diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5da10fc78a..20c98d77fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   "license": "(BSD-3-Clause AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)",
   "dependencies": {
     "accepts": "~1.3.0",
-    "async": "~1.5.0",
+    "async": "^1.5.0",
     "babel": "5.8.29",
     "babel-core": "5.8.33",
     "babel-eslint": "^4.1.4",
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
     "frameguard": "^0.2.2",
     "github-api": "~0.10.6",
     "gulp": "~3.9.0",
-    "gulp-inject": "~3.0.0",
     "gulp-eslint": "~1.0.0",
+    "gulp-inject": "~3.0.0",
     "gulp-jsonlint": "^1.1.0",
     "gulp-less": "^3.0.3",
     "gulp-minify-css": "~1.2.1",
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
     "lodash": "^3.9.3",
     "loopback": "^2.22.0",
     "loopback-boot": "^2.13.0",
-    "loopback-component-explorer": "^2.1.1",
     "loopback-component-passport": "https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/loopback-component-passport.git#feature/flashfailure",
     "loopback-connector-mongodb": "^1.10.0",
     "lusca": "~1.3.0",
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "blessed": "~0.1.81",
     "bower-main-files": "~0.0.4",
-    "browser-sync": "~2.9.11",
+    "browser-sync": "~2.9.12",
     "browserify": "^12.0.1",
     "chai": "~3.4.0",
     "envify": "^3.4.0",