diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index a1fa4e12f1..fffd17f98b 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Release notes of Ampersand
 
-## current development 
+## unreleased changes 
   * Work on meatgrinder (still experimental!)
   * Bug fix: Issue with SQL query [Issue #152](https://github.com/AmpersandTarski/Ampersand/issues/152)
   * Bug fix: minor issue with SQL query [Issue #436](https://github.com/AmpersandTarski/Ampersand/issues/436)
diff --git a/ampersand.cabal b/ampersand.cabal
index 25683bdcce..6607589959 100644
--- a/ampersand.cabal
+++ b/ampersand.cabal
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ executable ampersand
   hs-source-dirs:    src
   default-language:  Haskell2010
   ghc-options:       -rtsopts -Wall
-  build-depends:     aeson == 0.9.*,
+  build-depends:     aeson == 0.11.*,
                      aeson-pretty == 0.7.*,
                      base == 4.8.*,
                      bytestring == 0.10.*,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ executable ampersand
                      HStringTemplate == 0.8.*,
                      lens == 4.13.*,
                      mtl == 2.2.*,
-                     pandoc == 1.16.*,
+                     pandoc == 1.17.*,
                      pandoc-types == 1.16.*,
                      parsec == 3.1.*,
                      process == 1.2.*,
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ Test-Suite ampersand-test
                      lens == 4.13.*,
                      MissingH == 1.3.*,
                      mtl == 2.2.*,
-                     pandoc == 1.16.*,
+                     pandoc == 1.17.*,
                      pandoc-types == 1.16.*,
                      parsec == 3.1.*,
                      QuickCheck == 2.8.*,
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index e9e8bc65eb..0856f734ee 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Specifies the GHC version and set of packages available (e.g., lts-3.5, nightly-2015-09-21, ghc-7.10.2)
 # resolver: lts-3.18
 # resolver: nightly-2015-09-21
-resolver: lts-5.15
+resolver: lts-6.2
 
 # Local packages, usually specified by relative directory name
 packages: