diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/build.yaml b/packages/grpc-native-core/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..505c94b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+settings:
+  '#': It's possible to have node_version here as a key to override the core's version.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/package.json b/packages/grpc-native-core/package.json
index 4aa34635..3eaa3a83 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-native-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "lodash": "^4.15.0",
     "nan": "^2.0.0",
-    "node-pre-gyp": "^0.6.39",
+    "node-pre-gyp": "^0.9.0",
     "protobufjs": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/templates/package.json.template b/packages/grpc-native-core/templates/package.json.template
index 359cd500..b2da4098 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-native-core/templates/package.json.template
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/templates/package.json.template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 --- |
   {
     "name": "grpc",
-    "version": "${settings.version}",
+    "version": "${settings.get('node_version', settings.version)}",
     "author": "Google Inc.",
     "description": "gRPC Library for Node",
     "homepage": "https://grpc.io/",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "dependencies": {
       "lodash": "^4.15.0",
       "nan": "^2.0.0",
-      "node-pre-gyp": "^0.6.39",
+      "node-pre-gyp": "^0.9.0",
       "protobufjs": "^5.0.0"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/grpc-native-core/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh b/packages/grpc-native-core/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh
index 41a228da..d68c467f 100755
--- a/packages/grpc-native-core/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh
+++ b/packages/grpc-native-core/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ set -e
 
 cd `dirname $0`/../..
 root=`pwd`
-./deps/grpc/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh --base=$root --templates `find templates -type f`
+./deps/grpc/tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh $root/build.yaml --base=$root --templates `find templates -type f`