I think you're mistaken about the caret semver specifier. Using the caret for versions less than 0.1.0 offers no flexibility at all. For 0.0.x versions of pack

I think you're mistaken about the caret semver specifier. Using the caret for versions less than 0.1.0 offers no flexibility at all. For 0.0.x versions of packages the caret means "this version and this version only", so it won't break anything here... Source: https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/semver#caret-ranges-123-025-004 https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/semver#caret-ranges-123-025-004