diff --git a/hooks/publisher.py b/hooks/publisher.py
index 337b691..17b4271 100644
--- a/hooks/publisher.py
+++ b/hooks/publisher.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def __enter__(self):
         params = pika.ConnectionParameters(host=self._host, port=self._port, virtual_host=self._virtual_host, credentials=credentials)
         self._connection = pika.BlockingConnection(params)
         self._channel = self._connection.channel()
-        self._channel.exchange_declare(exchange=self._exchange_name, type="topic", durable=True)
+        self._channel.exchange_declare(exchange=self._exchange_name, exchange_type="topic", durable=True)
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
diff --git a/hooks/settings/settings_gunicorn.py b/hooks/settings/settings_gunicorn.py
index 750c6d5..1aee60a 100644
--- a/hooks/settings/settings_gunicorn.py
+++ b/hooks/settings/settings_gunicorn.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 workers = 4
 bind = "0.0.0.0:8005"
+worker_class = "eventlet"
+worker_connections = 10
 
 # Overwrite some Gunicorns params by ENV variables
 for k, v in os.environ.items():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f1d8d46..f67a56d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-falcon==1.1.0
+falcon==1.4.1
 graypy==0.2.14
-gunicorn==19.6.0
-pika==0.10.0
+gunicorn[eventlet]==19.9.0
+pika==0.12.0
 python-mimeparse==1.6.0
-requests==2.12.4
+requests==2.19.1
 six==1.10.0