diff --git a/.bowerrc b/.bowerrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..350ea7d570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bowerrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "directory": "libs",
+  "json": "bower.json"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4dc21334c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "qunit": "~1.11.0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "jquery": "~2.0.0"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 78bc28c87f..9b99e3405a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
       "url": "https://github.com/ducksboard/gridster.js/blob/master/LICENSE"
     }
   ],
-  "dependencies": {
-    "jquery": "~1.5"
-  },
   "keywords": [],
   "devDependencies": {
     "grunt": "~0.4.1",