diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8609bd17..e6796d3c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 sudo: false
 language: node_js
-cache:
-  directories:
-    - node_modules
 notifications:
   email: false
 node_js:
   - 4
   - 6
 matrix:
-    fast_finish: true
-    allow_failures:
+  fast_finish: true
 env:
   global:
     - CXX=g++-4.8
@@ -34,7 +30,7 @@ addons:
       - g++-4.8
       - oracle-java8-installer
 before_install:
-  - npm i -g npm@^2.0.0
+  - npm i -g npm@^3.0.0
 before_script:
   - npm prune
   - sleep 10
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 60f021c2..dab1ece7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
     "drop_index": "node scripts/drop_index",
     "reset_type": "node scripts/reset_type",
     "update_settings": "node scripts/update_settings",
-    "travis": "npm run test",
-    "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post"
+    "travis": "npm run check-dependencies && npm run test",
+    "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post",
+    "check-dependencies": "node_modules/.bin/npm-check --production"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -37,14 +38,18 @@
     "elasticsearch": "^12.0.1",
     "joi": "^10.1.0",
     "mergeable": "latest",
-    "pelias-config": "2.7.1"
+    "pelias-config": "2.9.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "difflet": "^1.0.1",
     "elastictest": "^1.2.0",
+    "npm-check": "^5.4.0",
     "proxyquire": "^1.7.10",
+    "semantic-release": "^6.3.2",
     "tap-spec": "^4.1.1",
-    "tape": "^4.5.0",
-    "semantic-release": "^6.3.2"
-  }
+    "tape": "^4.5.0"
+  },
+  "pre-commit": [
+    "check-dependencies"
+  ]
 }