diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index a88b5c6c9..6aa17a69a 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                       "async"                   : "0.9.0",
                       "clean-css"               : "3.4.19",
                       "uglify-js"               : "2.6.2",
-                      "formidable"              : "1.0.17",
+                      "formidable"              : "1.2.1",
                       "log4js"                  : "0.6.35",
                       "cheerio"                 : "0.20.0",
                       "async-stacktrace"        : "0.0.2",
@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@
                       "channels"                : "0.0.4",
                       "jsonminify"              : "0.4.1",
                       "measured"                : "1.1.0",
-                      "mocha"                   : "2.4.5",
-                      "supertest"               : "1.2.0",
-                      "is-var-name"             : "1.0.0"
-                     },
+                      "mocha"                   : "5.0.5",
+                      "supertest"               : "3.0.0"
+  },
   "bin":             { "etherpad-lite": "./node/server.js" },
   "devDependencies": {
-                      "wd"      : "0.3.11"
+                      "wd"      : "1.6.1"
                      },
   "engines"        : { "node" : ">=0.10.0",
                        "npm"  : ">=1.0"