diff --git a/app/templates/Gruntfile.js b/app/templates/Gruntfile.js
index 695112e0b..4060db2e9 100644
--- a/app/templates/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/app/templates/Gruntfile.js
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     },
 
     // Automatically inject Bower components into the app
-    bowerInstall: {
+    wiredep: {
       target: {
         src: '<%%= yeoman.client %>/index.html',
         ignorePath: '<%%= yeoman.client %>/',
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         'injector:sass', <% } %>
         'concurrent:server',
         'injector',
-        'bowerInstall',
+        'wiredep',
         'autoprefixer',
         'concurrent:debug'
       ]);
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       'injector:sass', <% } %>
       'concurrent:server',
       'injector',
-      'bowerInstall',
+      'wiredep',
       'autoprefixer',
       'express:dev',
       'wait',
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         'injector:sass', <% } %>
         'concurrent:test',
         'injector',
-        'bowerInstall',
+        'wiredep',
         'autoprefixer',
         'express:dev',
         'protractor'
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     'injector:sass', <% } %>
     'concurrent:dist',
     'injector',
-    'bowerInstall',
+    'wiredep',
     'useminPrepare',
     'autoprefixer',
     'ngtemplates',
diff --git a/app/templates/_package.json b/app/templates/_package.json
index c27c7595d..42a12c21e 100644
--- a/app/templates/_package.json
+++ b/app/templates/_package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "grunt": "~0.4.4",
     "grunt-autoprefixer": "~0.7.2",
-    "grunt-bower-install": "~1.4.0",
+    "grunt-wiredep": "~1.8.0",
     "grunt-concurrent": "~0.5.0",
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.5.0",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.4.0",