diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b10a44a..76035cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "author": "Jacob Groundwater <groundwater@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "nan": "^1.2.0",
-    "minimist": "^0.0.10"
+    "minimist": "^0.0.10",
+    "nan": "^2.0.9"
   },
   "bin": {
     "century": "century.js"
diff --git a/src/binding.cc b/src/binding.cc
index fbbb4a0..3fb0bff 100644
--- a/src/binding.cc
+++ b/src/binding.cc
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #include "binding.h"
 
 void InitAll(Handle<Object> exports) {
-  exports->Set(NanNew<String>("wait"),
-    NanNew<FunctionTemplate>(Wait)->GetFunction());
-  exports->Set(NanNew<String>("demo"),
-    NanNew<FunctionTemplate>(Demo)->GetFunction());
+  exports->Set(Nan::New<String>("wait").ToLocalChecked(),
+    Nan::New<FunctionTemplate>(Wait)->GetFunction());
+  exports->Set(Nan::New<String>("demo").ToLocalChecked(),
+    Nan::New<FunctionTemplate>(Demo)->GetFunction());
 }
 
 NODE_MODULE(binding, InitAll)
diff --git a/src/popen.cc b/src/popen.cc
index e5d346a..39b4aa8 100644
--- a/src/popen.cc
+++ b/src/popen.cc
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 // this is just for demo purposes
 NAN_METHOD(Demo) {
-  NanScope();
+  Nan::HandleScope scope;
 
   popen("sleep 30", "r");
 
-  NanReturnUndefined();
+  return;
 }
diff --git a/src/wait.cc b/src/wait.cc
index 08fcb5d..e5cd4c5 100644
--- a/src/wait.cc
+++ b/src/wait.cc
@@ -1,43 +1,33 @@
 #include "binding.h"
 
 NAN_METHOD(Wait) {
-  NanScope();
-
+  Nan::HandleScope scope;
   int status;
 
   // non-blocking
-
   // do not wait for a dead child because this is run on the main event loop
   // this method is intended for init, who inherits children that it did not spawn
   pid_t ok = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG);
 
   if (ok == 0) {
-
     // no child exited
-    NanReturnNull();
-  }
-  else if (ok == -1) {
-
-    // no children
-    NanReturnUndefined();
-  }
-  else {
+    info.GetReturnValue().Set(Nan::Null());
+  } else if (ok != -1) {
     // we caught a child exiting
-
     // the exit status is an integer containing bits of useful information
 
-    Handle<Object> o = NanNew<Object>();
+    v8::Local<Object> o = Nan::New<Object>();
 
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("_")        , NanNew<Number>(status));
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("exited")   , NanNew<Number>(WIFEXITED(status)));
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("status")   , NanNew<Number>(WEXITSTATUS(status)));
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("signal")   , NanNew<Number>(WIFSIGNALED(status)));
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("termsig")  , NanNew<Number>(WTERMSIG(status)));
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("coredump") , NanNew<Number>(WCOREDUMP(status)));
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("ifstopped"), NanNew<Number>(WIFSTOPPED(status)));
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("stopsig")  , NanNew<Number>(WSTOPSIG(status)));
-    o->Set(NanNew<String>("continued"), NanNew<Number>(WIFCONTINUED(status)));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("_").ToLocalChecked()        , Nan::New<Number>(status));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("exited").ToLocalChecked()   , Nan::New<Number>(WIFEXITED(status)));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("status").ToLocalChecked()   , Nan::New<Number>(WEXITSTATUS(status)));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("signal").ToLocalChecked()   , Nan::New<Number>(WIFSIGNALED(status)));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("termsig").ToLocalChecked()  , Nan::New<Number>(WTERMSIG(status)));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("coredump").ToLocalChecked() , Nan::New<Number>(WCOREDUMP(status)));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("ifstopped").ToLocalChecked(), Nan::New<Number>(WIFSTOPPED(status)));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("stopsig").ToLocalChecked()  , Nan::New<Number>(WSTOPSIG(status)));
+    o->Set(Nan::New<String>("continued").ToLocalChecked(), Nan::New<Number>(WIFCONTINUED(status)));
 
-    NanReturnValue(o);
+    info.GetReturnValue().Set(o);
   }
 }