diff --git a/modules/angular2/pubspec.yaml b/modules/angular2/pubspec.yaml
index 09a5881867..cc1f540a65 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/modules/angular2/pubspec.yaml
@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ authors:
 description: Angular 2 for Dart - a web framework for modern web apps
 homepage: <%= packageJson.homepage %>
 environment:
-  sdk: '>=1.4.0'
+  sdk: '>=1.9.0-dev.8.0'
 dependencies:
-  analyzer: '0.22.4'
-  barback: '0.15.2+2'
-  code_transformers: '0.2.5'
-  dart_style: '0.1.3'
-  html5lib: '0.12.0'
-  stack_trace: '>=1.1.1 <1.2.0'
+  analyzer: '^0.22.4'
+  barback: '^0.15.2+2'
+  code_transformers: '^0.2.5'
+  dart_style: '^0.1.3'
+  stack_trace: '^1.1.1'
 dev_dependencies:
-  guinness: ">=0.1.16 <0.2.0"
+  guinness: "^0.1.16"
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/pubspec.yaml b/modules/benchpress/pubspec.yaml
index e7d6a15874..b0702439ac 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/modules/benchpress/pubspec.yaml
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ authors:
 description: Benchpress - a framework for e2e performance tests
 homepage: <%= packageJson.homepage %>
 environment:
-  sdk: '>=1.4.0'
+  sdk: '>=1.9.0-dev.8.0'
 dependencies:
-  stack_trace: '>=1.1.1 <1.2.0'
+  stack_trace: '^1.1.1'
+  angular2: '^<%= packageJson.version %>'
+  webdriver: '^0.9.0'
+dependency_overrides:
   angular2:
     path: ../angular2
-  webdriver: ">=0.9.0 <0.10.0"
 dev_dependencies:
-  guinness: ">=0.1.16 <0.2.0"
+  guinness: '^0.1.16'
diff --git a/modules/examples/pubspec.yaml b/modules/examples/pubspec.yaml
index a34f9610ec..5b9b95319f 100644
--- a/modules/examples/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/modules/examples/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ name: examples
 environment:
   sdk: '>=1.4.0'
 dependencies:
+  angular2: '^<%= packageJson.version %>'
+  browser: '>=0.10.0 <0.11.0'
+dependency_overrides:
   angular2:
     path: ../angular2
-  browser: '>=0.10.0 <0.11.0'
 dev_dependencies:
   guinness: ">=0.1.16 <0.2.0"
   benchpress:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba593f4e93..96a0ae8d4c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.8",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.9",
   "description": "Angular 2 - a web framework for modern web apps",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/angular",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/angular/angular/issues",