diff --git a/examples/express/connection-sharing/package.json b/examples/express/connection-sharing/package.json
index e3261655301..d3bd5e9633f 100644
--- a/examples/express/connection-sharing/package.json
+++ b/examples/express/connection-sharing/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
-  "dependencies": { "express": "3.1.1" },
+  "dependencies": { "express": "4.22.0" },
   "repository": "",
   "author": "",
   "license": "BSD"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f17a3f4174..a8eefbbd140 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@
   , "keywords": ["mongodb", "document", "model", "schema", "database", "odm", "data", "datastore", "query", "nosql", "orm", "db"]
   , "dependencies": {
         "hooks": "0.3.2"
-      , "mongodb": "1.4.12"
-      , "ms": "0.1.0"
+      , "mongodb": "3.1.13"
+      , "ms": "2.0.0"
       , "sliced": "0.0.5"
       , "muri": "0.3.1"
       , "mpromise": "0.4.3"
-      , "mpath": "0.1.1"
+      , "mpath": "0.8.4"
       , "regexp-clone": "0.0.1"
-      , "mquery" : "0.5.3"
+      , "mquery" : "3.2.3"
     }
   , "devDependencies": {
         "mocha": "1.12.0"
-      , "node-static": "0.5.9"
+      , "node-static": "0.7.11"
       , "dox": "0.3.1"
       , "jade": "0.26.3"
-      , "highlight.js": "7.0.1"
-      , "markdown": "0.3.1"
+      , "highlight.js": "10.4.1"
+      , "markdown": "0.5.0"
       , "promises-aplus-tests": ">= 1.0.2"
       , "tbd": "0.6.4"
       , "benchmark" : "1.0.0"
-      , "open": "0.0.3"
+      , "open": "6.0.0"
       , "async": "0.2.5"
     }
   , "directories": { "lib": "./lib/mongoose" }