diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d7520c4f..c0ac0b83 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "docs": "https://mottie.github.io/tablesorter/docs/index.html",
   "demo": "https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/wiki",
   "dependencies": {
-    "jquery": ">=1.2.6"
+    "jquery": ">=3.2.1"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "table",
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "^1.1.0",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "^1.0.1",
     "grunt-contrib-copy": "^1.0.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "^2.1.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "^2.2.0",
     "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^1.1.0",
     "grunt-contrib-qunit": "^2.0.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "^2.3.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "^3.0.0",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-htmlhint": "^0.9.13",
     "grunt-jscs": "^3.0.1",