diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 3de71a69..fadb1a19 100755
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const known_opts = {
     ],
     project: path,
     plugin: [String, path, url, Array],
-    version: Boolean,
+    version: String,
     help: Boolean,
     debug: Boolean,
     silent: Boolean,
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ const known_opts = {
     variable: Array,
     www: path,
     searchpath: [path, Array],
-    save: Boolean
+    save: Boolean,
+    name: String,
+    platform_id: String,
+    platform_version: String,
+    plugins_dir: String
 };
 const shortHands = { var: ['--variable'], v: ['--version'], h: ['--help'] };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 38456fa5..ca0a1f98 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@
   },
   "engineStrict": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "cordova-lib": "8.0.0",
-    "nopt": "1.0.9"
+    "cordova-lib": "^9.0.0",
+    "nopt": "^4.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "eslint": "^4.2.0",
-    "eslint-config-semistandard": "^11.0.0",
-    "eslint-config-standard": "^10.2.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.3.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-node": "^5.0.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.5.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-standard": "^3.0.1",
-    "jasmine": "^3.1.0"
+    "eslint": "^5.15.3",
+    "eslint-config-semistandard": "^13.0.0",
+    "eslint-config-standard": "^12.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.16.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-node": "^8.0.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^4.0.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-standard": "^4.0.0",
+    "jasmine": "^3.3.1",
+    "rewire": "^4.0.1"
   },
   "bin": {
     "plugman": "./main.js"
diff --git a/spec/nopt.interface.spec.js b/spec/nopt.interface.spec.js
index 88eb1b56..bedfcbf9 100644
--- a/spec/nopt.interface.spec.js
+++ b/spec/nopt.interface.spec.js
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@
     specific language governing permissions and limitations
     under the License.
 */
-var nopt = require('nopt');
+const nopt = require('nopt');
+const rewire = require('rewire');
+const main = rewire('../main');
+
+describe('nopt interface check', () => {
+    it('parameters without assignment operator should be assigned', () => {
+        const knownOptions = main.__get__('known_opts');
+        const shortHands = main.__get__('shortHands');
+        const cli_opts = nopt(knownOptions, shortHands, ['plugman', 'create', '--name', 'MyName', '--platform_id', 'MyId', '--platform_version', '1.0.0']);
 
-describe('nopt interface check', function () {
-    // https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7915
-    it('parameters without assignment operator should be assigned', function () {
-        var cli_opts = nopt(null, null, ['plugman', 'create', '--name', 'MyName', '--platform_id', 'MyId', '--platform_version', '1.0.0']);
         expect(cli_opts.name).toEqual('MyName');
         expect(cli_opts.platform_id).toEqual('MyId');
         expect(cli_opts.platform_version).toEqual('1.0.0');