diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 74e184fa..40ceb40a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-1.17.2 -- 2014-mm-dd
+1.17.2 -- 2014-10-01
 --------------------
 
+Announcements:
+ - Upgrades windshaft to 0.27.2 which downgrades node-mapnik to 0.7.26-cdb1
+
 
 1.17.1 -- 2014-09-30
 --------------------
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index d9ba1137..2222dd12 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
       "version": "1.0.2"
     },
     "windshaft": {
-      "version": "0.27.1",
-      "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/tarball/0.27.1",
+      "version": "0.27.2",
+      "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/tarball/0.27.2",
       "dependencies": {
         "chronograph": {
           "version": "0.1.0",
@@ -899,240 +899,8 @@
           }
         },
         "mapnik": {
-          "version": "1.4.10",
-          "dependencies": {
-            "nan": {
-              "version": "1.2.0"
-            },
-            "mapnik-vector-tile": {
-              "version": "0.5.1"
-            },
-            "node-pre-gyp": {
-              "version": "0.5.17",
-              "dependencies": {
-                "nopt": {
-                  "version": "2.2.1",
-                  "dependencies": {
-                    "abbrev": {
-                      "version": "1.0.5"
-                    }
-                  }
-                },
-                "npmlog": {
-                  "version": "0.0.6",
-                  "dependencies": {
-                    "ansi": {
-                      "version": "0.2.1"
-                    }
-                  }
-                },
-                "request": {
-                  "version": "2.36.0",
-                  "dependencies": {
-                    "qs": {
-                      "version": "0.6.6"
-                    },
-                    "json-stringify-safe": {
-                      "version": "5.0.0"
-                    },
-                    "mime": {
-                      "version": "1.2.11"
-                    },
-                    "forever-agent": {
-                      "version": "0.5.2"
-                    },
-                    "node-uuid": {
-                      "version": "1.4.1"
-                    },
-                    "tough-cookie": {
-                      "version": "0.12.1",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "punycode": {
-                          "version": "1.2.4"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    },
-                    "form-data": {
-                      "version": "0.1.2",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "combined-stream": {
-                          "version": "0.0.4",
-                          "dependencies": {
-                            "delayed-stream": {
-                              "version": "0.0.5"
-                            }
-                          }
-                        },
-                        "async": {
-                          "version": "0.2.10"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    },
-                    "tunnel-agent": {
-                      "version": "0.4.0"
-                    },
-                    "http-signature": {
-                      "version": "0.10.0",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "assert-plus": {
-                          "version": "0.1.2"
-                        },
-                        "asn1": {
-                          "version": "0.1.11"
-                        },
-                        "ctype": {
-                          "version": "0.5.2"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    },
-                    "oauth-sign": {
-                      "version": "0.3.0"
-                    },
-                    "hawk": {
-                      "version": "1.0.0",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "hoek": {
-                          "version": "0.9.1"
-                        },
-                        "boom": {
-                          "version": "0.4.2"
-                        },
-                        "cryptiles": {
-                          "version": "0.2.2"
-                        },
-                        "sntp": {
-                          "version": "0.2.4"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    },
-                    "aws-sign2": {
-                      "version": "0.5.0"
-                    }
-                  }
-                },
-                "semver": {
-                  "version": "2.3.0"
-                },
-                "tar": {
-                  "version": "0.1.19",
-                  "dependencies": {
-                    "inherits": {
-                      "version": "2.0.1"
-                    },
-                    "block-stream": {
-                      "version": "0.0.7"
-                    },
-                    "fstream": {
-                      "version": "0.1.25",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "mkdirp": {
-                          "version": "0.3.5"
-                        },
-                        "graceful-fs": {
-                          "version": "2.0.3"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    }
-                  }
-                },
-                "tar-pack": {
-                  "version": "2.0.0",
-                  "dependencies": {
-                    "uid-number": {
-                      "version": "0.0.3"
-                    },
-                    "once": {
-                      "version": "1.1.1"
-                    },
-                    "debug": {
-                      "version": "0.7.4"
-                    },
-                    "fstream": {
-                      "version": "0.1.25",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "mkdirp": {
-                          "version": "0.3.5"
-                        },
-                        "graceful-fs": {
-                          "version": "2.0.3"
-                        },
-                        "inherits": {
-                          "version": "2.0.1"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    },
-                    "fstream-ignore": {
-                      "version": "0.0.7",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "minimatch": {
-                          "version": "0.2.14",
-                          "dependencies": {
-                            "lru-cache": {
-                              "version": "2.5.0"
-                            },
-                            "sigmund": {
-                              "version": "1.0.0"
-                            }
-                          }
-                        },
-                        "inherits": {
-                          "version": "2.0.1"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    },
-                    "readable-stream": {
-                      "version": "1.0.27-1",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "core-util-is": {
-                          "version": "1.0.1"
-                        },
-                        "isarray": {
-                          "version": "0.0.1"
-                        },
-                        "string_decoder": {
-                          "version": "0.10.25-1"
-                        },
-                        "inherits": {
-                          "version": "2.0.1"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    },
-                    "graceful-fs": {
-                      "version": "1.2.3"
-                    }
-                  }
-                },
-                "mkdirp": {
-                  "version": "0.5.0",
-                  "dependencies": {
-                    "minimist": {
-                      "version": "0.0.8"
-                    }
-                  }
-                },
-                "rc": {
-                  "version": "0.4.0",
-                  "dependencies": {
-                    "minimist": {
-                      "version": "0.0.10"
-                    },
-                    "deep-extend": {
-                      "version": "0.2.10"
-                    },
-                    "strip-json-comments": {
-                      "version": "0.1.3"
-                    },
-                    "ini": {
-                      "version": "1.1.0"
-                    }
-                  }
-                },
-                "rimraf": {
-                  "version": "2.2.8"
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          }
+          "version": "0.7.26-cdb1",
+          "from": "http://github.com/Vizzuality/node-mapnik/tarball/0.7.26-cdb1"
         },
         "tilelive": {
           "version": "4.5.3",
@@ -1316,13 +1084,13 @@
       "version": "0.8.2"
     },
     "mocha": {
-      "version": "1.14.0",
+      "version": "1.21.4",
       "dependencies": {
         "commander": {
           "version": "2.0.0"
         },
         "growl": {
-          "version": "1.7.0"
+          "version": "1.8.1"
         },
         "jade": {
           "version": "0.26.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 56d2004d..ab27bc60 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         "node-varnish": "https://github.com/Vizzuality/node-varnish/tarball/0.3.0",
         "underscore"  : "~1.6.0",
         "dot": "~1.0.2",
-        "windshaft": "https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/tarball/0.27.1",
+        "windshaft": "https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/tarball/0.27.2",
         "step": "~0.0.5",
         "request": "~2.9.203",
         "cartodb-redis": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-cartodb-redis/tarball/0.11.0",