diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6bc4d6eb2..f66349993 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bluebird": "^3.0.2",
-    "browserify": "^13.0.0",
+    "browserify": "^12.0.2",
     "browserify-istanbul": "^0.1.5",
     "buffer-equal": "^1.0.0",
     "codecov.io": "^0.1.6",
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@
     "function-bind": "^1.0.2",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.0",
     "karma": "^0.13.10",
-    "karma-browserify": "^4.4.0",
+    "karma-browserify": "^5.0.1",
     "karma-cli": "^0.1.1",
     "karma-coverage": "^0.5.3",
-    "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "^0.1.4",
+    "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "^1.0.0",
     "karma-tap": "^1.0.3",
+    "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.3",
     "rimraf": "^2.2.8",
     "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
     "tape": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/tests/browser/test.js b/tests/browser/test.js
index 6717ba709..2310195a1 100644
--- a/tests/browser/test.js
+++ b/tests/browser/test.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tape('returns on error', function(t) {
     uri: 'https://stupid.nonexistent.path:port123/\\<-great-idea',
     withCredentials: false
   }, function (error, response) {
-    t.equal(response.statusCode, 0)
+    t.equal(typeof error, 'object')
     t.end()
   })
 })