diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 7a8cd74ef..1e85ca530 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -12,35 +12,35 @@
                      ],
   "dependencies"   : {
                       "yajsml"                  : "1.1.6",
-                      "request"                 : "2.9.100",
-                      "etherpad-require-kernel" : "1.0.5",
+                      "request"                 : ">=2.48.0",
+                      "etherpad-require-kernel" : ">=1.0.7",
                       "resolve"                 : ">=1.0.0",
                       "socket.io"               : ">=1.2.0",
                       "ueberDB"                 : ">=0.2.9",
                       "express"                 : ">3.1.0 <3.9.0",
-                      "async"                   : "0.1.x",
+                      "async"                   : ">=0.9.0",
                       "connect"                 : "2.7.x",
-                      "clean-css"               : "0.3.2",
-                      "uglify-js"               : "1.2.5",
-                      "formidable"              : "1.0.9",
-                      "log4js"                  : "0.6.6",
+                      "clean-css"               : ">=0.50.x",
+                      "uglify-js"               : ">=2.4.15",
+                      "formidable"              : ">=1.0.15",
+                      "log4js"                  : ">=0.6.21",
                       "nodemailer"              : "0.3.x",
-                      "cheerio"                 : "0.18.0",
-                      "async-stacktrace"        : "0.0.2",
-                      "npm"                     : "1.4.x",
-                      "ejs"                     : "0.6.1",
-                      "graceful-fs"             : "1.1.5",
-                      "slide"                   : "1.1.3",
-                      "semver"                  : ">2.3.0",
+                      "cheerio"                 : ">=0.18.0",
+                      "async-stacktrace"        : ">=0.0.2",
+                      "npm"                     : ">=2.1.x",
+                      "ejs"                     : ">=1.0.0",
+                      "graceful-fs"             : ">=3.0.4",
+                      "slide"                   : ">=1.1.6",
+                      "semver"                  : ">=2.3.0",
                       "security"                : "1.0.0",
-                      "tinycon"                 : "0.0.1",
+                      "tinycon"                 : ">=0.0.1",
                       "underscore"              : "1.5.1",
-                      "unorm"                   : "1.0.0",
-                      "languages4translatewiki" : "0.1.3",
+                      "unorm"                   : ">=1.3.3",
+                      "languages4translatewiki" : ">=0.1.3",
                       "swagger-node-express"    : ">=2.1.0",
                       "channels"                : "0.0.x",
-                      "jsonminify"              : "0.2.2",
-                      "measured"                : "0.1.3",
+                      "jsonminify"              : ">=0.2.3",
+                      "measured"                : ">=0.1.6",
                       "mocha"                   : ">=2.0.1",
                       "supertest"               : ">=0.15.0"
                      },