diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14e8e6b..1992ecd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 [![js-standard-style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/feross/standard)
 [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/75lb/local-web-server](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/75lb/local-web-server?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
-***Requires node v4.0.0 or higher. Install the [previous release](https://github.com/75lb/local-web-server/tree/prev) for older node support.***
+***This project does not yet use the latest Koa modules (some dependencies are out of date) because the recent Koa upgrade made node v7.6 the minimum supported version. This tool works with node v4.0.0 or higher. However, local-web-server v2 will likely require node v7.6 and above.***
 
 # local-web-server
 A simple web-server for productive front-end development. Typical use cases:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3130b43..d75f2f5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
   "author": "Lloyd Brookes <75pound@gmail.com>",
   "dependencies": {
     "ansi-escape-sequences": "^3.0.0",
-    "array-back": "^1.0.3",
-    "command-line-args": "^3.0.1",
-    "command-line-usage": "^3.0.5",
-    "config-master": "^2.0.4",
+    "array-back": "^1.0.4",
+    "command-line-args": "^4.0.2",
+    "command-line-usage": "^4.0.0",
+    "config-master": "^3.0.0",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "http-proxy": "^1.15.1",
     "kcors": "^1.3.0",
-    "koa": "^2.0.0",
+    "koa": "^2.1.0",
     "koa-bodyparser": "^3.0.0",
     "koa-compress": "^1.0.9",
     "koa-conditional-get": "^1.0.3",
@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@
     "path-to-regexp": "^1.6.0",
     "reduce-flatten": "^1.0.1",
     "stream-log-stats": "^1.1.7",
-    "string-tools": "^1.0.0",
     "test-value": "^2.1.0",
     "typical": "^2.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "jsdoc-to-markdown": "^2.0.0",
+    "jsdoc-to-markdown": "^3.0.0",
     "req-then": "^0.2.4",
     "tape": "^4.6.2"
   }