diff --git a/generators/app/index.js b/generators/app/index.js
index bc897605..c87568e9 100644
--- a/generators/app/index.js
+++ b/generators/app/index.js
@@ -567,12 +567,12 @@ var AppGenerator = Generator.extend(
                     [
                         'browserify'
                     ,   'browserify-shim'
-                    ,   'coffeeify'
-                    ,   'coffee-script'
+                    ,   'coffeeify@<3'
+                    ,   'coffee-script@<2'
                     ,   'grunt'
                     ,   'grunt-browserify'
-                    ,   'grunt-coffee-jshint'
-                    ,   'grunt-coffeelint'
+                    ,   'grunt-coffee-jshint@<2'
+                    ,   'grunt-coffeelint@<1'
                     ,   'grunt-contrib-clean'
                     ,   'grunt-contrib-compass'
                     ,   'grunt-contrib-compress'