diff --git a/templates/common/Gruntfile.js b/templates/common/Gruntfile.js
index d7c8ca9e9..fa4f6f9bc 100644
--- a/templates/common/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/templates/common/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
-var lrSnippet = require('grunt-contrib-livereload/lib/utils').livereloadSnippet;
+var LIVERELOAD_PORT = 35729;
+var lrSnippet = require('connect-livereload')({ port: LIVERELOAD_PORT });
 var mountFolder = function (connect, dir) {
   return connect.static(require('path').resolve(dir));
 };
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   grunt.initConfig({
     yeoman: yeomanConfig,
     watch: {
+      options: {
+        nospawn: true
+      },
       coffee: {
         files: ['<%%= yeoman.app %>/scripts/{,*/}*.coffee'],
         tasks: ['coffee:dist']
@@ -34,13 +38,15 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         tasks: ['compass']
       },
       livereload: {
+        options: {
+          livereload: LIVERELOAD_PORT
+        },
         files: [
           '<%%= yeoman.app %>/{,*/}*.html',
           '{.tmp,<%%= yeoman.app %>}/styles/{,*/}*.css',
           '{.tmp,<%%= yeoman.app %>}/scripts/{,*/}*.js',
           '<%%= yeoman.app %>/images/{,*/}*.{png,jpg,jpeg,gif,webp,svg}'
-        ],
-        tasks: ['livereload']
+        ]
       }
     },
     connect: {
@@ -260,13 +266,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     }
   });
 
-  grunt.renameTask('regarde', 'watch');
-
   grunt.registerTask('server', [
     'clean:server',
     'coffee:dist',
     'compass:server',
-    'livereload-start',
     'connect:livereload',
     'open',
     'watch'
diff --git a/templates/common/package.json b/templates/common/package.json
index 412959400..4e7ac84db 100644
--- a/templates/common/package.json
+++ b/templates/common/package.json
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
     "grunt-contrib-clean": "~0.4.1",
     "grunt-contrib-htmlmin": "~0.1.3",
     "grunt-contrib-imagemin": "~0.1.4",
-    "grunt-contrib-livereload": "~0.1.2",
+    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.4.0",
     "grunt-bower-requirejs": "~0.4.2",
     "grunt-usemin": "~0.1.11",
-    "grunt-regarde": "~0.1.1",
     "grunt-rev": "~0.1.0",
     "grunt-karma": "~0.4.3",
     "grunt-open": "~0.2.0",
     "matchdep": "~0.1.2",
+    "connect-livereload": "~0.1.0",
     "grunt-google-cdn": "~0.1.2",
     "grunt-ngmin": "~0.0.2"
   },