diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c4ca9096..839f7bcd2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
     "vreme": "^3.0.2",
     "web3": "0.18.2",
-    "web3-provider-engine": "^9.1.0",
+    "web3-provider-engine": "^10.0.0",
     "web3-stream-provider": "^2.0.6",
     "xtend": "^4.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/test/unit/personal-message-manager-test.js b/test/unit/personal-message-manager-test.js
index 77e1656c5..f2c01392c 100644
--- a/test/unit/personal-message-manager-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/personal-message-manager-test.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe('Personal Message Manager', function() {
   })
 
   describe('#normalizeMsgData', function() {
-    it('converts text to a utf8 buffer', function() {
+    it('converts text to a utf8 hex string', function() {
       var input = 'hello'
       var output = messageManager.normalizeMsgData(input)
       assert.equal(output, '0x68656c6c6f', 'predictably hex encoded')