diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 63e58680..e2403641 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ var revReplace = require('gulp-rev-replace');
 var minifyCSS = require('gulp-minify-css');
 var uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
 var filter = require('gulp-filter');
-var bower = require('gulp-bower');
 var connect = require('gulp-connect');
 var modRewrite = require('connect-modrewrite');
 var sass = require('gulp-sass');
@@ -15,16 +14,6 @@ var SRC_DIR = 'src/main/app/';
 var TEMP_DIR = 'target/gulp/'
 var BUILD_DIR = 'target/classes/assets/';
 
-gulp.task('bower_prune', function() {
-	return bower({
-		cmd : 'prune'
-	});
-});
-
-gulp.task('bower', ['bower_prune'], function() {
-	return bower();
-});
-
 gulp.task('images', function() {
 	return gulp.src(SRC_DIR + 'images/**/*').pipe(gulp.dest(BUILD_DIR + 'images'));
 });
@@ -44,20 +33,20 @@ gulp.task('sass', function() {
 	return gulp.src(SRC_DIR + 'sass/app.scss').pipe(sass()).pipe(gulp.dest(TEMP_DIR + 'css'));
 });
 
-gulp.task('fonts', ['bower'], function() {
+gulp.task('fonts', function() {
 	var font_awesome = SRC_DIR + 'lib/font-awesome/font/fontawesome-webfont.*';
 	var zocial = SRC_DIR + 'lib/zocial-less/css/zocial-regular-*';
 	var readabilicons = SRC_DIR + 'lib/readabilicons/webfont/fonts/readabilicons-*';
 	return gulp.src([font_awesome, zocial, readabilicons]).pipe(gulp.dest(BUILD_DIR + 'font'));
 });
 
-gulp.task('select2', ['bower'], function() {
+gulp.task('select2', function() {
 	var gif = SRC_DIR + 'lib/select2/*.gif';
 	var png = SRC_DIR + 'lib/select2/*.png';
 	return gulp.src([gif, png]).pipe(gulp.dest(BUILD_DIR + 'css'));
 });
 
-gulp.task('swagger-ui', ['bower'], function() {
+gulp.task('swagger-ui', function() {
 	var index_html = SRC_DIR + 'api/index.html';
 	var lib = SRC_DIR + 'lib/swagger-ui/dist/**/*';
 	return gulp.src([lib, index_html]).pipe(gulp.dest(BUILD_DIR + 'api'));
@@ -71,7 +60,7 @@ gulp.task('template-cache', function() {
 	return gulp.src(SRC_DIR + 'templates/**/*.html').pipe(templateCache(options)).pipe(gulp.dest(TEMP_DIR + 'js'));
 });
 
-gulp.task('build-dev', ['images', 'i18n', 'favicons', 'sass', 'fonts', 'select2', 'swagger-ui', 'template-cache', 'bower'], function() {
+gulp.task('build-dev', ['images', 'i18n', 'favicons', 'sass', 'fonts', 'select2', 'swagger-ui', 'template-cache'], function() {
 	var assets = useref.assets({
 		searchPath : [SRC_DIR, TEMP_DIR]
 	});
@@ -81,7 +70,7 @@ gulp.task('build-dev', ['images', 'i18n', 'favicons', 'sass', 'fonts', 'select2'
 			revReplace()).pipe(gulp.dest(BUILD_DIR)).pipe(connect.reload());
 });
 
-gulp.task('build', ['images', 'i18n', 'favicons', 'sass', 'fonts', 'select2', 'swagger-ui', 'template-cache', 'bower'], function() {
+gulp.task('build', ['images', 'i18n', 'favicons', 'sass', 'fonts', 'select2', 'swagger-ui', 'template-cache'], function() {
 	var assets = useref.assets({
 		searchPath : [SRC_DIR, TEMP_DIR]
 	});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index addc4492..6f933df5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   "main": "main.js",
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {
+    "bower": "1.3.12",
     "gulp": "3.8.10",
     "gulp-rev": "2.0.1",
     "gulp-rev-replace": "0.3.1",
     "gulp-minify-css": "0.3.11",
     "gulp-uglify": "1.0.2",
     "gulp-filter": "1.0.2",
-    "gulp-bower": "0.0.7",
     "gulp-connect": "2.2.0",
     "connect-modrewrite": "0.7.9",
     "gulp-sass": "1.2.4",
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b8be946..75e89b1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
 				<artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>0.0.19</version>
+				<version>0.0.20</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>install node and npm</id>
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@
 						</goals>
 						<phase>generate-resources</phase>
 					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>bower install</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>bower</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<arguments>install</arguments>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
 					<execution>
 						<id>gulp build</id>
 						<goals>