diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-language/setup.py
index ed57aeff8755..0b7152fd89fd 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 
 REQUIREMENTS = [
-    'google-cloud-core >= 0.25.0, < 0.26dev',
+    'google-cloud-core >= 0.26.0, < 0.27dev',
     'google-gax >= 0.15.13, < 0.16dev',
     'googleapis-common-protos[grpc] >= 1.5.2, < 2.0dev',
 ]
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='google-cloud-language',
-    version='0.26.1',
+    version='0.27.0',
     description='Python Client for Google Cloud Natural Language',
     long_description=README,
     namespace_packages=[