diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 234176fa..7d53d816 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 1.17.1 -- 2014-mm-dd
 --------------------
 
+Announcements:
+ - Upgrades windshaft to 0.27.1 which downgrades node-mapnik to 1.4.10
+
 Enhancements:
  - TTL for template locks so they are not kept forever
 
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index f5874239..27a2f6dd 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
       "version": "1.0.2"
     },
     "windshaft": {
-      "version": "0.27.0",
-      "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/tarball/0.27.0",
+      "version": "0.27.1",
+      "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/tarball/0.27.1",
       "dependencies": {
         "chronograph": {
           "version": "0.1.0",
@@ -899,20 +899,19 @@
           }
         },
         "mapnik": {
-          "version": "1.4.15",
-          "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-mapnik/tarball/1.4.15-cdb",
+          "version": "1.4.10",
           "dependencies": {
             "nan": {
               "version": "1.2.0"
             },
             "mapnik-vector-tile": {
-              "version": "0.5.5"
+              "version": "0.5.1"
             },
             "node-pre-gyp": {
-              "version": "0.5.25",
+              "version": "0.5.17",
               "dependencies": {
                 "nopt": {
-                  "version": "3.0.1",
+                  "version": "2.2.1",
                   "dependencies": {
                     "abbrev": {
                       "version": "1.0.5"
@@ -920,24 +919,24 @@
                   }
                 },
                 "npmlog": {
-                  "version": "0.1.1",
+                  "version": "0.0.6",
                   "dependencies": {
                     "ansi": {
-                      "version": "0.3.0"
+                      "version": "0.2.1"
                     }
                   }
                 },
                 "request": {
-                  "version": "2.40.0",
+                  "version": "2.36.0",
                   "dependencies": {
                     "qs": {
-                      "version": "1.0.2"
+                      "version": "0.6.6"
                     },
                     "json-stringify-safe": {
                       "version": "5.0.0"
                     },
-                    "mime-types": {
-                      "version": "1.0.2"
+                    "mime": {
+                      "version": "1.2.11"
                     },
                     "forever-agent": {
                       "version": "0.5.2"
@@ -949,26 +948,23 @@
                       "version": "0.12.1",
                       "dependencies": {
                         "punycode": {
-                          "version": "1.3.1"
+                          "version": "1.2.4"
                         }
                       }
                     },
                     "form-data": {
-                      "version": "0.1.4",
+                      "version": "0.1.2",
                       "dependencies": {
                         "combined-stream": {
-                          "version": "0.0.5",
+                          "version": "0.0.4",
                           "dependencies": {
                             "delayed-stream": {
                               "version": "0.0.5"
                             }
                           }
                         },
-                        "mime": {
-                          "version": "1.2.11"
-                        },
                         "async": {
-                          "version": "0.9.0"
+                          "version": "0.2.10"
                         }
                       }
                     },
@@ -993,7 +989,7 @@
                       "version": "0.3.0"
                     },
                     "hawk": {
-                      "version": "1.1.1",
+                      "version": "1.0.0",
                       "dependencies": {
                         "hoek": {
                           "version": "0.9.1"
@@ -1011,31 +1007,31 @@
                     },
                     "aws-sign2": {
                       "version": "0.5.0"
-                    },
-                    "stringstream": {
-                      "version": "0.0.4"
                     }
                   }
                 },
                 "semver": {
-                  "version": "3.0.1"
+                  "version": "2.3.0"
                 },
                 "tar": {
-                  "version": "1.0.1",
+                  "version": "0.1.19",
                   "dependencies": {
+                    "inherits": {
+                      "version": "2.0.1"
+                    },
                     "block-stream": {
                       "version": "0.0.7"
                     },
                     "fstream": {
-                      "version": "1.0.2",
+                      "version": "0.1.25",
                       "dependencies": {
+                        "mkdirp": {
+                          "version": "0.3.5"
+                        },
                         "graceful-fs": {
-                          "version": "3.0.2"
+                          "version": "2.0.3"
                         }
                       }
-                    },
-                    "inherits": {
-                      "version": "2.0.1"
                     }
                   }
                 },
@@ -1052,21 +1048,13 @@
                       "version": "0.7.4"
                     },
                     "fstream": {
-                      "version": "0.1.31",
+                      "version": "0.1.25",
                       "dependencies": {
-                        "graceful-fs": {
-                          "version": "3.0.2"
+                        "mkdirp": {
+                          "version": "0.3.5"
                         },
-                        "inherits": {
-                          "version": "2.0.1"
-                        }
-                      }
-                    },
-                    "tar": {
-                      "version": "0.1.20",
-                      "dependencies": {
-                        "block-stream": {
-                          "version": "0.0.7"
+                        "graceful-fs": {
+                          "version": "2.0.3"
                         },
                         "inherits": {
                           "version": "2.0.1"
@@ -1093,7 +1081,7 @@
                       }
                     },
                     "readable-stream": {
-                      "version": "1.0.31",
+                      "version": "1.0.27-1",
                       "dependencies": {
                         "core-util-is": {
                           "version": "1.0.1"
@@ -1102,7 +1090,7 @@
                           "version": "0.0.1"
                         },
                         "string_decoder": {
-                          "version": "0.10.31"
+                          "version": "0.10.25-1"
                         },
                         "inherits": {
                           "version": "2.0.1"
@@ -1123,13 +1111,13 @@
                   }
                 },
                 "rc": {
-                  "version": "0.5.1",
+                  "version": "0.4.0",
                   "dependencies": {
                     "minimist": {
                       "version": "0.0.10"
                     },
                     "deep-extend": {
-                      "version": "0.2.11"
+                      "version": "0.2.10"
                     },
                     "strip-json-comments": {
                       "version": "0.1.3"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19d154bc..3665c127 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/0.27.0",
+        "windshaft": "https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/tarball/0.27.1",
         "step": "~0.0.5",
         "request": "~2.9.203",
         "cartodb-redis": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-cartodb-redis/tarball/0.11.0",