diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 807f5b8..74aa460 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "gulp-replace": "^0.5.4",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^2.0.0-alpha",
     "gulp-typescript": "2.13.0",
-    "gulp-typings": "1.3.5",
+    "gulp-typings": "1.3.6",
     "lodash": "^4.11.1",
     "merge2": "1.0.2",
     "projectinfo": "1.0.1",
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
     "smartcov": "0.0.6",
     "smartenv": "1.2.2",
     "smartfile": "3.0.5",
-    "smartpath": "3.2.0",
-    "smartstring": "^1.0.2",
+    "smartpath": "3.2.1",
+    "smartstring": "^1.0.3",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {}
diff --git a/ts/npmts.plugins.ts b/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
index 6e41014..3f83882 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ export let smartcli = require("smartcli");
 export let smartcov = require("smartcov");
 export let smartenv = require("smartenv");
 export let smartfile = require("smartfile");
-export let smartpath = require("smartpath");
-export let smartstring = require("smartstring");
+export import smartpath = require("smartpath");
+export import smartstring = require("smartstring");
 export let sourceMapSupport = require("source-map-support").install(); // this is required to display errors correctly during testing
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