diff --git a/templates/app/_package.json b/templates/app/_package.json
index 6d6ff0091..e6c91eeef 100644
--- a/templates/app/_package.json
+++ b/templates/app/_package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "connect-mongo": "^1.2.1",<% } %><% if(filters.sequelize) { %>
     "sequelize": "^3.23.6",
     "sqlite3": "~3.1.1",
-    "express-sequelize-session": "0.4.0",<% } %><% if(filters.auth) { %>
+    "connect-session-sequelize": "^4.1.0",<% } %><% if(filters.auth) { %>
     "jsonwebtoken": "^7.0.0",
     "express-jwt": "^5.0.0",
     "passport": "~0.3.0",
diff --git a/templates/app/server/config/express.js b/templates/app/server/config/express.js
index 172d4f06d..3f3167f33 100644
--- a/templates/app/server/config/express.js
+++ b/templates/app/server/config/express.js
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import connectMongo from 'connect-mongo/es5';<% } %>
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
 var MongoStore = connectMongo(session);<% } else if(filters.sequelize) { %>
 import sqldb from '../sqldb';
-import expressSequelizeSession from 'express-sequelize-session';
-var Store = expressSequelizeSession(session.Store);<% } %>
+let Store = require('connect-session-sequelize')(session.Store);<% } %>
 
 export default function(app) {
   var env = app.get('env');
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ export default function(app) {
       mongooseConnection: mongoose.connection,
       db: '<%= lodash.slugify(lodash.humanize(appname)) %>'
     })<% } else if(filters.sequelize) { %>,
-    store: new Store(sqldb.sequelize)<% } %>
+    store: new Store({db: sqldb.sequelize})<% } %>
   }));
 
   /**