diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d43a80d..9af570b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ LevelDOWN
 
 <img alt="LevelDB Logo" height="100" src="http://leveldb.org/img/logo.svg">
 
-A Low-level Node.js LevelDB binding
--------------------------
+**A Low-level Node.js LevelDB binding**
 
 [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/Level/leveldown.png)](http://travis-ci.org/Level/leveldown)
+[![dependencies](https://david-dm.org/Level/leveldown.svg)](https://david-dm.org/level/leveldown)
 
 [![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/leveldown.png?stars&downloads&downloadRank)](https://nodei.co/npm/leveldown/) [![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm-dl/leveldown.png?months=6&height=3)](https://nodei.co/npm/leveldown/)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e35e14f7..1bddb29a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,22 +31,22 @@
     "abstract-leveldown": "~2.4.0",
     "bindings": "~1.2.1",
     "fast-future": "~1.0.0",
-    "nan": "~2.0.0",
+    "nan": "~2.1.0",
     "prebuild": "^2.7.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "async": "~1.0.0",
+    "async": "~1.5.0",
     "delayed": "~1.0.1",
     "du": "~0.1.0",
     "faucet": "0.0.1",
-    "mkfiletree": "~0.0.1",
+    "mkfiletree": "~1.0.1",
     "monotonic-timestamp": "~0.0.8",
     "node-uuid": "~1.4.3",
     "optimist": "~0.6.1",
     "readfiletree": "~0.0.1",
-    "rimraf": "~2.2.8",
+    "rimraf": "~2.4.4",
     "slump": "~2.0.0",
-    "tape": "~4.0.0"
+    "tape": "~4.2.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "install": "prebuild --download",