diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix
index a10bd4e8d95..48ce273c46b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/node-packages.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ let self = {
     ];
   };
 
-  "async" = self."async-0.1.22";
+  "async" = self."async-0.2.8";
 
   "async-0.1.22" = self.buildNodePackage rec {
     name = "async-0.1.22";
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ let self = {
 
     ];
   };
+  
+  "async-0.2.8" = self.buildNodePackage rec {
+    name = "async-0.2.8";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/${name}.tgz";
+      sha256 = "0ii3pqb70wb6nws35p1ahc40dhmj7yp85f35j8xiip473gpwbms5";
+    };
+    deps = [
+
+    ];
+  };
 
   "aws-sdk" = self."aws-sdk-*";