diff --git a/app/appshell/app-menu.ts b/app/appshell/app-menu.ts
index 8f13d4ff73e..7b350dd6815 100644
--- a/app/appshell/app-menu.ts
+++ b/app/appshell/app-menu.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export function addMenu(title: string, id: string, position: string, relativeId:
         const err = _addToPosition(newObj, menuTemplate, position || "last", relativeId);
         _refreshMenu(callback.bind(null, err));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function addMenuItem(
     parentId: string,
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export function addMenuItem(
         const err = _addToPosition(newObj, parentObj.submenu as MenuItemOptions[], position || "last", relativeId);
         _refreshMenu(callback.bind(null, err));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function getMenuItemState(
     commandId: string,
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export function getMenuItemState(
         }
         callback(null, obj.enabled === true, obj.checked === true);
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function getMenuPosition(
     commandId: string,
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export function getMenuPosition(
         const res = _findMenuItemPosition(commandId);
         return res ? callback(null, res[0], res[1]) : callback(null);
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function getMenuTitle(commandId: string, callback: (err?: string | null, title?: string) => void) {
     assert(commandId && typeof commandId === "string", "commandId must be a string");
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export function getMenuTitle(commandId: string, callback: (err?: string | null,
         }
         callback(null, obj.label);
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function removeMenu(commandId: string, callback: (err?: string | null, deleted?: boolean) => void) {
     assert(commandId && typeof commandId === "string", "commandId must be a string");
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export function removeMenu(commandId: string, callback: (err?: string | null, de
         const deleted = _deleteMenuItemById(commandId);
         _refreshMenu(callback.bind(null, deleted ? null : ERR_NOT_FOUND));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function removeMenuItem(commandId: string, callback: (err?: string | null, deleted?: boolean) => void) {
     assert(commandId && typeof commandId === "string", "commandId must be a string");
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export function removeMenuItem(commandId: string, callback: (err?: string | null
         const deleted = _deleteMenuItemById(commandId);
         _refreshMenu(callback.bind(null, deleted ? null : ERR_NOT_FOUND));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function setMenuItemShortcut(
     commandId: string,
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export function setMenuItemShortcut(
         }
         _refreshMenu(callback.bind(null, null));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function setMenuItemState(
     commandId: string,
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export function setMenuItemState(
         }
         _refreshMenu(callback.bind(null, null));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function setMenuTitle(
     commandId: string,
@@ -333,4 +333,4 @@ export function setMenuTitle(
         obj.label = title;
         _refreshMenu(callback.bind(null, null));
     });
-};
+}
diff --git a/app/appshell/app.ts b/app/appshell/app.ts
index a0f37112e95..c2a12f6d7bf 100644
--- a/app/appshell/app.ts
+++ b/app/appshell/app.ts
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ export function closeLiveBrowser(callback: (err?: Error) => void) {
         // TODO: implement
         callback(new Error("app.closeLiveBrowser not implemented"));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function dragWindow() {
     // TODO: implement
     throw new Error("app.dragWindow not implemented");
-};
+}
 
 export function getApplicationSupportDirectory() {
     return utils.convertWindowsPathToUnixPath(app.getPath("userData"));
-};
+}
 
 export function getExtensionsFolder() {
     return utils.convertWindowsPathToUnixPath(
         path.resolve(getApplicationSupportDirectory(), "extensions")
     );
-};
+}
 
 // TODO: it seems that both arguments aren't needed anymore
 export function showExtensionsFolder(appURL: any, callback: (err?: Error) => void) {
@@ -51,47 +51,47 @@ export function showExtensionsFolder(appURL: any, callback: (err?: Error) => voi
         shell.showItemInFolder(utils.convertBracketsPathToWindowsPath(getExtensionsFolder()));
         if (callback) { callback(); }
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function getDroppedFiles(callback: (err?: Error) => void) {
     process.nextTick(function () {
         // TODO: implement
         callback(new Error("app.getDroppedFiles not implemented"));
     });
-};
+}
 
 // return the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the application was launched
 export function getElapsedMilliseconds() {
     const diff = process.hrtime(startupTime);
     // diff = [ seconds, nanoseconds ]
     return diff[0] * 1000 + diff[1] / 1000000;
-};
+}
 
 export function getPendingFilesToOpen(callback: (err?: Error, filePaths?: string[]) => void) {
     process.nextTick(function () {
         // TODO: implement
         callback(new Error("app.getPendingFilesToOpen not implemented"), []);
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function getRemoteDebuggingPort(): number {
     return REMOTE_DEBUGGING_PORT;
-};
+}
 
 export function getUserHomeDirectory(): string {
     return utils.convertWindowsPathToUnixPath(app.getPath("home"));
-};
+}
 
 export function getUserDocumentsDirectory(): string {
     return utils.convertWindowsPathToUnixPath(app.getPath("documents"));
-};
+}
 
 export function installCommandLine(callback: (err?: Error) => void): void {
     process.nextTick(function () {
         // TODO: implement
         callback(new Error("app.installCommandLine not implemented"));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function openLiveBrowser(
     url: string,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function openLiveBrowser(
         // TODO: implement
         callback(new Error("app.openLiveBrowser not implemented" + url));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function openURLInDefaultBrowser(
     url: string,
@@ -115,17 +115,17 @@ export function openURLInDefaultBrowser(
             callback();
         }
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function quit() {
     // close current window, shell will quit when all windows are closed
     remote.getCurrentWindow().close();
-};
+}
 
 export function showDeveloperTools() {
     const win = remote.getCurrentWindow();
     win.webContents.openDevTools({ mode: "detach" });
-};
+}
 
 // TODO: get rid of callback? This call is not throwing any error.
 export function showOSFolder(
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@ export function showOSFolder(
         shell.showItemInFolder(utils.convertBracketsPathToWindowsPath(path));
         if (callback) { callback(); }
     });
-};
+}
diff --git a/app/appshell/fs-additions.ts b/app/appshell/fs-additions.ts
index d1832945496..dcd9a36c8e9 100644
--- a/app/appshell/fs-additions.ts
+++ b/app/appshell/fs-additions.ts
@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ const trash = require("trash");
 
 export function isBinaryFile(filename: string, callback: (err?: Error, res?: boolean) => void) {
     isbinaryfile(filename, callback);
-};
+}
 
 export function isBinaryFileSync(filename: string): boolean {
     return isbinaryfile(filename);
-};
+}
 
 export function isEncodingSupported(encoding: string): boolean {
     return ["ascii", "utf-8", "utf8"].indexOf(encoding.toLowerCase()) !== -1;
-};
+}
 
 export function isNetworkDrive(path: string, callback: (err: Error | null, res: boolean) => void) {
     // TODO: implement
     process.nextTick(function () {
         callback(null, false);
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function moveToTrash(path: string, callback: (err: Error | null, result?: any) => void) {
     fs.stat(path, function (err) {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function moveToTrash(path: string, callback: (err: Error | null, result?:
             .then((r: any) => callback(null, r))
             .catch((e: Error) => callback(e));
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function readTextFile(filename: string, encoding: string, callback: (err: Error | null, res?: string) => void) {
     if (typeof encoding === "function") {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export function readTextFile(filename: string, encoding: string, callback: (err:
             callback(null, content);
         });
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function remove(path: string, callback: (err?: Error) => void) {
     fs.stat(path, function (err, stats) {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function remove(path: string, callback: (err?: Error) => void) {
         }
         fs.remove(path, callback);
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function rename(oldPath: string, newPath: string, callback: (err?: Error) => void) {
     fs.stat(newPath, function (err, stats) {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function rename(oldPath: string, newPath: string, callback: (err?: Error)
         err.code = "EEXIST";
         callback(err);
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function showOpenDialog(
     allowMultipleSelection: boolean,
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export function showOpenDialog(
     }, function (fileNames: string[]) {
         callback(null, fileNames ? fileNames.map(utils.convertWindowsPathToUnixPath) : []);
     });
-};
+}
 
 export function showSaveDialog(
     title: string,
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ export function showSaveDialog(
     }, function (path) {
         callback(null, utils.convertWindowsPathToUnixPath(path));
     });
-};
+}
diff --git a/app/main.ts b/app/main.ts
index 9d4670c7378..1686f65f566 100644
--- a/app/main.ts
+++ b/app/main.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function restart(query: {} | string = {}) {
     // this should mirror stuff done in "ready" handler except for auto-updater
     const win = openMainBracketsWindow(query);
     setLoggerWindow(win);
-};
+}
 
 export function getMainBracketsWindow(): Electron.BrowserWindow {
     return wins[0];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9cc7c75880c..fa881a1e6e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "anymatch": "1.3.0",
-        "async": "2.1.4",
+        "async": "2.3.0",
         "chokidar": "1.6.1",
         "decompress-zip": "0.3.0",
-        "electron-localshortcut": "1.1.0",
-        "fs-extra": "2.0.0",
+        "electron-localshortcut": "1.1.1",
+        "fs-extra": "2.1.2",
         "isbinaryfile": "3.0.2",
         "lodash": "4.17.4",
         "npm": "3.10.9",
         "opn": "4.0.2",
-        "request": "2.79.0",
+        "request": "2.81.0",
         "requirejs": "2.3.3",
         "semver": "5.3.0",
         "strip-bom": "3.0.0",
@@ -81,20 +81,20 @@
         "xml2js": "0.4.17"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "@types/electron": "1.4.33",
-        "@types/fs-extra": "0.0.37",
+        "@types/electron": "1.4.37",
+        "@types/fs-extra": "2.1.0",
         "@types/jquery": "2.0.41",
-        "@types/lodash": "4.14.55",
-        "@types/node": "7.0.8",
-        "@types/ws": "0.0.39",
+        "@types/lodash": "4.14.63",
+        "@types/node": "7.0.13",
+        "@types/ws": "0.0.40",
         "concurrently": "3.4.0",
         "cross-spawn": "5.1.0",
-        "electron": "1.6.2",
-        "electron-builder": "15.3.0",
-        "electron-builder-squirrel-windows": "15.3.0",
-        "electron-packager": "8.5.2",
+        "electron": "1.6.6",
+        "electron-builder": "17.1.1",
+        "electron-builder-squirrel-windows": "17.0.1",
+        "electron-packager": "8.6.0",
         "electron-rebuild": "1.5.7",
-        "eslint": "3.17.1",
+        "eslint": "3.19.0",
         "glob": "7.1.1",
         "grunt": "0.4.5",
         "grunt-cleanempty": "1.0.3",
@@ -116,16 +116,16 @@
         "grunt-usemin": "0.1.11",
         "gulp": "3.9.1",
         "gulp-watch": "4.3.11",
-        "husky": "0.13.2",
+        "husky": "0.13.3",
         "jasmine-node": "1.11.0",
         "load-grunt-tasks": "3.5.2",
         "q": "1.4.1",
         "rewire": "1.1.2",
-        "rimraf": "2.6.0",
-        "tslint": "4.5.1",
+        "rimraf": "2.6.1",
+        "tslint": "5.1.0",
         "typescript": "2.2.0",
-        "typescript-eslint-parser": "2.0.0",
-        "webpack": "2.2.1",
+        "typescript-eslint-parser": "2.1.0",
+        "webpack": "2.4.1",
         "xmldoc": "0.1.2"
     }
 }
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 9046f5712b2..73e2321afb4 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     "member-ordering": false,
     "no-namespace": false,
     "no-unused-expression": false,
-    "no-unused-new": false,
     "no-var-requires": false,
     "object-literal-sort-keys": false,
     "only-arrow-functions": false,