diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4fb4984f..038ac1e3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-12-08, Version 2.8.3
+=========================
+
+ * Remove unused underscore dependency (Ryan Graham)
+
+
 2014-11-27, Version 2.8.2
 =========================
 
@@ -623,6 +629,10 @@
 
  * Enhance the error message (Raymond Feng)
 
+
+2014-07-16, Version 2.0.0-beta7
+===============================
+
  * Bump version (Raymond Feng)
 
  * 2.0.0-beta6 (Miroslav Bajtoš)
@@ -763,13 +773,6 @@
 2014-07-16, Version 1.10.0
 ==========================
 
-
-
-2014-07-16, Version 2.0.0-beta7
-===============================
-
- * Bump version (Raymond Feng)
-
  * Remove unused dep (Raymond Feng)
 
  * Bump version and update deps (Raymond Feng)
@@ -1627,6 +1630,15 @@
 
  * Improve jsdox documentation of app object (Miroslav Bajtoš)
 
+ * Make sure methods are called in the context of the calling class (Raymond Feng)
+
+ * Start to move md to jsdoc (Ritchie Martori)
+
+
+2014-01-14, Version 1.5.0
+=========================
+
+
 
 2014-01-14, Version 1.5.1
 =========================
@@ -1637,10 +1649,6 @@
 
  * Start to move md to jsdoc (Ritchie Martori)
 
-
-2014-01-14, Version 1.5.0
-=========================
-
  * Replace `on` with `once` in middleware examples (Miroslav Bajtoš)
 
  * Fix incorrect transports (Ritchie Martori)
diff --git a/lib/application.js b/lib/application.js
index c66dd80e..53bfec63 100644
--- a/lib/application.js
+++ b/lib/application.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ var registry = require('./registry');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var extend = require('util')._extend;
-var _ = require('underscore');
 var RemoteObjects = require('strong-remoting');
 var stringUtils = require('underscore.string');
 var path = require('path');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16bf4143..a8074f9c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "loopback",
-  "version": "2.8.2",
+  "version": "2.8.3",
   "description": "LoopBack: Open Source Framework for Node.js",
   "homepage": "http://loopback.io",
   "keywords": [
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     "serve-favicon": "^2.1.6",
     "strong-remoting": "^2.4.0",
     "uid2": "0.0.3",
-    "underscore": "~1.7.0",
     "underscore.string": "~2.3.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {