diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc71d08..0f68aeb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
     "test": "grunt test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "grunt": "~0.3.12",
+    "grunt": "~0.4.0",
     "dustjs-linkedin": ">= 1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "grunt": "~0.3.12",
+    "grunt": "~0.4.0",
     "grunt-coffee": ">= 0.0.5",
     "grunt-docco": ">= 0.1.1"
   },
diff --git a/tasks/dustjs.js b/tasks/dustjs.js
index 0c86a29..f692971 100644
--- a/tasks/dustjs.js
+++ b/tasks/dustjs.js
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   var normalizeMultiTaskFiles = function(data, target) {
     var prop, obj;
     var files = [];
-    if (grunt.utils.kindOf(data) === 'object') {
+    if (grunt.util.kindOf(data) === 'object') {
       if ('src' in data || 'dest' in data) {
         obj = {};
         if ('src' in data) { obj.src = data.src; }
         if ('dest' in data) { obj.dest = data.dest; }
         files.push(obj);
-      } else if (grunt.utils.kindOf(data.files) === 'object') {
+      } else if (grunt.util.kindOf(data.files) === 'object') {
         for (prop in data.files) {
           files.push({src: data.files[prop], dest: prop});
         }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     files.forEach(function(obj) {
       // Process src as a template (recursively, if necessary).
       if ('src' in obj) {
-        obj.src = grunt.utils.recurse(obj.src, function(src) {
+        obj.src = grunt.util.recurse(obj.src, function(src) {
           if (typeof src !== 'string') { return src; }
           return grunt.template.process(src);
         });
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     return files;
   };
 
+  var compile;
+
   grunt.registerMultiTask("dustjs", "Grunt task to compile Dust.js templates.", function () {
 
     this.files = this.files || normalizeMultiTaskFiles(this.data, this.target);
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
       srcFiles.forEach(function (srcFile) {
         var sourceCode = grunt.file.read(srcFile);
-        var sourceCompiled = grunt.helper("dustjs", sourceCode, srcFile, options.fullname);
+        var sourceCompiled = compile(sourceCode, srcFile, options.fullname);
 
         taskOutput.push(sourceCompiled);
       });
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     });
   });
 
-  grunt.registerHelper("dustjs", function (source, filepath, fullFilename) {
+  compile = function (source, filepath, fullFilename) {
     var path = require("path");
     var dust = require("dustjs-linkedin");
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         // Example: "fixtures/dust/one.dust" > "one"
         name = path.basename(filepath, path.extname(filepath));
       }
-      
+
       if (name !== undefined) {
         var output = dust.compile(source, name);
         return output;
@@ -108,5 +110,5 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       grunt.log.error(e);
       grunt.fail.warn("Dust.js failed to compile.");
     }
-  });
+  };
 };