diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f0fd86..5a72732 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "coveralls": "~2.11.8",
     "istanbul": "~0.4.2",
     "level-test": "~1.7.0",
-    "leveldown": "^1.4.4",
+    "leveldown": "~1.4.4",
     "levelgraph": "~1.1.1",
     "lodash": "~2.4.1",
     "mocha": "~2.4.5",