diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c9a92c38ca..8d8355d10a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "acl": "~0.4.4",
-    "async": "^1.3.0",
+    "async": "^3.2.2",
     "body-parser": "^1.13.1",
     "bower": "^1.4.1",
     "cfenv": "~1.0.0",
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@
     "crypto": "0.0.3",
     "express": "^4.13.1",
     "express-session": "^1.11.3",
-    "forever": "~0.14.2",
+    "forever": "~4.0.3",
     "glob": "^5.0.13",
-    "grunt": "0.4.5",
+    "grunt": "1.3.0",
     "grunt-cli": "~0.1.13",
     "helmet": "~0.9.1",
     "jasmine-core": "^2.3.4",
     "lodash": "^3.10.0",
     "method-override": "^2.3.3",
     "mocha": "~1.20.0",
-    "mongoose": "^4.0.6",
+    "mongoose": "^5.7.3",
     "morgan": "^1.6.1",
     "multer": "0.1.8",
     "node-pre-gyp": "0.6.4",