diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 85f417574..fe72f18cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     "mailchimp-api": "2.0.x",
     "moment": "~2.5.0",
     "mongodb": "^2.0.28",
-    "mongoose": "^4.2.9",
+    "mongoose": "4.5.3",
     "mongoose-cache": "https://github.com/nwinter/mongoose-cache/tarball/master",
     "node-force-domain": "~0.1.0",
     "node-gyp": "~0.13.0",