diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index b4050098993dc62a14bcc6fd0cbd54f3aaadce13..7876549a10c6f4e157b888ecda6b065d5928c803 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 {
   "presets": [
-    ["env", { "modules": false }],
+    ["env", {
+      "modules": false,
+      "targets": {
+        "browsers": ["> 1%", "last 2 versions", "not ie <= 8"]
+      }
+    }],
     "stage-2"
   ],
   "plugins": ["transform-runtime"],
diff --git a/build/dev-server.js b/build/dev-server.js
index 254a3bb103847dc7ec01fa9b5c58d20365c715ad..e167ee7eb1d2ce89f6acaf4a48d293db7e1979f0 100644
--- a/build/dev-server.js
+++ b/build/dev-server.js
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ var hotMiddleware = require('webpack-hot-middleware')(compiler, {
 });
 
 // force page reload when html-webpack-plugin template changes
-compiler.plugin('compilation', function (compilation) {
-    compilation.plugin('html-webpack-plugin-after-emit', function (data, cb) {
-        hotMiddleware.publish({action: 'reload'});
-        cb()
-    })
-});
+// currently disabled until this is resolved:
+// https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/680
+// compiler.plugin('compilation', function (compilation) {
+//   compilation.plugin('html-webpack-plugin-after-emit', function (data, cb) {
+//     hotMiddleware.publish({ action: 'reload' })
+//     cb()
+//   })
+// })
 
 // proxy api requests
 Object.keys(proxyTable).forEach(function (context) {
diff --git a/build/webpack.prod.conf.js b/build/webpack.prod.conf.js
index cf50e0c95cbfe58b450e5ea395a99c4a4cbd985b..5a2b0b2d1b1f3d9bc01f1b0725c77e366e7a59af 100644
--- a/build/webpack.prod.conf.js
+++ b/build/webpack.prod.conf.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var webpackConfig = merge(baseWebpackConfig, {
     publicPath: config.build.assetsPublicPath
   },
   plugins: [
+    new webpack.optimize.ModuleConcatenationPlugin(),
     // http://vuejs.github.io/vue-loader/en/workflow/production.html
     new webpack.DefinePlugin({
       'process.env': env
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ var webpackConfig = merge(baseWebpackConfig, {
       compress: {
         warnings: false
       },
-      sourceMap: true
+      sourceMap: true,
+      parallel: true
     }),
     // extract css into its own file
     new ExtractTextPlugin({
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef2084418ad5a7cc7b932b846b97da2b564c03cd..43cfed4f614ab62c63bc74aa3725b94000721ad9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,80 +13,80 @@
     "lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue src"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "0.16.2",
+    "axios": "0.17.0",
     "clipboard": "1.7.1",
-    "codemirror": "5.26.0",
-    "dropzone": "5.1.0",
+    "codemirror": "5.31.0",
+    "dropzone": "5.2.0",
     "echarts": "3.7.2",
     "element-ui": "1.4.2",
     "file-saver": "1.3.3",
-    "font-awesome": "^4.7.0",
-    "js-cookie": "2.1.4",
+    "font-awesome": "4.7.0",
+    "js-cookie": "2.2.0",
     "jsonlint": "1.6.2",
-    "jszip": "^3.1.4",
+    "jszip": "3.1.4",
     "mockjs": "1.0.1-beta3",
     "normalize.css": "7.0.0",
     "nprogress": "0.2.0",
-    "screenfull": "3.2.2",
-    "showdown": "1.7.1",
+    "screenfull": "3.3.2",
+    "showdown": "1.8.0",
     "simplemde": "1.11.2",
-    "sortablejs": "1.5.1",
+    "sortablejs": "1.6.1",
     "vue": "2.4.2",
     "vue-count-to": "1.0.5",
-    "vue-multiselect": "2.0.2",
+    "vue-multiselect": "2.0.6",
     "vue-router": "2.7.0",
-    "vue-splitpane": "^1.0.0",
+    "vue-splitpane": "1.0.0",
     "vuedraggable": "2.14.1",
     "vuex": "2.3.1",
-    "xlsx": "^0.10.8"
+    "xlsx": "^0.11.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "autoprefixer": "7.1.1",
-    "babel-core": "6.25.0",
-    "babel-eslint": "7.2.3",
-    "babel-loader": "7.0.0",
+    "autoprefixer": "7.1.6",
+    "babel-core": "6.26.0",
+    "babel-eslint": "8.0.1",
+    "babel-loader": "7.1.2",
     "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "6.23.0",
-    "babel-preset-env": "1.5.2",
+    "babel-preset-env": "1.6.1",
     "babel-preset-stage-2": "6.24.1",
-    "babel-register": "6.24.1",
-    "chalk": "1.1.3",
-    "connect-history-api-fallback": "1.3.0",
-    "copy-webpack-plugin": "4.0.1",
-    "cross-env": "5.0.1",
-    "css-loader": "0.28.4",
-    "eslint": "3.19.0",
+    "babel-register": "6.26.0",
+    "chalk": "2.3.0",
+    "connect-history-api-fallback": "1.4.0",
+    "copy-webpack-plugin": "4.2.0",
+    "cross-env": "5.1.1",
+    "css-loader": "0.28.7",
+    "eslint": "4.10.0",
     "eslint-friendly-formatter": "3.0.0",
-    "eslint-import-resolver-webpack": "0.8.1",
-    "eslint-loader": "1.7.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-html": "3.0.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.3.0",
+    "eslint-import-resolver-webpack": "0.8.3",
+    "eslint-loader": "1.9.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-html": "3.2.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.8.0",
     "eventsource-polyfill": "0.9.6",
-    "express": "4.15.3",
-    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "2.1.2",
+    "express": "4.16.2",
+    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "3.0.2",
     "file-loader": "0.11.2",
     "friendly-errors-webpack-plugin": "1.6.1",
     "function-bind": "1.1.0",
-    "html-webpack-plugin": "2.28.0",
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "2.30.0",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "0.17.4",
     "node-sass": "^4.5.0",
     "opn": "4.0.2",
-    "optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "1.3.0",
+    "optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "3.2.0",
     "ora": "1.1.0",
     "pushstate-server": "2.1.0",
     "rimraf": "2.6.0",
-    "sass-loader": "6.0.5",
-    "script-loader": "0.7.0",
+    "sass-loader": "6.0.6",
+    "script-loader": "0.7.2",
     "semver": "5.3.0",
-    "style-loader": "0.17.0",
+    "style-loader": "0.19.0",
     "svg-sprite-loader": "3.2.4",
-    "url-loader": "0.5.8",
+    "url-loader": "0.6.2",
     "vue-loader": "13.0.4",
-    "vue-style-loader": "3.0.1",
+    "vue-style-loader": "3.0.3",
     "vue-template-compiler": "2.4.2",
-    "webpack": "2.6.1",
-    "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "2.8.2",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "1.10.2",
-    "webpack-hot-middleware": "2.18.0",
+    "webpack": "3.8.1",
+    "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "2.9.0",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "1.12.0",
+    "webpack-hot-middleware": "2.20.0",
     "webpack-merge": "4.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {