diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c427bfe4..2e065bad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,59 +32,59 @@
     "test": "grunt mocha-and-karma"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "async": "~0.9.0",
-    "bcryptjs": "~2.0.2",
-    "body-parser": "~1.8.1",
+    "async": "^0.9.0",
+    "bcryptjs": "^2.1.0",
+    "body-parser": "^1.12.0",
     "canonical-json": "0.0.4",
-    "continuation-local-storage": "~3.1.1",
-    "debug": "~2.0.0",
+    "continuation-local-storage": "^3.1.3",
+    "debug": "^2.1.2",
     "depd": "^1.0.0",
-    "ejs": "~1.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.10.2",
-    "inflection": "~1.4.2",
-    "loopback-connector-remote": "^1.0.1",
+    "ejs": "^2.3.1",
+    "express": "^4.12.2",
+    "inflection": "^1.6.0",
+    "loopback-connector-remote": "^1.0.3",
     "loopback-phase": "^1.2.0",
-    "nodemailer": "~1.3.0",
-    "nodemailer-stub-transport": "~0.1.4",
-    "serve-favicon": "^2.1.6",
+    "nodemailer": "^1.3.1",
+    "nodemailer-stub-transport": "^0.1.5",
+    "serve-favicon": "^2.2.0",
     "stable": "^0.1.5",
     "strong-remoting": "^2.13.2",
     "uid2": "0.0.3",
-    "underscore.string": "~2.3.3"
+    "underscore.string": "^3.0.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^2.19.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "browserify": "~4.2.3",
-    "chai": "^1.10.0",
-    "cookie-parser": "~1.3.3",
-    "errorhandler": "~1.2.0",
-    "es5-shim": "^4.0.3",
+    "browserify": "^9.0.3",
+    "chai": "^2.1.1",
+    "cookie-parser": "^1.3.4",
+    "errorhandler": "^1.3.4",
+    "es5-shim": "^4.1.0",
     "grunt": "^0.4.5",
-    "grunt-browserify": "~3.0.1",
+    "grunt-browserify": "^3.5.0",
     "grunt-cli": "^0.1.13",
-    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.10.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.5.1",
-    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.6.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^0.11.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "^0.8.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-watch": "^0.6.1",
     "grunt-jscs": "^1.5.0",
-    "grunt-karma": "~0.9.0",
-    "grunt-mocha-test": "^0.11.0",
-    "karma": "~0.12.23",
-    "karma-browserify": "~0.2.1",
-    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1.4",
-    "karma-firefox-launcher": "~0.1.3",
-    "karma-html2js-preprocessor": "~0.1.0",
+    "grunt-karma": "^0.10.1",
+    "grunt-mocha-test": "^0.12.7",
+    "karma": "^0.12.31",
+    "karma-browserify": "^4.0.0",
+    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.1.7",
+    "karma-firefox-launcher": "^0.1.4",
+    "karma-html2js-preprocessor": "^0.1.0",
     "karma-junit-reporter": "^0.2.2",
-    "karma-mocha": "^0.1.9",
-    "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "~0.1.4",
-    "karma-script-launcher": "~0.1.0",
+    "karma-mocha": "^0.1.10",
+    "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "^0.1.4",
+    "karma-script-launcher": "^0.1.0",
     "loopback-boot": "^1.1.0",
-    "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^2.19.0",
-    "loopback-testing": "~0.2.0",
-    "mocha": "~1.21.4",
-    "strong-task-emitter": "0.0.x",
-    "supertest": "~0.13.0"
+    "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^2.19.1",
+    "loopback-testing": "^1.1.0",
+    "mocha": "^2.1.0",
+    "strong-task-emitter": "^0.0.6",
+    "supertest": "^0.15.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
     "./lib/server-app.js": "./lib/browser-express.js",
     "connect": false,
     "nodemailer": false,
+    "supertest": false,
     "depd": "loopback-datasource-juggler/lib/browser.depd.js",
     "bcrypt": false
   },
diff --git a/test/app.test.js b/test/app.test.js
index 82a4456a..995ac247 100644
--- a/test/app.test.js
+++ b/test/app.test.js
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ describe('app', function() {
 
       executeMiddlewareHandlers(app, '/mountpath/test', function(err) {
         if (err) return done(err);
-        expect(mountWasEmitted, 'mountWasEmitted').to.be.true();
+        expect(mountWasEmitted, 'mountWasEmitted').to.be.true;
         expect(data).to.eql({
           mountpath: '/mountpath',
           parent: app
diff --git a/test/relations.integration.js b/test/relations.integration.js
index 1da043d5..35017d44 100644
--- a/test/relations.integration.js
+++ b/test/relations.integration.js
@@ -1327,8 +1327,8 @@ describe('relations - integration', function() {
       var test = this;
       this.get('/api/books/' + test.book.id + '/chapters/' + test.chapter.id + '/notes/' + test.cnote.id)
         .expect(200, function(err, res) {
-          expect(res.headers['x-before']).to.empty();
-          expect(res.headers['x-after']).to.empty();
+          expect(res.headers['x-before']).to.empty;
+          expect(res.headers['x-after']).to.empty;
           done();
         });
     });
diff --git a/test/replication.test.js b/test/replication.test.js
index 2bc3a780..17f2bb12 100644
--- a/test/replication.test.js
+++ b/test/replication.test.js
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ describe('Replication / Change APIs', function() {
         if (err) return done(err);
         SourceModel.changes(FUTURE_CHECKPOINT, {}, function(err, changes) {
           if (err) return done(err);
-          expect(changes).to.be.empty();
+          /*jshint -W030 */
+          expect(changes).to.be.empty;
           done();
         });
       });