diff --git a/node/README.md b/node/README.md
index c7a713c22e8..1ddef0e1e41 100644
--- a/node/README.md
+++ b/node/README.md
@@ -14,18 +14,22 @@ INSTALL
    ```sh
    $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc-common.git
    ```
- - Follow the instructions in [INSTALL](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/INSTALL) to install the gRPC C core.
+
+ - Download the grpc debian packages from the [latest grpc release](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases) and install them.
+   - Later, it will possible to install them directly using `apt-get install`
+   ```sh
+   $ wget https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/download/release-0_5_0/libgrpc_0.5.0_amd64.deb
+   $ wget https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/download/release-0_5_0/libgrpc-dev_0.5.0_amd64.deb
+   $ sudo dpkg -i libgrpc_0.5.0_amd64.deb libgrpc-dev_0.5.0_amd64.deb
+   ```
+
  - Install this package's dependencies
 
    ```sh
    $ cd grpc-common/node
    $ npm install
-   # If grpc is not found, you'll need to install it from the grpc repository
-   $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
-   $ npm install path/to/grpc/src/node
    ```
 
-
 TRY IT!
 -------
 
diff --git a/node/package.json b/node/package.json
index a669dec8f18..456d4fd82e1 100644
--- a/node/package.json
+++ b/node/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
-  "name": "grpc-greeter",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "name": "grpc-demo",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^0.9.0",
-    "grpc": "~0.2.0",
+    "grpc": "~0.5.0",
     "minimist": "^1.1.0",
     "underscore": "^1.8.2"
   }
diff --git a/ruby/README.md b/ruby/README.md
index 57b0f45e63b..66647fd6cfc 100644
--- a/ruby/README.md
+++ b/ruby/README.md
@@ -25,16 +25,20 @@ INSTALL
 -------
 
 - Clone this repository.
-- Follow the instructions in [INSTALL](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/INSTALL) to install the gRPC C core.
-- *Temporary* 
-  - Install the full gRPC distribution from source on your local machine
-  - Build gRPC Ruby as described in [installing from source](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/ruby/README.md#installing-from-source)
-  - update `path:` in [Gemfile](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-common/blob/master/ruby/Gemfile) to refer to src/ruby within the gRPC directory
-  - N.B: these steps are necessary until the gRPC ruby gem is published
-- Use bundler to install
+
+- Download the grpc debian packages from the [latest grpc release](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases) and install them.
+  - Later, it will possible to install them directly using `apt-get install`
+```sh
+$ wget https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/download/release-0_5_0/libgrpc_0.5.0_amd64.deb
+$ wget https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases/download/release-0_5_0/libgrpc-dev_0.5.0_amd64.deb
+$ sudo dpkg -i libgrpc_0.5.0_amd64.deb libgrpc-dev_0.5.0_amd64.deb
+```
+
+- Use bundler to install the example package's dependencies
 ```sh
 $ # from this directory
-$ gem install bundler && bundle install
+$ gem install bundler # if you don't already have bundler available
+$ bundle install
 ```
 
 Try it! 
diff --git a/ruby/grpc-demo.gemspec b/ruby/grpc-demo.gemspec
index 8a8c4b35eec..0b3d78c8922 100644
--- a/ruby/grpc-demo.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/grpc-demo.gemspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name          = 'grpc-demo'
-  s.version       = '0.1.0'
+  s.version       = '0.5.0'
   s.authors       = ['gRPC Authors']
   s.email         = 'temiola@google.com'
   s.homepage      = 'https://github.com/grpc/grpc-common'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
   s.platform      = Gem::Platform::RUBY
 
-  s.add_dependency 'grpc', '~> 0.0.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'grpc', '~> 0.5.0'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 1.7'
 end