diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 97fc70d..7b1115c 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+0.18.1 / 2015-03-01
+==================
+
+ * move babel to `devDependencies`
+
 0.18.0 / 2015-02-14
 ==================
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16b91cf..4ff6869 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "accepts": "^1.2.2",
-    "babel": "^4.0.1",
     "co": "^4.4.0",
     "composition": "^2.1.1",
     "content-disposition": "~0.5.0",
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@
     "vary": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "babel": "^4.6.3",
     "istanbul-harmony": "~0.3.0",
     "make-lint": "^1.0.1",
     "mocha": "^2.0.1",