diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb2b20c..3d38769 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "matador",
   "description": "an MVC framework for Node",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.12",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.13",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Medium/matador",
   "main": "src/matador.js",
   "authors": [
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "cookie-parser": "^1.3.5",
     "errorhandler": "^1.4.0",
     "qs": "^3.1.0",  
-    "soynode": "^1.0.0",
+    "soynode": "^1.1.0",
     "serve-static": "^1.10.0",
     "useragent": "^2.1.7",
     "valentine": "1.8.0"