diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index ab7cd2e..f44bfec 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module.exports = {
 
   // Services
-  mongo_url: process.env.MONGOLAB_URI || 'mongodb://localhost:27017/appDev',
+  mongo_url: process.env.MONGOHQ_URL || 'mongodb://localhost:27017/appDev',
   rabbit_url: process.env.CLOUDAMQP_URL || 'amqp://localhost',
   port: int(process.env.PORT) || 5000,
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f47a15f..fee7f92 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
     "jade": "^1.5.0",
     "lodash": "^2.4.1",
     "logfmt": "^1.1.2",
-    "mongoose": "~3.8.13",
+    "mongoose": "^4.6.3",
     "mongoose-cache": "git://github.com/hunterloftis/mongoose-cache",
-    "mongoose-timestamp": "^0.3.0",
+    "mongoose-timestamp": "^0.6.0",
     "morgan": "^1.2.0",
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.1",
     "promise": "^5.0.0",