diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7e7de09..bde6fbf 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ Seeder.prototype.connect = function(...params) {
         cb = params[1];
     } else if (params.length == 3) {
         db = params[0];
-        opts = params[1]; 
-        cb = params[2]; 
+        opts = params[1];
+        cb = params[2];
     } else {
-        console.error('Pass either 2 or 3 arguments to seeder.connect'); 
+        console.error('Pass either 2 or 3 arguments to seeder.connect');
         process.exit(1);
     }
     
@@ -59,14 +59,16 @@ Seeder.prototype.connect = function(...params) {
         cb();
     } else {
         if (opts) {
-            mongoose.connect(db, opts, function (err) {
-                afterConnect(_this, err, cb);
-            });
+            opts.useNewUrlParser = true;
         } else {
-            mongoose.connect(db, function (err) {
-                afterConnect(_this, err, cb);
-            });
+            opts = {
+                useNewUrlParser: true
+            };
         }
+
+        mongoose.connect(db, opts, function (err) {
+            afterConnect(_this, err, cb);
+        });
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8e1f00..748c96d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Seed data population for Mongoose",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "mocha test/**/*.js"
+    "test": "mocha --exit test/**/*.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/seanemmer/mongoose-seed#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "async": "~1.2.0",
-    "chalk": "~1.0.0",
-    "lodash": "~4.17.10",
-    "path": "~0.11.14"
+    "async": "~2.6.1",
+    "chalk": "~2.4.2",
+    "lodash": "~4.17.11",
+    "path": "~0.12.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "chai": "^3.5.0",
-    "mocha": "^3.0.0",
-    "mongoose": "^4.5.8"
+    "chai": "^4.2.0",
+    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
+    "mongoose": "^5.4.8"
   }
 }