diff --git a/test/bench/package.json b/test/bench/package.json
index 7d8312f3..3c10314e 100644
--- a/test/bench/package.json
+++ b/test/bench/package.json
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@
     "test": "node perf && node random && node parallel"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "async": "^2.6.0",
+    "async": "^2.6.1",
     "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "gm": "^1.23.1",
     "imagemagick": "^0.1.3",
     "imagemagick-native": "^1.9.3",
     "images": "^3.0.1",
-    "jimp": "^0.2.28",
-    "mapnik": "^3.6.2",
+    "jimp": "^0.5.3",
+    "mapnik": "^4.0.1",
     "pajk-lwip": "^0.2.0",
-    "semver": "^5.4.1"
+    "semver": "^5.5.1"
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=4"
+    "node": ">=6"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/bench/perf.js b/test/bench/perf.js
index 506397f3..c7ced5bb 100644
--- a/test/bench/perf.js
+++ b/test/bench/perf.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async.series({
             throw err;
           } else {
             image
-              .resize(width, height)
+              .resize(width, height, jimp.RESIZE_BICUBIC)
               .quality(80)
               .getBuffer(jimp.MIME_JPEG, function (err) {
                 if (err) {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async.series({
             throw err;
           } else {
             image
-              .resize(width, height)
+              .resize(width, height, jimp.RESIZE_BICUBIC)
               .quality(80)
               .write(fixtures.outputJpg, function (err) {
                 if (err) {