diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index b874f46..2dcf117 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-(defproject clj-librato "0.0.2"
+(defproject clj-librato "0.0.3-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Clojure interface to the Librato service"
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.4.0"]
-                 [clj-http "0.5.6"]
-                 [clj-json "0.5.1"]])
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]
+                 [clj-http "0.7.5"]
+                 [cheshire "5.2.0"]])
diff --git a/src/clj_librato/metrics.clj b/src/clj_librato/metrics.clj
index b27c510..ae63666 100644
--- a/src/clj_librato/metrics.clj
+++ b/src/clj_librato/metrics.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (ns clj-librato.metrics
   (:use [slingshot.slingshot :only [try+]])
-  (:require [clj-json.core   :as json]
+  (:require [cheshire.core   :as json]
             [clj-http.client :as client]
             [clojure.string  :as string]
             clj-http.util))