diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8d71f489..81a338f5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@
     "flake-idgen": "^1.0.0",
     "ioredis": "^1.14.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^5.5.4",
-    "lodash": "^3.10.1",
+    "lodash": "^4.0.0",
     "moment": "^2.11.1",
     "ms-amqp-conf": "^0.2.0",
-    "ms-amqp-transport": "^1.1.0",
+    "ms-amqp-transport": "^1.1.3",
     "ms-mailer-client": "^1.0.0",
     "ms-mailer-templates": "^0.3.0",
     "ms-validation": "^1.0.1",
-    "mservice": "^1.3.0",
+    "mservice": "^1.5.0",
     "node-uuid": "^1.4.7",
     "password-generator": "^2.0.2",
     "redis-filtered-sort": "^1.1.1",
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "urlsafe-base64": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-cli": "^6.4.0",
+    "babel-cli": "^6.4.5",
     "babel-eslint": "^5.0.0-beta6",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
diff --git a/src/actions/list.js b/src/actions/list.js
index 20265a3e4..473b38c7f 100644
--- a/src/actions/list.js
+++ b/src/actions/list.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const redisKey = require('../utils/key.js');
-const ld = require('lodash');
+const mapValues = require('lodash/mapValues');
 const { filter: transformFilter } = require('redis-filtered-sort');
+const JSONParse = JSON.parse.bind(JSON);
 
 module.exports = function iterateOverActiveUsers(opts) {
   const { redis, config } = this;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = function iterateOverActiveUsers(opts) {
         const account = {
           id,
           metadata: {
-            [audience]: data ? ld.mapValues(data, JSON.parse, JSON) : {},
+            [audience]: data ? mapValues(data, JSONParse) : {},
           },
         };
 
diff --git a/src/actions/register.js b/src/actions/register.js
index c1d1a66b9..bd3299394 100644
--- a/src/actions/register.js
+++ b/src/actions/register.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const Errors = require('common-errors');
 const request = require('request-promise');
-const ld = require('lodash');
+const defaults = require('lodash/defaults');
+const pick = require('lodash/pick');
 const setMetadata = require('../utils/updateMetadata.js');
 const scrypt = require('../utils/scrypt.js');
 const redisKey = require('../utils/key.js');
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ function makeCaptchaCheck(redis, username, captcha, captchaConfig) {
         }
       })
       .then(function verifyGoogleCaptcha() {
-        return request.post({ uri, qs: ld.defaults(captcha, { secret }), json: true })
+        return request.post({ uri, qs: defaults(captcha, { secret }), json: true })
           .then(function captchaSuccess(body) {
             if (!body.success) {
               return Promise.reject({ statusCode: 200, error: body });
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ function makeCaptchaCheck(redis, username, captcha, captchaConfig) {
             return true;
           })
           .catch(function captchaError(err) {
-            const errData = JSON.stringify(ld.pick(err, ['statusCode', 'error']));
+            const errData = JSON.stringify(pick(err, ['statusCode', 'error']));
             throw new Errors.HttpStatusError(412, fmt('Captcha response: %s', errData));
           });
       });
diff --git a/src/custom/cappasity-users-activate.js b/src/custom/cappasity-users-activate.js
index e418c5d81..1709a4636 100644
--- a/src/custom/cappasity-users-activate.js
+++ b/src/custom/cappasity-users-activate.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const ld = require('lodash');
+const find = require('lodash/find');
 const moment = require('moment');
 const setMetadata = require('../utils/updateMetadata.js');
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function mixPlan(username, audience) {
     .publishAndWait(route, id, { timeout: 5000 })
     .bind(this)
     .then(function mix(plan) {
-      const subscription = ld.findWhere(plan.subs, { name: 'month' });
+      const subscription = find(plan.subs, ['name', 'month']);
       const nextCycle = moment().add(1, 'month').valueOf();
       const update = {
         username,
diff --git a/src/users.js b/src/users.js
index d11b8d574..4bc42e197 100644
--- a/src/users.js
+++ b/src/users.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const Mailer = require('ms-mailer-client');
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const Errors = require('common-errors');
-const ld = require('lodash');
+const merge = require('lodash/merge');
 const fsort = require('redis-filtered-sort');
 const { NotImplementedError } = Errors;
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ module.exports = class Users extends Mservice {
    * @return {Users}
    */
   constructor(opts = {}) {
-    super(ld.merge({}, Users.defaultOpts, opts));
+    super(merge({}, Users.defaultOpts, opts));
     const config = this.config;
 
     const { error } = this.validateSync('config', config);
diff --git a/src/utils/getMetadata.js b/src/utils/getMetadata.js
index 5bf6e862d..e99ec6e71 100644
--- a/src/utils/getMetadata.js
+++ b/src/utils/getMetadata.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-const ld = require('lodash');
+const mapValues = require('lodash/mapValues');
 const redisKey = require('../utils/key.js');
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const { isArray } = Array;
+const JSONParse = JSON.parse.bind(JSON);
 
 module.exports = function getMetadata(username, _audience) {
   const { redis } = this;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = function getMetadata(username, _audience) {
     audience.forEach(function transform(aud, idx) {
       const datum = data[idx];
       if (datum) {
-        output[aud] = ld.mapValues(datum, JSON.parse, JSON);
+        output[aud] = mapValues(datum, JSONParse);
       } else {
         output[aud] = {};
       }
diff --git a/src/utils/updateMetadata.js b/src/utils/updateMetadata.js
index 849bad5ec..4eedc9f1c 100644
--- a/src/utils/updateMetadata.js
+++ b/src/utils/updateMetadata.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-const ld = require('lodash');
+const mapValues = require('lodash/mapValues');
 const redisKey = require('../utils/key.js');
+const JSONStringify = JSON.stringify.bind(JSON);
 
 /**
  * Updates metadata on a user object
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = function updateMetadata(opts) {
   const $setKeys = $set && Object.keys($set);
   const $setLength = $setKeys && $setKeys.length || 0;
   if ($setLength > 0) {
-    pipeline.hmset(metadataKey, ld.mapValues($set, JSON.stringify, JSON));
+    pipeline.hmset(metadataKey, mapValues($set, JSONStringify));
   }
 
   const $incr = metadata.$incr;
diff --git a/test/suites/list.js b/test/suites/list.js
index 6a0ef392d..e243eeff4 100644
--- a/test/suites/list.js
+++ b/test/suites/list.js
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ describe('#list', function listSuite() {
       promises.push(this.users._redis
         .pipeline()
         .sadd(userSet, user.id)
-        .hmset(redisKey(user.id, 'metadata', audience), ld.mapValues(user.metadata, JSON.stringify, JSON))
+        .hmset(
+          redisKey(user.id, 'metadata', audience),
+          ld.mapValues(user.metadata, JSON.stringify.bind(JSON))
+        )
         .exec()
       );
     });