diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d836db7e30a..e45f456ca1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
   "scss": "./dist/angular-material.scss",
   "devDependencies": {
     "add-stream": "^1.0.0",
-    "angular": "^1.7.2",
-    "angular-animate": "^1.7.2",
-    "angular-aria": "^1.7.2",
-    "angular-messages": "^1.7.2",
-    "angular-mocks": "^1.7.2",
-    "angular-route": "^1.7.2",
-    "angular-sanitize": "^1.7.2",
-    "angular-touch": "^1.7.2",
+    "angular": ">1.4.0 <1.7.3",
+    "angular-animate": ">1.4.0 <1.7.3",
+    "angular-aria": ">1.4.0 <1.7.3",
+    "angular-messages": ">1.4.0 <1.7.3",
+    "angular-mocks": ">1.4.0 <1.7.3",
+    "angular-route": ">1.4.0 <1.7.3",
+    "angular-sanitize": ">1.4.0 <1.7.3",
+    "angular-touch": ">1.4.0 <1.7.3",
     "angularytics": "^0.4.0",
     "canonical-path": "0.0.2",
     "cli-color": "^1.0.0",