diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 013dab2762..05c3893ffb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ When completed, you'll be able to run the various Grunt commands provided from t
 ### Available Grunt commands
 
 #### Build - `grunt`
-Run `grunt` to run tests locally and compile the CSS and JavaScript into `/dist`. **Uses [recess](http://twitter.github.io/recess/) and [UglifyJS](http://lisperator.net/uglifyjs/).**
+Run `grunt` to run tests locally and compile the CSS and JavaScript into `/dist`. **Uses [Less](http://lesscss.org/) and [UglifyJS](http://lisperator.net/uglifyjs/).**
 
 #### Only compile CSS and JavaScript - `grunt dist`
-`grunt dist` creates the `/dist` directory with compiled files. **Uses [recess](http://twitter.github.io/recess/) and [UglifyJS](http://lisperator.net/uglifyjs/).**
+`grunt dist` creates the `/dist` directory with compiled files. **Uses [Less](http://lesscss.org/) and [UglifyJS](http://lisperator.net/uglifyjs/).**
 
 #### Tests - `grunt test`
 Runs [JSHint](http://jshint.com) and [QUnit](http://qunitjs.com/) tests headlessly in [PhantomJS](http://phantomjs.org/) (used for CI).
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 882025622a..9d00cc318d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,25 +21,25 @@
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "btoa": "~1.1.1",
-    "grunt": "~0.4.1",
+    "grunt": "~0.4.2",
     "grunt-banner": "~0.2.0",
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.5.0",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.3.0",
     "grunt-contrib-connect": "~0.5.0",
     "grunt-contrib-copy": "~0.4.1",
     "grunt-contrib-csslint": "~0.2.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.7.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-less": "~0.8.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.7.2",
+    "grunt-contrib-less": "~0.8.3",
     "grunt-contrib-qunit": "~0.3.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2.4",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2.7",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.5.3",
     "grunt-csscomb": "~1.2.1",
-    "grunt-html-validation": "~0.1.11",
+    "grunt-html-validation": "~0.1.12",
     "grunt-jekyll": "~0.4.0",
-    "grunt-jscs-checker": "~0.2.5",
+    "grunt-jscs-checker": "~0.2.6",
     "grunt-saucelabs": "~4.1.2",
     "grunt-sed": "~0.1.1",
-    "load-grunt-tasks": "~0.2.0"
+    "load-grunt-tasks": "~0.2.1"
   },
   "jspm": {
     "main": "js/bootstrap",