# Bower install doesn't update bower.json

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/bower-install-doesnt-update-bower-json/6691
**Category:** sage
**Created:** 2016-05-10T20:03:13Z
**Posts:** 1

## Post 1 by @noob — 2016-05-10T20:03:13Z

For some reason I can’t get my bower.json file to update when I install packages, I run:

bower install package-name --save  
gulp

I’ve been manually entering dependencies and overrides into bower.json, which I’m sure I shouldn’t be doing. Any ideas what I’m missing?