diff --git a/ivy.xml b/ivy.xml
index b7ca65406..6b60acfa3 100644
--- a/ivy.xml
+++ b/ivy.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <!-- testing and evaluation dependencies -->
         <dependency org="org.testng" name="testng" rev="5.14.1"/>
         <dependency org="org.uncommons" name="reportng" rev="1.1.2"/>
-        <dependency org="com.google.code.caliper" name="caliper" rev="1.0-SNAPSHOT"/>
+        <dependency org="com.google.caliper" name="caliper" rev="0.5-rc1"/>
 
         <!-- Contracts for Java and dependencies -->
         <dependency org="com.google.code.cofoja" name="cofoja" rev="1.0-r139"/>
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/fragments/FragmentUtilsBenchmark.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/fragments/FragmentUtilsBenchmark.java
index 7d295c6f0..e06149f67 100644
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/fragments/FragmentUtilsBenchmark.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/fragments/FragmentUtilsBenchmark.java
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.fragments;
 
 import com.google.caliper.Param;
 import com.google.caliper.SimpleBenchmark;
-import com.google.caliper.runner.CaliperMain;
 import net.sf.samtools.SAMFileHeader;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.GenomeLoc;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.GenomeLocParser;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.pileup.ReadBackedPileup;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.sam.ArtificialSAMUtils;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Caliper microbenchmark of fragment pileup
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@ public class FragmentUtilsBenchmark extends SimpleBenchmark {
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        CaliperMain.main(FragmentUtilsBenchmark.class, args);
+        com.google.caliper.Runner.main(FragmentUtilsBenchmark.class, args);
     }
 }
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/variant/variantcontext/VariantContextBenchmark.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/variant/variantcontext/VariantContextBenchmark.java
index e6c67970c..34abe372f 100644
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/variant/variantcontext/VariantContextBenchmark.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/variant/variantcontext/VariantContextBenchmark.java
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ package org.broadinstitute.variant.variantcontext;
 
 import com.google.caliper.Param;
 import com.google.caliper.SimpleBenchmark;
-import com.google.caliper.runner.CaliperMain;
 import org.broad.tribble.Feature;
 import org.broad.tribble.FeatureCodec;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.GenomeLocParser;
 import org.broadinstitute.variant.vcf.VCFCodec;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Caliper microbenchmark of parsing a VCF file
@@ -372,6 +374,6 @@ public class VariantContextBenchmark extends SimpleBenchmark {
 //    }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        CaliperMain.main(VariantContextBenchmark.class, args);
+        com.google.caliper.Runner.main(VariantContextBenchmark.class, args);
     }
 }