diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b95b98d6f..6009e7fdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,26 +31,27 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^2.6.0",
     "browserify-zlib": "^0.2.0",
-    "chalk": "^2.3.0",
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
+    "clarify": "^2.1.0",
     "clean-documentation-theme": "^0.5.2",
-    "codecov": "^3.0.0",
-    "conventional-changelog": "^1.1.7",
-    "conventional-github-releaser": "^2.0.0",
-    "coveralls": "^3.0.0",
+    "codecov": "^3.0.1",
+    "conventional-changelog": "^1.1.24",
+    "conventional-github-releaser": "^2.0.2",
+    "coveralls": "^3.0.1",
     "detect-node": "^2.0.3",
-    "documentation": "^5.3.3",
-    "es6-promisify": "^5.0.0",
-    "eslint": "^4.13.0",
+    "documentation": "^6.3.2",
+    "es6-promisify": "^6.0.0",
+    "eslint": "^4.19.1",
     "eslint-config-aegir": "^1.0.1",
-    "execa": "^0.8.0",
-    "filesize": "^3.5.11",
+    "execa": "^0.10.0",
+    "filesize": "^3.6.1",
     "findup-sync": "^2.0.0",
-    "fs-extra": "^4.0.3",
+    "fs-extra": "^6.0.0",
     "gh-pages": "^1.1.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
-    "joi": "^13.0.2",
+    "joi": "^13.2.0",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.7",
-    "karma": "^1.7.1",
+    "karma": "^2.0.2",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.2.0",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "^1.1.0",
     "karma-junit-reporter": "^1.2.0",
@@ -58,31 +59,32 @@
     "karma-mocha-own-reporter": "git+https://github.com/dryajov/karma-mocha-own-reporter#d562a92a12d5c76469a05d67cee19bcb8db22b23",
     "karma-mocha-webworker": "^1.3.0",
     "karma-sourcemap-loader": "^0.3.7",
-    "karma-webpack": "^2.0.6",
-    "listr": "^0.13.0",
+    "karma-webpack": "^3.0.0",
+    "listr": "^0.14.0",
     "listr-update-renderer": "^0.4.0",
     "listr-verbose-renderer": "^0.4.1",
-    "lodash": "^4.17.4",
-    "mocha": "^4.0.1",
-    "mocha-jenkins-reporter": "^0.3.10",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.10",
+    "mocha": "^5.1.1",
+    "mocha-jenkins-reporter": "^0.3.12",
     "npm-which": "^3.0.1",
-    "nyc": "^11.3.0",
+    "nyc": "^11.7.1",
     "p-map": "^1.2.0",
     "pify": "^3.0.0",
     "pre-push": "^0.1.1",
     "pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
-    "safe-buffer": "^5.1.1",
-    "semver": "^5.4.1",
-    "simple-git": "^1.85.0",
-    "stream-http": "^2.7.2",
+    "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
+    "semver": "^5.5.0",
+    "simple-git": "^1.92.0",
+    "stream-http": "^2.8.1",
     "through": "^2.3.8",
+    "trace": "^3.1.0",
     "transform-loader": "^0.2.4",
-    "uglify-es": "^3.2.2",
-    "update-notifier": "^2.3.0",
-    "webpack": "^3.10.0",
-    "webpack-merge": "^4.1.1",
-    "yargs": "^10.0.3"
+    "uglify-es": "^3.3.9",
+    "update-notifier": "^2.5.0",
+    "webpack": "^4.7.0",
+    "webpack-merge": "^4.1.2",
+    "yargs": "^11.0.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -113,8 +115,8 @@
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
-    "cross-env": "^5.1.1",
-    "mock-require": "^2.0.2",
-    "sinon": "^4.1.3"
+    "cross-env": "^5.1.4",
+    "mock-require": "^3.0.2",
+    "sinon": "^5.0.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/build/browser.js b/src/build/browser.js
index 118ad738f..b9ce351bd 100644
--- a/src/build/browser.js
+++ b/src/build/browser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
+require('any-observable/register')('rxjs')
 const webpack = require('webpack')
 const Uglify = require('uglify-es')
 const path = require('path')
diff --git a/src/config/user.js b/src/config/user.js
index 942063a1b..959535ac9 100644
--- a/src/config/user.js
+++ b/src/config/user.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const _ = require('lodash')
 const Joi = require('joi')
-const promisify = require('es6-promisify')
+const { promisify } = require('es6-promisify')
 const path = require('path')
 
 const utils = require('../utils')
diff --git a/src/config/webpack/index.js b/src/config/webpack/index.js
index 1dc027af3..0fa1c11ea 100644
--- a/src/config/webpack/index.js
+++ b/src/config/webpack/index.js
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ function webpackConfig (env) {
     }
     const sourcemap = env === 'test' ? 'inline-source-map' : 'source-map'
 
+    const webpackMode = process.env.AEGIR_WEBPACK_MODE || 'development'
     return merge(base, {
+      mode: webpackMode,
       entry: [
         entry
       ],
diff --git a/src/coverage/index.js b/src/coverage/index.js
index 65ef47011..7bdbd2695 100644
--- a/src/coverage/index.js
+++ b/src/coverage/index.js
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const path = require('path')
-const _ = require('lodash')
-const Listr = require('listr')
-
 const providers = require('./providers')
-const testNode = require('../test/node')
-const utils = require('../utils')
-const userConfig = require('../config/user')
 
 function coverage (opts) {
+  require('any-observable/register')('rxjs')
+
+  const path = require('path')
+  const _ = require('lodash')
+  const Listr = require('listr')
+
+  const testNode = require('../test/node')
+  const utils = require('../utils')
+  const userConfig = require('../config/user')
+
   opts.hooks = userConfig().hooks
 
   const getCoverage = (ctx) => testNode(Object.assign({}, ctx, {
diff --git a/src/docs/index.js b/src/docs/index.js
index 994847871..b566a02e5 100644
--- a/src/docs/index.js
+++ b/src/docs/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
+require('any-observable/register')('rxjs')
 const Listr = require('listr')
 
 const utils = require('../utils')
diff --git a/src/release/index.js b/src/release/index.js
index 5a577a44e..2143ad4d3 100644
--- a/src/release/index.js
+++ b/src/release/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
+require('any-observable/register')('rxjs')
 const Listr = require('listr')
 
 const lint = require('../lint')