diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f4848bb..397eef17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,10 +53,14 @@
     "mkdirp": "0.5.0",
     "npm": "^2.14.1",
     "semver": "^5.0.1",
-    "socket.io": "bitpay/socket.io#bitpay-1.3.7",
-    "socket.io-client": "bitpay/socket.io-client#bitpay-1.3.7",
+    "socket.io": "^1.4.5",
+    "socket.io-client": "^1.4.5",
     "zmq": "^2.14.0"
   },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "bufferutil": "~1.2.1",
+    "utf-8-validate": "~1.2.1"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "benchmark": "1.0.0",
     "bitcore-p2p": "^1.1.0",