diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7e392da..bf83765 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ node_js:
 before_script:
   - 'npm install -g bower grunt-cli'
   - 'bower install'
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1daace0..ef44de0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ With bower:
 bower install angularjs-table
 ```
 
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+The only real dependencies for this library are angular and angular-sanitize. You can optionally include `angular-ui-sortable`, which relies on jquery. This will enable the column sorting via drag-and-drop. Without the presence of `angular-ui-sortable`, the library should work just fine, but without the ability for the user to change the order of the columns via drag-and-drop.
+
+
 Getting Started
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/app/index.html b/app/index.html
index 1436543..76f50cb 100644
--- a/app/index.html
+++ b/app/index.html
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     <!-- build:js scripts/vendor.js -->
     <!-- bower:js -->
-    <script src="bower_components/jquery/jquery.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/angular/angular.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/angular-sanitize/angular-sanitize.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/angular-animate/angular-animate.js"></script>
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 5d1933d..d9a2b35 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "angular": "^1.6",
-    "jquery": "~2.0.3",
-    "angular-sanitize": "^1.6",
-    "angular-ui-sortable": "~0.13",
-    "jquery-ui": ">=1.11.0"
+    "angular-sanitize": "^1.6"
+  },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "jquery-ui": ">=1.11.0",
+    "angular-ui-sortable": "~0.13"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "jquery": "~2",
+    "angular-ui-sortable": "~0.13",
+    "jquery-ui": ">=1.11.0",
     "angular-route": "^1.6",
     "bootstrap": "~3.0.3",
     "angular-mocks": "^1.6",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ffa7ce0..e6085b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
   "version": "2.21.5",
   "license": "Apache License, v2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "angular": "^1.6",
-    "jquery": "~2",
-    "angular-sanitize": "~1.3"
+    "angular": "^1.4",
+    "angular-sanitize": "^1.4"
+  },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "jquery-ui": ">=1.11.0",
+    "angular-ui-sortable": "~0.13"
   },
   "repository": "https://github.com/andyperlitch/angularjs-table",
   "types": "./angular-mesa.d.ts",