diff --git a/lib/jsxgettext.js b/lib/jsxgettext.js
index 7eef48e..faed7fe 100644
--- a/lib/jsxgettext.js
+++ b/lib/jsxgettext.js
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 var fs   = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 
-var parser = require('acorn-jsx');
-var walk = require('acorn/dist/walk');
+var acorn = require('acorn');
+var jsx = require('acorn-jsx');
+var walk = require('acorn-walk');
 var gettextParser = require('gettext-parser');
 var regExpEscape  = require('escape-string-regexp');
 
@@ -170,9 +171,8 @@ function parse(sources, options) {
     var source   = sources[filename].replace(/^#.*/, ''); // strip leading hash-bang
     var astComments = [];
     var parserOptions = Object.assign({}, {
-      ecmaVersion: 8,
+      ecmaVersion: 10,
       sourceType: 'module',
-      plugins: { jsx: { allowNamespaces: false } },
       onComment: function (block, text, start, end, line/*, column*/) {
         text = text.match(commentRegex) && text.replace(/^\//, '').trim();
 
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ function parse(sources, options) {
       },
       locations: true
     }, options.parserOptions && JSON.parse(options.parserOptions));
+    var parser = acorn.Parser.extend(jsx({ allowNamespaces: false }));
     var ast      = parser.parse(source, parserOptions);
 
     // finds comments that end on the previous line
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2d6a16b..cddb074 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,17 +47,18 @@
     "node": ">= 4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "acorn": "^5.1.2",
-    "acorn-jsx": "^4.0.1",
-    "commander": "^2.11.0",
-    "escape-string-regexp": "^1.0.5",
-    "gettext-parser": "^1.3.0",
+    "acorn": "^6.1.1",
+    "acorn-jsx": "^5.0.1",
+    "acorn-walk": "^6.1.1",
+    "commander": "^2.20.0",
+    "escape-string-regexp": "^2.0.0",
+    "gettext-parser": "^4.0.0",
     "jade": "^1.11.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "jshint": "2.9.5",
+    "jshint": "2.10.2",
     "test": "0.6.0",
-    "i18n-abide": "0.0.25"
+    "i18n-abide": "0.0.26"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node ./node_modules/jshint/bin/jshint . && node test"