diff --git a/speech/cloud-client/README.md b/speech/cloud-client/README.md
index c9d1bae43b5..83565a21e04 100644
--- a/speech/cloud-client/README.md
+++ b/speech/cloud-client/README.md
@@ -15,36 +15,33 @@ Install [Maven](http://maven.apache.org/).
 
 Build your project with:
 
-  mvn clean package -DskipTests
-
-You can then run a given `ClassName` via:
-
-  mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.example.speech.ClassName
+  mvn clean compile assembly:single
 
 ### Transcribe a local audio file (using the quickstart sample)
 
-    mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.example.speech.QuickstartSample
+    java -cp target/speech-google-cloud-samples-1.0.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
+    com.example.speech.QuickstartSample
 
 ### Transcribe a local audio file (using the recognize sample)
 ```
-    mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.example.speech.Recognize \
-    -Dexec.args="syncrecognize ./resources/audio.raw"
+    java -cp target/speech-google-cloud-samples-1.0.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
+    com.example.speech.Recognize syncrecognize ./resources/audio.raw
 ```
 
 ### Asynchronously transcribe a local audio file (using the recognize sample)
 ```
-    mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.example.speech.Recognize \
-    -Dexec.args="asyncrecognize ./resources/audio.raw"
+    java -cp target/speech-google-cloud-samples-1.0.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
+    com.example.speech.Recognize asyncrecognize ./resources/audio.raw
 ```
 
 ### Transcribe a remote audio file (using the recognize sample)
 ```
-    mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.example.speech.Recognize \
-    -Dexec.args="syncrecognize 'gs://cloud-samples-tests/speech/brooklyn.flac'"
+    java -cp target/speech-google-cloud-samples-1.0.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
+    com.example.speech.Recognize syncrecognize gs://cloud-samples-tests/speech/brooklyn.flac
 ```
 
 ### Asynchronously transcribe a remote audio file (using the recognize sample)
 ```
-    mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.example.speech.Recognize \
-    -Dexec.args="asyncrecognize 'gs://cloud-samples-tests/speech/vr.flac'"
+    java -cp target/speech-google-cloud-samples-1.0.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
+    com.example.speech.Recognize asyncrecognize gs://cloud-samples-tests/speech/vr.flac
 ```
diff --git a/speech/cloud-client/pom.xml b/speech/cloud-client/pom.xml
index 88d87f58c28..0fdbc79c43e 100644
--- a/speech/cloud-client/pom.xml
+++ b/speech/cloud-client/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
 
@@ -50,8 +50,30 @@
     <!-- [START dependencies] -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-      <artifactId>google-cloud</artifactId>
-      <version>0.14.0-alpha</version>
+      <artifactId>google-cloud-speech</artifactId>
+      <version>0.17.1-alpha</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gax</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion> <!-- exclude an old version of Guava -->
+          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gax-grpc</artifactId>
+      <version>0.16.0</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion> <!-- exclude an old version of Guava -->
+          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END dependencies] -->
 
@@ -69,4 +91,22 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifest>
+              <mainClass>com.example.language.QuickstartSample</mainClass>
+            </manifest>
+          </archive>
+          <descriptorRefs>
+            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+          </descriptorRefs>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/Recognize.java b/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/Recognize.java
index 71659e7d396..9863d9bc1b4 100644
--- a/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/Recognize.java
+++ b/speech/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/speech/Recognize.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.example.speech;
 
-import com.google.api.gax.core.ApiStreamObserver;
+import com.google.api.gax.grpc.ApiStreamObserver;
 import com.google.api.gax.grpc.OperationFuture;
 import com.google.api.gax.grpc.StreamingCallable;
 import com.google.cloud.speech.spi.v1.SpeechClient;
diff --git a/vision/cloud-client/pom.xml b/vision/cloud-client/pom.xml
index 80e5f9146df..9414105c807 100644
--- a/vision/cloud-client/pom.xml
+++ b/vision/cloud-client/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-vision</artifactId>
-      <version>0.14.0-beta</version>
+      <version>0.17.1-beta</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END dependencies] -->
 
diff --git a/vision/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/vision/Detect.java b/vision/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/vision/Detect.java
index bf06b7a276d..c07bc70e7f6 100644
--- a/vision/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/vision/Detect.java
+++ b/vision/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/vision/Detect.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.vision.v1.WebDetection.WebPage;
 import com.google.cloud.vision.v1.Word;
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
-import org.joda.time.Duration;
+import org.threeten.bp.Duration;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public static void detectFacesGcs(String gcsPath, PrintStream out) throws IOExce
     imageAnnotatorSettingsBuilder
         .batchAnnotateImagesSettings()
         .getRetrySettingsBuilder()
-        .setTotalTimeout(Duration.standardSeconds(30));
+        .setTotalTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30));
     ImageAnnotatorSettings settings = imageAnnotatorSettingsBuilder.build();
 
     ImageSource imgSource = ImageSource.newBuilder().setGcsImageUri(gcsPath).build();