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When editing dependency versions in package.json, follow the team’s agreed semver range convention rather than mixing styles ad hoc. Unless there is a specific compatibility reason, prefer caret (^) ranges for both dependencies and devDependencies, and update version specifiers in their own dedicated commits/PRs rather than bundling them with unrelated changes. Before bumping a dependency, verify:

• It does not require a newer Node.js version than declared in the engines field (e.g., don’t add a package needing Node 10+ if engines still allows Node 0.10).
• The bump does not introduce a user-facing breaking change (e.g., a major qs or depd upgrade) unless it is intentionally scoped to a major release.
• It won’t create duplicate copies of a sub-dependency in the install tree; if a transitive dependency already pins a version, bump it at the source so the tree stays deduplicated.
• Widening a range (e.g., removing ~ for ^) won’t allow an unintended downgrade or breaking patch for users upgrading from an older minor version.

Example of correct update:

-    "cookie-signature": "1.0.6",
+    "cookie-signature": "^1.2.1",

not:

-    "cookie-signature": "1.0.6",
+    "cookie-signature": "1.1.0",

which silently tightens Node engine requirements and risks breaking installs for users with strict engine checks.

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