
diff --git a/google-cloud-trace/google-cloud-trace.gemspec b/google-cloud-trace/google-cloud-trace.gemspec
index 7f6f7ebea45d..590951b5822c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-trace/google-cloud-trace.gemspec
+++ b/google-cloud-trace/google-cloud-trace.gemspec
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-core", "~> 1.5"
   gem.add_dependency "stackdriver-core", "~> 1.3"
   gem.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby", "~> 1.1"
-  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-trace-v1", "~> 0.0"
-  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-trace-v2", "~> 0.0"
+  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-trace-v1", ">= 0.0", "< 2.a"
+  gem.add_dependency "google-cloud-trace-v2", ">= 0.0", "< 2.a"
 end