diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9e1e3a0a91..2d276a9ced 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: node_js
 sudo: false
 node_js:
-  - 0.12
   - 4
   - 5
 os:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec38da938b..44e516c947 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "chalk": "~1.1.1",
     "compression": "~1.6.1",
     "connect-flash": "~0.1.1",
-    "connect-mongo": "~0.8.2",
+    "connect-mongo": "~1.1.0",
     "consolidate": "~0.14.0",
     "cookie-parser": "~1.4.1",
     "crypto": "0.0.3",
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@
     "glob": "~7.0.0",
     "grunt": "0.4.5",
     "grunt-cli": "~0.1.13",
-    "helmet": "~1.1.0",
+    "helmet": "~1.3.0",
     "jasmine-core": "~2.4.1",
-    "lodash": "~4.3.0",
+    "lodash": "~4.6.1",
     "lusca": "~1.3.0",
     "method-override": "~2.3.5",
     "gulp-wiredep": "~0.0.0",
     "mocha": "~2.4.5",
     "mongoose": "~4.4.8",
-    "morgan": "~1.6.1",
+    "morgan": "~1.7.0",
     "multer": "~1.1.0",
-    "nodemailer": "~2.1.0",
+    "nodemailer": "~2.3.0",
     "owasp-password-strength-test": "~1.3.0",
     "passport": "~0.3.2",
     "passport-facebook": "~2.1.0",
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0",
     "socket.io": "~1.4.5",
     "swig": "~1.4.2",
-    "validator": "~4.8.0"
+    "validator": "~5.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "coveralls": "~2.11.6",
@@ -75,19 +75,19 @@
     "grunt-contrib-csslint": "~0.4.0",
     "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "~0.12.3",
     "grunt-contrib-less": "~1.0.1",
-    "grunt-contrib-sass": "~0.9.2",
-    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.9.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-sass": "~1.0.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~1.0.0",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.6.1",
     "grunt-env": "~0.4.4",
     "grunt-eslint": "~18.0.0",
     "grunt-karma": "~0.12.1",
-    "grunt-mocha-istanbul": "~2.4.0",
+    "grunt-mocha-istanbul": "~3.0.1",
     "grunt-mocha-test": "~0.12.7",
     "grunt-ng-annotate": "~1.0.1",
-    "grunt-node-inspector": "~0.3.0",
+    "grunt-node-inspector": "~0.4.1",
     "grunt-nodemon": "~0.4.0",
     "grunt-protractor-coverage": "~0.2.15",
-    "grunt-protractor-runner": "~2.1.0",
+    "grunt-protractor-runner": "~3.0.0",
     "gulp": "~3.9.1",
     "gulp-angular-templatecache": "~1.8.0",
     "gulp-autoprefixer": "~3.1.0",
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "gulp-mocha": "~2.2.0",
     "gulp-ng-annotate": "~1.1.0",
     "gulp-nodemon": "~2.0.6",
-    "gulp-protractor": "~1.0.0",
+    "gulp-protractor": "~2.1.0",
     "gulp-rename": "~1.2.2",
     "gulp-sass": "~2.2.0",
     "gulp-uglify": "~1.5.2",
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     "karma-jasmine": "~0.3.7",
     "karma-ng-html2js-preprocessor": "~0.2.1",
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "~1.0.0",
-    "load-grunt-tasks": "~3.2.0",
+    "load-grunt-tasks": "~3.4.1",
     "mock-fs": "~3.7.0",
     "node-inspector": "~0.12.7",
     "run-sequence": "~1.1.5",