diff --git a/templates/composer.json.template b/templates/composer.json.template
index 7d2029c218f9974ce45b224ad4f520e43fa7f6e4..c9ffbbcbd019a1b41f5259c198874a5daad5cc6a 100644
--- a/templates/composer.json.template
+++ b/templates/composer.json.template
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
     ],
     "require": {
       "php": ">=5.5.0",
-      "datto/protobuf-php": "dev-master",
-      "google/auth": "v0.7"
+      "datto/protobuf-php": "dev-master"
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+      "google/auth": "v0.9"
     },
     "autoload": {
       "psr-4": {