diff --git a/admin/generate-dev-bundle.sh b/admin/generate-dev-bundle.sh
index 5977224392..c62cdda806 100755
--- a/admin/generate-dev-bundle.sh
+++ b/admin/generate-dev-bundle.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 set -u
 
-BUNDLE_VERSION=0.2.7
+BUNDLE_VERSION=0.2.8
 UNAME=$(uname)
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
 
@@ -90,17 +90,19 @@ npm install handlebars@1.0.7
 npm install mongodb@1.1.11
 npm install uglify-js@1.3.4
 npm install clean-css@0.8.2
-npm install progress@0.1.0
 npm install useragent@1.1.0
 npm install request@2.12.0
 npm install simplesmtp@0.1.25
 npm install stream-buffers@0.2.3
 npm install keypress@0.1.0
 npm install sockjs@0.3.4
+npm install http-proxy@0.8.5
+
+# progress 0.1.0 has a regression where it opens stdin and thus does not
+# allow the node process to exit cleanly. See
+# https://github.com/visionmedia/node-progress/issues/19
+npm install progress@0.0.5
 
-# 0.8.4 contains a regression w/ maxSockets support. it is fixed on
-# master, and will hopefully be in 0.8.5.
-npm install http-proxy@0.8.3
 # pinned at older version. 0.1.16+ uses mimelib, not mimelib-noiconv
 # which make the dev bundle much bigger. We need a better solution.
 npm install mailcomposer@0.1.15
diff --git a/meteor b/meteor
index 0c84adc126..4957ac37cf 100755
--- a/meteor
+++ b/meteor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-BUNDLE_VERSION=0.2.7
+BUNDLE_VERSION=0.2.8
 
 # OS Check. Put here because here is where we download the precompiled
 # bundles that are arch specific.