diff --git a/bin/handlebars b/bin/handlebars
index 5b1ba89c9..4835770f9 100755
--- a/bin/handlebars
+++ b/bin/handlebars
@@ -203,10 +203,7 @@ if (!argv.simple) {
 output = output.join('');
 
 if (argv.min) {
-  var ast = uglify.parser.parse(output);
-  ast = uglify.uglify.ast_mangle(ast);
-  ast = uglify.uglify.ast_squeeze(ast);
-  output = uglify.uglify.gen_code(ast);
+  output = uglify.minify(output, {fromString: true}).code;
 }
 
 if (argv.output) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab3f6831e..af8db6855 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "optimist": "~0.3",
-    "uglify-js": "~1.2"
+    "uglify-js": "~2.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "benchmark": "~1.0",