diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 42f7fe486f..0eccf1d754 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
     "karma-junit-reporter": "^0.4.1",
     "karma-requirejs": "^0.2.6",
     "karma-spec-reporter": "^0.0.20",
-    "pa11y": "3.6.0",
-    "pa11y-reporter-1.0-json": "1.0.2",
+    "pa11y": "4.0.1",
+    "pa11y-reporter-json-oldnode": "1.0.0",
     "plato": "1.2.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_paver_bok_choy_cmds.py b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_paver_bok_choy_cmds.py
index cca28d4802..c279f811c5 100644
--- a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_paver_bok_choy_cmds.py
+++ b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_paver_bok_choy_cmds.py
@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ class TestPaverPa11yCrawlerCmd(unittest.TestCase):
         suite = Pa11yCrawler(
             'pa11ycrawler', course_key="course-v1:edX+Test101+course",
         )
+        ignore = (
+            "pa11y_ignore_rules_url="
+            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/singingwolfboy/"
+            "pa11ycrawler-ignore/master/ignore.yaml"
+        )
         expected_cmd = [
             "scrapy",
             "crawl",
@@ -210,6 +215,8 @@ class TestPaverPa11yCrawlerCmd(unittest.TestCase):
             "-a",
             "course_key=course-v1:edX+Test101+course",
             "-a",
+            ignore,
+            "-a",
             "data_dir=/edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/reports/pa11ycrawler/data",
         ]
         actual_cmd = suite.cmd
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/bokchoy_suite.py b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/bokchoy_suite.py
index f4030f756f..06101dc1c2 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/suites/bokchoy_suite.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/suites/bokchoy_suite.py
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ class Pa11yCrawler(BokChoyTestSuite):
         Runs pa11ycrawler as staff user against the test course.
         """
         data_dir = os.path.join(self.report_dir, 'data')
+        url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/singingwolfboy/pa11ycrawler-ignore/master/ignore.yaml"
         return [
             "scrapy",
             "crawl",
@@ -404,5 +405,7 @@ class Pa11yCrawler(BokChoyTestSuite):
             "-a",
             "course_key={key}".format(key=self.course_key),
             "-a",
+            "pa11y_ignore_rules_url={url}".format(url=url),
+            "-a",
             "data_dir={dir}".format(dir=data_dir)
         ]
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 47e5b894f7..6e476c255f 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ networkx==1.7
 nose-xunitmp==0.3.2
 oauthlib==1.0.3
 paramiko==1.9.0
-path.py==7.2
+path.py==8.2.1
 piexif==1.0.2
 Pillow==3.1.1
 polib==1.0.3
diff --git a/requirements/edx/github.txt b/requirements/edx/github.txt
index 21bd269386..89bf6350b6 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/github.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/github.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ git+https://github.com/edx/rfc6266.git@v0.0.5-edx#egg=rfc6266==0.0.5-edx
 
 # Used for testing
 git+https://github.com/edx/lettuce.git@0.2.20.002#egg=lettuce==0.2.20.002
-git+https://github.com/edx/pa11ycrawler.git@1.3.0#egg=pa11ycrawler==1.3.0
+git+https://github.com/edx/pa11ycrawler.git@1.5.0#egg=pa11ycrawler==1.5.0
 
 # Our libraries:
 git+https://github.com/edx/XBlock.git@xblock-0.4.12#egg=XBlock==0.4.12
diff --git a/requirements/edx/paver.txt b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
index 3bbf9bca1b..b4bd1eb065 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/paver.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Paver==1.2.4
 psutil==1.2.1
 lazy==1.1
-path.py==7.2
+path.py==8.2.1
 watchdog==0.7.1
 python-memcached
 libsass==0.10.0