diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index e66674ac..01b0776c 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         browsers: TEST_BROWSERS,
 
         browserify: {
-          watch: false,
           debug: false,
           transform: [ 'brfs' ]
         }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 149bb65c..ff62a3db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "grunt": "^0.4.4",
+    "grunt": "~0.4.4",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.5.0",
     "grunt-contrib-connect": "~0.6.0",
     "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.7.2",
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
     "karma-jasmine": "https://github.com/Nikku/karma-jasmine/archive/jasmine-v2.0.0-latest-1.tar.gz",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1.2",
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "0.1.2",
-    "karma-ie-launcher": "^0.1.4",
-    "karma-firefox-launcher": "^0.1.3",
-    "karma-browserify": "~0.2.0",
+    "karma-ie-launcher": "~0.1.4",
+    "karma-firefox-launcher": "~0.1.3",
+    "karma-bro": "~0.1.0",
     "jsondiffpatch": "~0.1.4",
     "xsd-schema-validator": "0.0.3",
     "sax": "~0.6.0",
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@
     "lodash": "~2.4.0",
     "didi": "~0.0.4",
     "jquery": "~2.1.0",
-    "jquery-mousewheel": "^3.1.11"
+    "jquery-mousewheel": "~3.1.11"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/config/karma.unit.js b/test/config/karma.unit.js
index 69dd89b7..2717ce71 100644
--- a/test/config/karma.unit.js
+++ b/test/config/karma.unit.js
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ module.exports = function(karma) {
 
     basePath: '../../',
 
-    frameworks: [ 'jasmine', 'browserify' ],
+    frameworks: [ 'browserify', 'jasmine' ],
 
     files: [
       'test/spec/browser/**/*Spec.js'
     ],
-    
+
     reporters: [ 'dots' ],
 
     preprocessors: {
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@ module.exports = function(karma) {
 
     browsers: [ 'PhantomJS' ],
 
-    // fixing slow browserify build
-    browserNoActivityTimeout: 60000,
-
     singleRun: false,
     autoWatch: true,
 
     // browserify configuration
     browserify: {
       debug: true,
-      watch: true,
       transform: [ 'brfs' ]
     }
   });