diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9836a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*   @thinkh
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2fbc43f..7fc9227 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "tdp_dummy",
   "description": "",
   "homepage": "https://phovea.caleydo.org",
-  "version": "6.0.0",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "The Caleydo Team",
     "email": "contact@caleydo.org",
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "test:web": "test ! $(find tests -name \"*.ts\") || karma start",
     "test:python": "test ! $(find tests -name \"*.py\") || python setup.py test",
     "predist:web": "npm run build:web && npm run docs:web",
-    "dist:web": "mkdirp dist && cd build && tar cvzf ../dist/tdp_dummy.tar.gz *",
+    "dist:web": "mkdir dist && cd build && tar cvzf ../dist/tdp_dummy.tar.gz *",
     "dist:python": "python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel",
     "docs:web": "typedoc --options typedoc.json src/**.ts",
     "docs:python": "sphinx-apidoc -o docs -f ./tdp_dummy && sphinx-build ./docs build/docs",
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
     "predist:python": "npm run build:python && npm run docs:python"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "tdp_core": "github:datavisyn/tdp_core#semver:^8.0.0"
+    "tdp_core": "github:datavisyn/tdp_core#semver:^9.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "ordino": "github:Caleydo/ordino#semver:^6.0.0"
+    "ordino": "github:Caleydo/ordino#semver:^7.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jasmine": "2.5.47",
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "extract-loader": "0.1.0",
     "ifdef-loader": "2.0.0",
     "file-loader": "0.11.1",
-    "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "0.4.1",
+    "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "0.4.4",
     "html-loader": "0.4.5",
     "imports-loader": "0.7.1",
     "jasmine": "2.5.3",
@@ -99,18 +99,17 @@
     "karma-junit-reporter": "2.0.0",
     "karma-sourcemap-loader": "0.3.7",
     "karma-webpack": "2.0.3",
-    "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
-    "node-sass": "^4.12.0",
+    "node-sass": "^4.13.1",
     "null-loader": "0.1.1",
     "raw-loader": "0.5.1",
     "sass-loader": "6.0.7",
     "style-loader": "0.16.1",
     "thread-loader": "1.1.2",
     "ts-loader": "4.0.1",
-    "tslib": "1.9.0",
+    "tslib": "~1.11.0",
     "tslint": "5.9.1",
-    "typedoc": "0.11.1",
-    "typescript": "2.8.1",
+    "typedoc": "~0.16.10",
+    "typescript": "~3.8.2",
     "url-loader": "0.5.8",
     "webpack": "2.3.3",
     "webpack-dev-server": "2.4.2"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f4b0ffd..789699f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
--e git+https://github.com/datavisyn/tdp_core.git@v8.0.0#egg=tdp_core
+-e git+https://github.com/datavisyn/tdp_core.git@v9.0.0#egg=tdp_core
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 03169b4..f34272b 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-flake8==3.5.0
-pep8-naming==0.8.2
-pytest==3.5.0
-pytest-runner==4.2
-Sphinx==1.7.2
+flake8==3.7.9
+pep8-naming==0.9.1
+pytest==5.3.5
+pytest-runner==5.2
+Sphinx==2.4.2
 recommonmark==0.6.0
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index ab4451b..3a54054 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "jsx": "react",
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "downlevelIteration": true, // required as long as target is `es5`
     "lib": [
       "dom",
       "es2015",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 95542e3..7d76873 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ function generateWebpack(options) {
         'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(options.isProduction ? 'production' : 'development'),
         __VERSION__: JSON.stringify(pkg.version),
         __LICENSE__: JSON.stringify(pkg.license),
-        __BUILD_ID__: buildId,
+        __BUILD_ID__: JSON.stringify(buildId),
         __DEBUG__: options.isDev || options.isTest,
         __TEST__: options.isTest,
         __PRODUCTION__: options.isProduction,