diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index 5d4e4d2931..14c2070177 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "maxstatements" : 20,
     "maxcomplexity" : 10,
     "maxlen"        : 120,
+    "predef": [ "-Promise" ],
 
     "asi"           : false,
     "boss"          : false,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d4fb9c1de..38b743a702 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,18 +55,18 @@
         "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.0.11"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "chai": "1.9.1",
+        "chai": "^1.10.0",
         "coveralls": "^2.11.2",
-        "istanbul": "0.3.2",
-        "jest-cli": "^0.1.18",
-        "jshint": "2.5.2",
-        "mocha": "1.20.1",
-        "mocha-lcov-reporter": "0.0.1",
-        "pre-commit": "0.0.9",
+        "istanbul": "^0.3.5",
+        "jest-cli": "^0.2.2",
+        "jshint": "^2.6.0",
+        "mocha": "^2.1.0",
+        "mocha-lcov-reporter": "^0.0.1",
+        "pre-commit": "^1.0.2",
         "react-tools": "^0.12.0",
-        "supertest": "0.13.0",
-        "supervisor": "0.6.0",
-        "xmlbuilder": "2.4.4"
+        "supertest": "^0.15.0",
+        "supervisor": "^0.6.0",
+        "xmlbuilder": "^2.5.1"
     },
     "jest": {
         "scriptPreprocessor": "<rootDir>/jest-preprocessor.js",