diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 609aa683be..aa7ebc8d93 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
     "express": "~4.13.4",
     "express-session": "~1.13.0",
     "file-stream-rotator": "~0.0.6",
-    "forever": "~0.15.1",
+    "forever": "~3.0.4",
     "generate-password": "~1.1.1",
     "glob": "~7.0.0",
-    "grunt": "0.4.5",
+    "grunt": "1.0.0",
     "grunt-cli": "~0.1.13",
-    "gulp-wiredep": "~0.0.0",
+    "gulp-wiredep": "~1.0.1",
     "helmet": "~1.3.0",
     "jasmine-core": "~2.4.1",
     "lodash": "~4.6.1",
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "passport-twitter": "~1.0.4",
     "phantomjs-prebuilt": "~2.1.4",
     "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0",
-    "socket.io": "~1.4.5",
+    "socket.io": "~2.0.0",
     "swig": "~1.4.2",
     "validator": "~5.1.0",
     "winston": "^2.2.0"