diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2f94beb25d..6174bf5f52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@
     "karma-mocha-reporter": "^1.1.1",
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "~0.2.1",
     "lcov-result-merger": "^1.0.2",
-    "lodash.defaultsdeep": "^3.10.0",
     "mocha": "^2.3.3",
     "mongodb": "^2.0.46",
     "mongoskin": "~0.6.1",
diff --git a/test/helpers/api-unit.helper.js b/test/helpers/api-unit.helper.js
index 6e561df076..95a34316e1 100644
--- a/test/helpers/api-unit.helper.js
+++ b/test/helpers/api-unit.helper.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-// @TODO: remove when lodash can be upgraded
-import defaults from 'lodash.defaultsdeep';
+import { defaultsDeep as defaults } from 'lodash';
 import { model as User } from '../../website/src/models/user'
 import { model as Group } from '../../website/src/models/group'
 import i18n from '../../common/script/src/i18n';