diff --git a/build/files.js b/build/files.js
index a49420b7c7..c66c17df42 100644
--- a/build/files.js
+++ b/build/files.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const headRegexp = /(^module.exports = \w+;?)/m
     , `$1
 
 /*<replacement>*/
-  var processNextTick = require(\'process-nextick-args\');
+  var processNextTick = require(\'process-nextick-args\').nextTick;
 /*</replacement>*/
 `
     ]
diff --git a/lib/_stream_duplex.js b/lib/_stream_duplex.js
index c599463dd8..4f2556acad 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_duplex.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_duplex.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 /*<replacement>*/
 
-var processNextTick = require('process-nextick-args');
+var processNextTick = require('process-nextick-args').nextTick;
 /*</replacement>*/
 
 /*<replacement>*/
diff --git a/lib/_stream_readable.js b/lib/_stream_readable.js
index 0d720c4d42..1002199adf 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_readable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_readable.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /*<replacement>*/
 
-var processNextTick = require('process-nextick-args');
+var processNextTick = require('process-nextick-args').nextTick;
 /*</replacement>*/
 
 module.exports = Readable;
diff --git a/lib/_stream_writable.js b/lib/_stream_writable.js
index d9ebc57bfe..95125f927f 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_writable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_writable.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 /*<replacement>*/
 
-var processNextTick = require('process-nextick-args');
+var processNextTick = require('process-nextick-args').nextTick;
 /*</replacement>*/
 
 module.exports = Writable;
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
index c76fb56404..134cabf893 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/destroy.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 /*<replacement>*/
 
-var processNextTick = require('process-nextick-args');
+var processNextTick = require('process-nextick-args').nextTick;
 /*</replacement>*/
 
 // undocumented cb() API, needed for core, not for public API
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e0c78e286..5640f3b95e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@
     "core-util-is": "~1.0.0",
     "inherits": "~2.0.3",
     "isarray": "~1.0.0",
-    "process-nextick-args": "~1.0.6",
+    "process-nextick-args": "~2.0.0",
     "safe-buffer": "~5.1.1",
     "string_decoder": "~1.0.3",
     "util-deprecate": "~1.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "assert": "~1.4.0",
+    "assert": "^1.4.0",
     "babel-polyfill": "^6.9.1",
     "buffer": "^4.9.0",
     "nyc": "^6.4.0",
-    "tap": "~0.7.1",
-    "tape": "~4.5.1",
-    "zuul": "~3.10.0"
+    "tap": "^0.7.0",
+    "tape": "^4.8.0",
+    "zuul": "^3.11.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "tap test/parallel/*.js test/ours/*.js && node test/verify-dependencies.js",