diff --git a/examples/browser-browserify/package.json b/examples/browser-browserify/package.json
index 056c197ad8..cf4dbcf8e4 100644
--- a/examples/browser-browserify/package.json
+++ b/examples/browser-browserify/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "ipfs": "file:../../",
     "browserify": "^14.0.0",
     "concat-stream": "^1.6.0",
-    "http-server": "^0.9.0"
+    "http-server": "~0.9.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {}
 }
diff --git a/examples/browser-readablestream/package.json b/examples/browser-readablestream/package.json
index 85c6e61c52..55307c63e9 100644
--- a/examples/browser-readablestream/package.json
+++ b/examples/browser-readablestream/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "devDependencies": {
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.30.1",
-    "http-server": "^0.11.1",
+    "http-server": "~0.11.1",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.0",
     "webpack": "^3.11.0"
   },
diff --git a/examples/browser-webpack/package.json b/examples/browser-webpack/package.json
index 4f535ac28c..7473783c20 100644
--- a/examples/browser-webpack/package.json
+++ b/examples/browser-webpack/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "babel-loader": "^7.0.0",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.24.1",
-    "json-loader": "^0.5.4",
+    "json-loader": "~0.5.4",
     "react": "^15.5.4",
     "react-dom": "^15.6.1",
     "react-hot-loader": "^1.3.1",
diff --git a/examples/circuit-relaying/package.json b/examples/circuit-relaying/package.json
index 41c20b49a5..3e92c83f8a 100644
--- a/examples/circuit-relaying/package.json
+++ b/examples/circuit-relaying/package.json
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "aegir": "^13.0.5",
-    "http-server": "^0.10.0",
-    "ipfs-css": "^0.2.0",
+    "http-server": "~0.10.0",
+    "ipfs-css": "~0.2.0",
     "parcel-bundler": "^1.6.2",
     "tachyons": "^4.9.1"
   }
diff --git a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
index a6d955d32b..c53642c1ae 100644
--- a/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
+++ b/examples/custom-ipfs-repo/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "datastore-fs": "~0.4.2",
     "ipfs": "file:../../",
-    "ipfs-repo": "^0.20.0"
+    "ipfs-repo": "~0.20.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/exchange-files-in-browser/package.json b/examples/exchange-files-in-browser/package.json
index e1d77695b8..2e2b24a4af 100644
--- a/examples/exchange-files-in-browser/package.json
+++ b/examples/exchange-files-in-browser/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
     "browserify": "^14.4.0",
-    "http-server": "^0.10.0"
+    "http-server": "~0.10.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "stream-buffers": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 90b39928b7..b9658e3f22 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,29 +62,29 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
     "aegir": "^13.1.0",
-    "buffer-loader": "0.0.1",
+    "buffer-loader": "~0.0.1",
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
     "delay": "^2.0.0",
     "detect-node": "^2.0.3",
     "dir-compare": "^1.4.0",
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.7.0",
-    "execa": "^0.10.0",
-    "expose-loader": "^0.7.5",
+    "execa": "~0.10.0",
+    "expose-loader": "~0.7.5",
     "form-data": "^2.3.2",
-    "hat": "0.0.3",
+    "hat": "~0.0.3",
     "interface-ipfs-core": "~0.65.7",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.34.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.10",
     "mocha": "^5.1.1",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
-    "nexpect": "^0.5.0",
+    "nexpect": "~0.5.0",
     "pretty-bytes": "^4.0.2",
     "qs": "^6.5.2",
     "random-fs": "^1.0.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
     "stream-to-promise": "^2.2.0",
-    "transform-loader": "^0.2.4"
+    "transform-loader": "~0.2.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^2.6.0",
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@
     "ipfs-block": "~0.7.1",
     "ipfs-block-service": "~0.14.0",
     "ipfs-multipart": "~0.1.0",
-    "ipfs-repo": "0.20.0",
+    "ipfs-repo": "~0.20.0",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.14",
     "ipfs-unixfs-engine": "~0.29.0",
     "ipld": "~0.17.0",
     "ipld-dag-cbor": "~0.12.0",
     "ipld-dag-pb": "~0.14.4",
     "is-ipfs": "~0.3.2",
-    "is-pull-stream": "0.0.0",
+    "is-pull-stream": "~0.0.0",
     "is-stream": "^1.1.0",
     "joi": "^13.2.0",
     "joi-browser": "^13.0.1",
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@
     "progress": "^2.0.0",
     "promisify-es6": "^1.0.3",
     "pull-abortable": "^4.1.1",
-    "pull-defer": "^0.2.2",
+    "pull-defer": "~0.2.2",
     "pull-file": "^1.1.0",
-    "pull-ndjson": "^0.1.1",
+    "pull-ndjson": "~0.1.1",
     "pull-paramap": "^1.2.2",
     "pull-pushable": "^2.2.0",
     "pull-sort": "^1.0.1",
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "prom-client": "^11.0.0",
-    "prometheus-gc-stats": "^0.5.1"
+    "prometheus-gc-stats": "~0.5.1"
   },
   "contributors": [
     "Alan Shaw <alan@tableflip.io>",