diff --git a/lib/forever.js b/lib/forever.js
index 986afc40..9b023c5c 100755
--- a/lib/forever.js
+++ b/lib/forever.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
     nssocket = require('nssocket'),
     utile = require('utile'),
     winston = require('winston'),
-    mkdirp = utile.mkdirp,
-    async = utile.async,
+    mkdirp = require('mkdirp'),
+    async = require('async'),
     configUtils = require('./util/config-utils');
 
 var forever = exports;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cb7e7568..6bee59ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,19 +19,21 @@
     "tools"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
+    "async": "~0.2.9",
     "cliff": "~0.1.9",
     "clone": "^1.0.2",
     "colors": "~0.6.2",
     "flatiron": "~0.4.2",
     "forever-monitor": "~1.7.0",
     "nconf": "~0.6.9",
+    "mkdirp": "0.x.x",
     "nssocket": "~0.5.1",
     "object-assign": "^3.0.0",
     "optimist": "~0.6.0",
     "path-is-absolute": "~1.0.0",
     "prettyjson": "^1.1.2",
     "shush": "^1.0.0",
-    "utile": "~0.2.1",
+    "utile": "~0.3.0",
     "winston": "~0.8.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/core/start-stop-json-array-test.js b/test/core/start-stop-json-array-test.js
index 6e9184ec..29339d30 100644
--- a/test/core/start-stop-json-array-test.js
+++ b/test/core/start-stop-json-array-test.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var assert = require('assert'),
     path = require('path'),
     fs = require('fs'),
     vows = require('vows'),
-    async = require('utile').async,
+    async = require('async'),
     request = require('request'),
     forever = require('../../lib/forever'),
     runCmd = require('../helpers').runCmd;