diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 54f69cec7..7ded23c88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,28 +13,30 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/pcottle/learnGitBranching"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "browserify": "^13.0.0",
+    "babel-core": "^6.26.3",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx": "^6.24.1",
+    "browserify": "^16.2.3",
     "contributor-faces": "^1.0.2",
     "grunt": "^1.0.4",
-    "grunt-browserify": "^4.0.1",
-    "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.5.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.7.2",
-    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2.7",
+    "grunt-browserify": "^5.3.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-clean": "^2.0.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^2.1.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "^4.0.1",
     "grunt-env": "^0.4.4",
-    "grunt-hash": "~0.5.0",
+    "grunt-hash": "^0.5.0",
     "grunt-jasmine-node": "~0.1.0",
-    "grunt-jsxhint": "^0.5.0",
-    "grunt-react": "^0.12.1",
-    "grunt-shell-spawn": "~0.3.0",
-    "jasmine-node": "~1.12.0",
+    "grunt-jsxhint": "^0.8.0",
+    "grunt-react": "^0.12.3",
+    "grunt-shell-spawn": "^0.4.0",
+    "jasmine-node": "^1.16.2",
     "prompt": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "backbone": "~1.1.2",
-    "flux": "^2.0.1",
-    "markdown": "~0.4.0",
-    "q": "~0.8.11",
-    "react": "^0.13.1",
+    "backbone": "^1.4.0",
+    "flux": "^3.1.3",
+    "markdown": "^0.5.0",
+    "q": "^1.5.1",
+    "react": "^16.8.6",
     "underscore": "~1.4.3"
   }
 }