diff --git a/app/over_react_redux/todo_client/pubspec.yaml b/app/over_react_redux/todo_client/pubspec.yaml
index 3275ec674..da7a0b34f 100644
--- a/app/over_react_redux/todo_client/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/app/over_react_redux/todo_client/pubspec.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
 dev_dependencies:
   build_runner: ^2.2.0
   build_web_compilers: ^3.2.5
-  build_test: ^2.1.6
+  build_test: '>=2.1.6 <4.0.0'
   dart_dev: ^4.0.0
   glob: ^2.0.0
   json_serializable: ^6.0.0
diff --git a/tools/analyzer_plugin/pubspec.yaml b/tools/analyzer_plugin/pubspec.yaml
index 09bf75bbc..e429fc46e 100644
--- a/tools/analyzer_plugin/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/tools/analyzer_plugin/pubspec.yaml
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ dependencies:
   yaml: ^3.0.0
 dev_dependencies:
   args: ^2.0.0
-  build: ^2.0.0
-  build_test: ^2.0.0
+  build: '>=2.0.0 <5.0.0'
+  build_test: '>=2.0.0 <4.0.0'
   convert: ^3.0.0
   crypto: ^3.0.0
   dart_dev: ^4.0.0
-  dart_style: ^2.0.0
-  dependency_validator: ^3.0.0
+  dart_style: '>=2.0.0 <4.0.0'
+  dependency_validator: '>=3.0.0 <6.0.0'
   glob: ^2.0.0
   io: ^1.0.0
   logging: ^1.0.1