diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/nox.py b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/nox.py
index 5f4b058aabe0..ed7a7e85997c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/nox.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/nox.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 import nox
 
 
+LOCAL_DEPS = ('../core/',)
+
+
 @nox.session
 @nox.parametrize('python_version', ['2.7', '3.4', '3.5', '3.6'])
 def unit_tests(session, python_version):
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ def unit_tests(session, python_version):
     session.interpreter = 'python{}'.format(python_version)
 
     # Install all test dependencies, then install this package in-place.
-    session.install('mock', 'pytest', 'pytest-cov', '../core/')
+    session.install('mock', 'pytest', 'pytest-cov', *LOCAL_DEPS)
     session.install('-e', '.')
 
     # Run py.test against the unit tests.
@@ -53,9 +56,8 @@ def system_tests(session, python_version):
 
     # Install all test dependencies, then install this package into the
     # virutalenv's dist-packages.
-    session.install('mock', 'pytest',
-                    '../core/', '../test_utils/',
-                    '../storage/')
+    session.install('mock', 'pytest', *LOCAL_DEPS)
+    session.install('../test_utils/', '../storage/')
     session.install('.')
 
     # Run py.test against the system tests.
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ def lint(session):
     serious code quality issues.
     """
     session.interpreter = 'python3.6'
-    session.install('flake8')
+    session.install('flake8', *LOCAL_DEPS)
     session.install('.')
     session.run('flake8', 'google/cloud/speech')
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
index dd7fc501c939..17a3d7585b70 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-python-speech/setup.py
@@ -44,19 +44,20 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Topic :: Internet',
     ],
 }
 
 REQUIREMENTS = [
-    'google-cloud-core >= 0.23.1, < 0.24dev',
+    'google-cloud-core >= 0.24.0, < 0.25dev',
     'grpcio >= 1.0.2, < 2.0dev',
     'gapic-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1 >= 0.15.2, < 0.16dev',
 ]
 
 setup(
     name='google-cloud-speech',
-    version='0.23.0',
+    version='0.24.0',
     description='Python Client for Google Cloud Speech',
     long_description=README,
     namespace_packages=[