diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index ff0fc03..99f51df 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@
 recipe            'riak', 'Installs Riak from a package'
 recipe            'riak::source', 'Installs Erlang and Riak from source'
 
-depends 'apt', '~> 2.3'
-depends 'build-essential', '~> 2.1.2'
-depends 'erlang', '~> 1.5.2'
-depends 'git', '~> 3.0'
-depends 'java', '~> 1.28.0'
-depends 'sysctl', '~> 0.3.5'
-depends 'ulimit', '~> 0.3.2'
-depends 'yum', '~> 3.4'
-depends 'yum-epel', '~> 0.5.1'
+depends 'apt', '>= 2.3'
+depends 'build-essential'
+depends 'erlang', '>= 1.5.2'
+depends 'git'
+depends 'java', '>= 1.28.0'
+depends 'sysctl'
+depends 'ulimit'
+depends 'yum', '>= 3.4'
+depends 'yum-epel'
 depends 'packagecloud'
 depends 'pkg_add'