diff --git a/src/smc-util-node/package.json b/src/smc-util-node/package.json
index da0b63e490..8632b4b78e 100644
--- a/src/smc-util-node/package.json
+++ b/src/smc-util-node/package.json
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
   "author": "SageMath, Inc.",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "async": "^1.4.2",
+    "async": "^3.2.2",
     "coffee-cache": "^1.0.2",
     "coffee-register-cache": "0.0.0",
     "coffee-script": "^1.10.0",
     "jsdom": "^7.2.2",
     "sqlite3": "^3.1.0",
     "temp": "^0.8.3",
-    "winston": "^1.1.1"
+    "winston": "^3.3.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",