diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index 6905454d1..414d2a33b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Ian Lee                  `@IanLee1521`_
   Jan Van Bruggen          `@jvanbrug`_
   Jens Nilsson             `@phiberjenz`_
+  Jimmy Gitonga            `@afrowave`_                  @afrowave
   Julien Almarcha          `@sladinji`_
   Julio Castillo           `@juliocc`_
   Kaido Kert               `@kaidokert`_
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a9f14d35f..a46890d72 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-cookiecutter==1.4.0
+cookiecutter==1.5.0
 flake8==3.2.1 # pyup: != 2.6.0
-sh==1.12.6
+sh==1.12.8
 binaryornot==0.4.0
 
 # Testing
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index bd07432b4..f208fe7cf 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 -r base.txt
 coverage==4.2
 django-coverage-plugin==1.3.1
-Sphinx==1.5
+Sphinx==1.5.1
 django-extensions==1.7.5
 Werkzeug==0.11.11
 django-test-plus==1.0.16
-factory_boy==2.7.0
+factory-boy==2.8.1
 
 django-debug-toolbar==1.6
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index a8fbf4682..f169523b7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ psycopg2==2.6.2
 
 # WSGI Handler
 # ------------------------------------------------
-gevent==1.2a1
+gevent==1.2a2
 gunicorn==19.6.0
 
 # Static and Media Storage
 # ------------------------------------------------
-boto==2.43.0
+boto==2.45.0
 django-storages-redux==1.3.2
 {% if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise != 'y' -%}
-Collectfast==0.3.1
+Collectfast==0.4.0
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Email backends for Mailgun, Postmark, SendGrid and more
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
index 759deb1c1..14f7c391c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/test.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ psycopg2==2.6.2
 coverage==4.2
 flake8==3.2.1 # pyup: != 2.6.0
 django-test-plus==1.0.16
-factory_boy==2.7.0
+factory-boy==2.8.1
 
 # pytest
 pytest-django==3.1.2