diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a69d8a2..97c035c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/cblanc/sws_gathers",
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "~1.4.0",
-    "babel": "~5.8.21",
+    "babel": "~6.0.0",
     "babel-brunch": "~6.0.0",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "~6.3.13",
     "babel-preset-react": "~6.3.13",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "javascript-brunch": ">= 1.0 < 1.8",
     "javascript-state-machine": "~2.3.5",
     "jquery": "~2.2.0",
-    "lodash": "~4.0.0",
+    "lodash": "~4.17.5",
     "moment": "~2.11.2",
     "mongoose": "~4.4.6",
     "morgan": "~1.6.1",