diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f4778f9b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.12.0
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  'npm:minimatch:20160620':
+    - jasmine-tagged > jasmine-focused > jasmine-node > gaze > fileset > glob > minimatch:
+        patched: '2018-10-25T23:02:49.991Z'
+    - jasmine-tagged > jasmine-focused > jasmine-node > gaze > fileset > minimatch:
+        patched: '2018-10-25T23:02:49.991Z'
+    - jasmine-tagged > jasmine-focused > jasmine-node > gaze > minimatch:
+        patched: '2018-10-25T23:02:49.991Z'
+    - scandal > minimatch:
+        patched: '2018-10-25T23:02:49.991Z'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9971a1a7e1e..81e9b0d361f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
     "jasmine-tagged": "^1.1.4",
     "jquery": "2.1.4",
     "key-path-helpers": "^0.4.0",
-    "less-cache": "0.23",
+    "less-cache": "0.24.0",
     "line-top-index": "0.2.0",
     "marked": "^0.3.6",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.3",
-    "mocha": "2.5.1",
+    "mocha": "3.0.0",
     "mock-spawn": "^0.2.6",
     "normalize-package-data": "^2.0.0",
     "nslog": "^3",
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
     "typescript-simple": "1.0.0",
     "underscore-plus": "^1.6.6",
     "winreg": "^1.2.1",
-    "yargs": "^3.23.0"
+    "yargs": "^3.23.0",
+    "snyk": "^1.105.0"
   },
   "packageDependencies": {
     "atom-dark-syntax": "0.28.0",
@@ -177,7 +178,9 @@
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "preinstall": "node -e 'process.exit(0)'",
-    "test": "node script/test"
+    "test": "node script/test",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepare": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "standard": {
     "globals": [
@@ -198,5 +201,6 @@
       "waitsForPromise",
       "indexedDB"
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }