diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de271ad6..37958340 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
     "i2c-bus": "^1.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "grunt": "^0.4.5",
-    "grunt-replace": "^0.9.3",
-    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^0.11.2",
-    "grunt-jscs": "^2.0.0",
-    "grunt-http": "^1.6.0",
-    "mocha": "^2.3.4",
-    "chai": "^3.4.1"
+    "grunt": "^1.0.1",
+    "grunt-replace": "^1.0.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^1.1.0",
+    "grunt-jscs": "^3.0.1",
+    "grunt-http": "^2.2.0",
+    "mocha": "^3.5.3",
+    "chai": "^4.1.2"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/lib/setup.js b/test/lib/setup.js
index cf67299f..13b641cf 100644
--- a/test/lib/setup.js
+++ b/test/lib/setup.js
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ function startController(isStartAdapter, onObjectChange, onStateChange, callback
         console.error('Controller is already started!');
     } else {
         console.log('startController...');
+        adapterStarted = false;
         var isObjectConnected;
         var isStatesConnected;
 
@@ -586,6 +587,7 @@ function stopAdapter(cb) {
             }, 0);
         }
     } else {
+        adapterStarted = false;
         pid.on('exit', function (code, signal) {
             if (pid) {
                 console.log('child process terminated due to receipt of signal ' + signal);
@@ -682,4 +684,5 @@ if (typeof module !== undefined && module.parent) {
     module.exports.installAdapter   = installAdapter;
     module.exports.appName          = appName;
     module.exports.adapterName      = adapterName;
+    module.exports.adapterStarted   = adapterStarted;
 }