diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 13425f86..a048de8e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Any change that modifies the existing public API should be added to the relevant
 | ------: | :--------- |
 | v0.16.0 | pencil     |
 | v0.17.0 | quill      |
+| v0.18.0 | ridge      |
 
 Please squash your changes into a single commit using a command like `git rebase -i upstream/<wip-branch>`.
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index e99ff383..a351b8ed 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Requires libvips v8.3.2
 
 #### v0.16.0 - TBD
 
+* Remove deprecated interpolateWith method - use resize(w, h, { interpolator: ... })
+
 * Ensure boolean, bandbool, extractChannel ops occur before sRGB conversion.
   [#504](https://github.com/lovell/sharp/pull/504)
   [@mhirsch](https://github.com/mhirsch)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 941f7e19..eb6160b8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -876,13 +876,6 @@ Sharp.prototype.resize = function(width, height, options) {
   }
   return this;
 };
-Sharp.prototype.interpolateWith = util.deprecate(function(interpolator) {
-  return this.resize(
-    this.options.width > 0 ? this.options.width : null,
-    this.options.height > 0 ? this.options.height : null,
-    { interpolator: interpolator }
-  );
-}, 'interpolateWith: Please use resize(w, h, { interpolator: ... }) instead');
 
 /*
   Limit the total number of pixels for input images
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 25255a63..90608b13 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@
     "color": "^0.11.3",
     "nan": "^2.4.0",
     "semver": "^5.2.0",
-    "request": "^2.73.0",
+    "request": "^2.74.0",
     "tar": "^2.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "async": "^1.5.2",
+    "async": "^2.0.1",
     "bufferutil": "^1.2.1",
     "coveralls": "^2.11.9",
     "exif-reader": "^1.0.0",
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     "mocha": "^2.5.3",
     "mocha-jshint": "^2.3.1",
     "node-cpplint": "^0.4.0",
-    "rimraf": "^2.5.3",
+    "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
     "unzip": "^0.1.11"
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/test/bench/package.json b/test/bench/package.json
index 311923e5..e2e464c9 100644
--- a/test/bench/package.json
+++ b/test/bench/package.json
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
     "test": "VIPS_WARNING=0 node perf && node random && node parallel"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "async": "^1.5.2",
-    "benchmark": "^2.1.0",
+    "async": "^2.0.1",
+    "benchmark": "^2.1.1",
     "gm": "^1.22.0",
     "imagemagick": "^0.1.3",
     "imagemagick-native": "^1.9.2",
     "jimp": "^0.2.24",
     "lwip": "^0.0.9",
-    "semver": "^5.1.0"
+    "semver": "^5.3.0"
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/test/unit/interpolation.js b/test/unit/interpolation.js
index d979b294..8aad57ef 100644
--- a/test/unit/interpolation.js
+++ b/test/unit/interpolation.js
@@ -60,12 +60,4 @@ describe('Interpolators and kernels', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('deprecated interpolateWith method still works', function() {
-    it('resize then interpolateWith', function() {
-      sharp().resize(1, 1).interpolateWith('bicubic');
-    });
-    it('interpolateWith then resize', function() {
-      sharp().interpolateWith('bicubic').resize(1, 1);
-    });
-  });
 });