diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 970fcaf382..8cf47d1fd1 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular2",
   "dependencies": {
-    "polymer": "dart-lang/polymer_js#0.8.0-preview"
+    "polymer": "Polymer/polymer"
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/static_tree_perf.ts b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/static_tree_perf.ts
index e9fcfed7ff..93d2a8efba 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/static_tree_perf.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/e2e_test/static_tree_perf.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('ng2 static tree benchmark', function() {
     runClickBenchmark({
       url: URL,
       buttons: ['#baselineDestroyDom', '#baselineCreateDom'],
-      id: 'baseline.tree.create',
+      id: 'baseline.static.tree.create',
       params: [{name: 'depth', value: 9, scale: 'log2'}]
     }).then(done, done.fail);
   });
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('ng2 static tree benchmark', function() {
     runClickBenchmark({
       url: URL,
       buttons: ['#baselineCreateDom'],
-      id: 'baseline.tree.update',
+      id: 'baseline.static.tree.update',
       params: [{name: 'depth', value: 9, scale: 'log2'}]
     }).then(done, done.fail);
   });
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/polymer_tree_perf.ts b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/polymer_tree_perf.ts
index 8c8d4ee3a7..2389988cc6 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/polymer_tree_perf.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/polymer_tree_perf.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,21 @@ describe('polymer tree benchmark', function() {
 
   afterEach(verifyNoBrowserErrors);
 
-  it('should log the stats', function(done) {
+  it('should log the stats (create)', function(done) {
     runClickBenchmark({
       url: URL,
       buttons: ['#destroyDom', '#createDom'],
-      id: 'polymer.tree',
+      id: 'polymer.tree.create',
+      params: [{name: 'depth', value: 9, scale: 'log2'}],
+      waitForAngular2: false
+    }).then(done, done.fail);
+  });
+
+  it('should log the stats (update)', function(done) {
+    runClickBenchmark({
+      url: URL,
+      buttons: ['#createDom'],
+      id: 'polymer.tree.update',
       params: [{name: 'depth', value: 9, scale: 'log2'}],
       waitForAngular2: false
     }).then(done, done.fail);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/static_tree_perf.ts b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/static_tree_perf.ts
index ab6884dd83..06c7868539 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/static_tree_perf.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/static_tree_perf.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,21 @@ describe('ng1.x tree benchmark', function() {
 
   afterEach(verifyNoBrowserErrors);
 
-  it('should log the stats', function(done) {
+  it('should log the stats (create)', function(done) {
     runClickBenchmark({
       url: URL,
       buttons: ['#destroyDom', '#createDom'],
-      id: 'ng1.static.tree',
+      id: 'ng1.static.tree.create',
+      params: [],
+      waitForAngular2: false
+    }).then(done, done.fail);
+  });
+
+  it('should log the stats (update)', function(done) {
+    runClickBenchmark({
+      url: URL,
+      buttons: ['#createDom'],
+      id: 'ng1.static.tree.update',
       params: [],
       waitForAngular2: false
     }).then(done, done.fail);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/tree_perf.ts b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/tree_perf.ts
index fda9415c85..5ecb86ce76 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/tree_perf.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks_external/e2e_test/tree_perf.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,21 @@ describe('ng1.x tree benchmark', function() {
 
   afterEach(verifyNoBrowserErrors);
 
-  it('should log the stats', function(done) {
+  it('should log the stats (create)', function(done) {
     runClickBenchmark({
       url: URL,
       buttons: ['#destroyDom', '#createDom'],
-      id: 'ng1.tree',
+      id: 'ng1.tree.create',
+      params: [{name: 'depth', value: 9, scale: 'log2'}],
+      waitForAngular2: false
+    }).then(done, done.fail);
+  });
+
+  it('should log the stats (update)', function(done) {
+    runClickBenchmark({
+      url: URL,
+      buttons: ['#createDom'],
+      id: 'ng1.tree.update',
       params: [{name: 'depth', value: 9, scale: 'log2'}],
       waitForAngular2: false
     }).then(done, done.fail);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/polymer/binary_tree.html b/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/polymer/binary_tree.html
index 17d62b33f1..d8e861dbbf 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/polymer/binary_tree.html
+++ b/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/polymer/binary_tree.html
@@ -3,41 +3,22 @@
   <template>
     <span>
       <span>{{data.value}}</span>
-      <!-- TODO(tbosch): use the builtin conditional template when it is available in Polymer 0.8 -->
-      <span id="leftTree"></span>
-      <span id="rightTree"></span>
+      <template is="dom-if" if="[[data.left]]">
+        <binary-tree data="[[data.left]]"></binary-tree>
+      </template>
+      <template is="dom-if" if="[[data.right]]">
+        <binary-tree data="[[data.right]]"></binary-tree>
+      </template>
     </span>
   </template>
 </dom-module>
 <script>
-  (function() {
-    Polymer({
-      is: 'binary-tree',
-      properties: {
-        data: Object
-      },
-      leftTree: null,
-      rightTree: null,
-      dataChanged: function() {
-        var data = this.data || {};
-        this._updateTree(data.left, 'leftTree');
-        this._updateTree(data.right, 'rightTree');
-      },
-      _updateTree: function(data, treeName) {
-        if (data) {
-          if (!this[treeName]) {
-            this[treeName] = document.createElement('binary-tree');
-          }
-          this[treeName].data = data;
-          this.$[treeName].appendChild(this[treeName]);
-        } else {
-          if (this[treeName]) this[treeName].remove();
-          this[treeName] = null;
-        }
-      },
-      properties: {
-        data: 'dataChanged'
-      }
-    });
-  })();
+  Polymer({
+    is: 'binary-tree',
+    properties: {
+      data: Object
+    },
+    leftTree: null,
+    rightTree: null
+  });
 </script>
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/polymer/index.html b/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/polymer/index.html
index e3ad735192..2d9b2907a9 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/polymer/index.html
+++ b/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/polymer/index.html
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 
-<h2>TODO</h2>
-<ul>
-  <li>TODO: Does not use shadow DOM</li>
-  <li>TODO: Does not yet use builtin `if` construct as it uses a preview version of Polymer</li>
-</ul
-
 <h2>Params</h2>
 <form>
   Depth:
@@ -19,10 +13,9 @@
   <button>Apply</button>
 </form>
 
-<h2>Polymer JS 0.8-preview tree benchmark</h2>
+<h2>Polymer JS 1.x tree benchmark</h2>
 <root-tree></root-tree>
 
-
 <script src="url_params_to_form.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
 </body>
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/tree_benchmark.ts b/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/tree_benchmark.ts
index 7c675d4ecb..5f0c6ff3b5 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/tree_benchmark.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks_external/src/tree/tree_benchmark.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ angular.module('app', [])
                    var transcludeFn;
                    return {
                      compile: function(element, attrs) {
-                       var expr = $parse(attrs.treeIf);
+                       var expr = $parse('!!' + attrs.treeIf);
                        var template = '<tree data="' + attrs.treeIf + '"></tree>';
                        var transclude;
                        return function($scope, $element, $attrs) {
diff --git a/modules/upgrade/test/integration_spec.ts b/modules/upgrade/test/integration_spec.ts
index 256228cec9..7362cfd45b 100644
--- a/modules/upgrade/test/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/upgrade/test/integration_spec.ts
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ export function main() {
                bindToController: true,
                template: '{{ctl.status}}',
                require: 'ng1',
+               controllerAs: 'ctrl',
                controller: Class({constructor: function() { this.status = 'WORKS'; }}),
                link: function(scope, element, attrs, linkController) {
                  expect(scope.$root).toEqual($rootScope);
@@ -442,6 +443,7 @@ export function main() {
                bindToController: true,
                template: '{{parent.parent}}:{{ng1.status}}',
                require: ['ng1', '^parent', '?^^notFound'],
+               controllerAs: 'ctrl',
                controller: Class({constructor: function() { this.status = 'WORKS'; }}),
                link: function(scope, element, attrs, linkControllers) {
                  expect(linkControllers[0].status).toEqual('WORKS');
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
index 6001cc3309..03515e04ec 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.clean.json
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
       "version": "5.0.0-alpha.4"
     },
     "angular": {
-      "version": "1.3.5"
+      "version": "1.4.7"
     },
     "angular-animate": {
-      "version": "1.3.5"
+      "version": "1.4.7"
     },
     "angular-mocks": {
-      "version": "1.3.5"
+      "version": "1.4.7"
     },
     "base64-js": {
       "version": "0.0.8"
@@ -10723,13 +10723,13 @@
       "version": "1.3.0"
     },
     "react": {
-      "version": "0.13.2",
+      "version": "0.14.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "envify": {
           "version": "3.4.0",
           "dependencies": {
             "through": {
-              "version": "2.3.7"
+              "version": "2.3.8"
             },
             "jstransform": {
               "version": "10.1.0",
@@ -10744,13 +10744,43 @@
                   "version": "0.1.31",
                   "dependencies": {
                     "amdefine": {
-                      "version": "0.1.0"
+                      "version": "1.0.0"
                     }
                   }
                 }
               }
             }
           }
+        },
+        "fbjs": {
+          "version": "0.3.2",
+          "dependencies": {
+            "core-js": {
+              "version": "1.2.3"
+            },
+            "loose-envify": {
+              "version": "1.1.0",
+              "dependencies": {
+                "js-tokens": {
+                  "version": "1.0.2"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "promise": {
+              "version": "7.0.4",
+              "dependencies": {
+                "asap": {
+                  "version": "2.0.3"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "ua-parser-js": {
+              "version": "0.7.9"
+            },
+            "whatwg-fetch": {
+              "version": "0.9.0"
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 7365e03f3f..82693efbb3 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@reactivex/rxjs/-/rxjs-5.0.0-alpha.4.tgz"
     },
     "angular": {
-      "version": "1.3.5",
-      "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular/-/angular-1.3.5.tgz",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular/-/angular-1.3.5.tgz"
+      "version": "1.4.7",
+      "from": "angular@1.4.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular/-/angular-1.4.7.tgz"
     },
     "angular-animate": {
-      "version": "1.3.5",
-      "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular-animate/-/angular-animate-1.3.5.tgz",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular-animate/-/angular-animate-1.3.5.tgz"
+      "version": "1.4.7",
+      "from": "angular-animate@1.4.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular-animate/-/angular-animate-1.4.7.tgz"
     },
     "angular-mocks": {
-      "version": "1.3.5",
-      "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular-mocks/-/angular-mocks-1.3.5.tgz",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular-mocks/-/angular-mocks-1.3.5.tgz"
+      "version": "1.4.7",
+      "from": "angular-mocks@1.4.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/angular-mocks/-/angular-mocks-1.4.7.tgz"
     },
     "base64-js": {
       "version": "0.0.8",
@@ -16551,50 +16551,96 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/q/-/q-1.3.0.tgz"
     },
     "react": {
-      "version": "0.13.2",
-      "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-0.13.2.tgz",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-0.13.2.tgz",
+      "version": "0.14.0",
+      "from": "react@0.14.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-0.14.0.tgz",
       "dependencies": {
         "envify": {
           "version": "3.4.0",
-          "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/envify/-/envify-3.4.0.tgz",
+          "from": "envify@>=3.0.0 <4.0.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/envify/-/envify-3.4.0.tgz",
           "dependencies": {
             "through": {
-              "version": "2.3.7",
-              "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through/-/through-2.3.7.tgz",
-              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through/-/through-2.3.7.tgz"
+              "version": "2.3.8",
+              "from": "through@>=2.3.4 <2.4.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through/-/through-2.3.8.tgz"
             },
             "jstransform": {
               "version": "10.1.0",
-              "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jstransform/-/jstransform-10.1.0.tgz",
+              "from": "jstransform@>=10.0.1 <11.0.0",
               "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jstransform/-/jstransform-10.1.0.tgz",
               "dependencies": {
                 "base62": {
                   "version": "0.1.1",
-                  "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base62/-/base62-0.1.1.tgz",
+                  "from": "base62@0.1.1",
                   "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base62/-/base62-0.1.1.tgz"
                 },
                 "esprima-fb": {
                   "version": "13001.1001.0-dev-harmony-fb",
-                  "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esprima-fb/-/esprima-fb-13001.1001.0-dev-harmony-fb.tgz",
+                  "from": "esprima-fb@13001.1001.0-dev-harmony-fb",
                   "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/esprima-fb/-/esprima-fb-13001.1001.0-dev-harmony-fb.tgz"
                 },
                 "source-map": {
                   "version": "0.1.31",
-                  "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.1.31.tgz",
+                  "from": "source-map@0.1.31",
                   "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.1.31.tgz",
                   "dependencies": {
                     "amdefine": {
-                      "version": "0.1.0",
-                      "from": "https://registry.npmjs.org/amdefine/-/amdefine-0.1.0.tgz",
-                      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/amdefine/-/amdefine-0.1.0.tgz"
+                      "version": "1.0.0",
+                      "from": "amdefine@>=0.0.4",
+                      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/amdefine/-/amdefine-1.0.0.tgz"
                     }
                   }
                 }
               }
             }
           }
+        },
+        "fbjs": {
+          "version": "0.3.2",
+          "from": "fbjs@>=0.3.1 <0.4.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fbjs/-/fbjs-0.3.2.tgz",
+          "dependencies": {
+            "core-js": {
+              "version": "1.2.3",
+              "from": "core-js@>=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/core-js/-/core-js-1.2.3.tgz"
+            },
+            "loose-envify": {
+              "version": "1.1.0",
+              "from": "loose-envify@>=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/loose-envify/-/loose-envify-1.1.0.tgz",
+              "dependencies": {
+                "js-tokens": {
+                  "version": "1.0.2",
+                  "from": "js-tokens@>=1.0.1 <2.0.0",
+                  "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-tokens/-/js-tokens-1.0.2.tgz"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "promise": {
+              "version": "7.0.4",
+              "from": "promise@>=7.0.3 <8.0.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/promise/-/promise-7.0.4.tgz",
+              "dependencies": {
+                "asap": {
+                  "version": "2.0.3",
+                  "from": "asap@>=2.0.3 <2.1.0",
+                  "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/asap/-/asap-2.0.3.tgz"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "ua-parser-js": {
+              "version": "0.7.9",
+              "from": "ua-parser-js@>=0.7.9 <0.8.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.9.tgz"
+            },
+            "whatwg-fetch": {
+              "version": "0.9.0",
+              "from": "whatwg-fetch@>=0.9.0 <0.10.0",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-fetch/-/whatwg-fetch-0.9.0.tgz"
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d145cb2326..f238bdef42 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
     "zone.js": "0.5.8"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "angular": "1.3.5",
-    "angular-animate": "1.3.5",
-    "angular-mocks": "1.3.5",
+    "angular": "^1.4.7",
+    "angular-animate": "^1.4.7",
+    "angular-mocks": "^1.4.7",
     "base64-js": "^0.0.8",
     "bower": "^1.3.12",
     "broccoli": "^0.15.3",
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     "protractor": "^2.5.0",
     "proxy-middleware": "^0.13.0",
     "q": "^1.0.1",
-    "react": "^0.13.2",
+    "react": "^0.14.0",
     "rewire": "^2.3.3",
     "run-sequence": "^1.1.0",
     "selenium-webdriver": "^2.47.0",
diff --git a/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts b/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
index 8bb66a0ba8..d107c0c64d 100644
--- a/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
+++ b/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ module.exports = function makeBrowserTree(options, destinationPath) {
   var scripts = mergeTrees(servingTrees);
   var polymerFiles = new Funnel('.', {
     files: [
-      'bower_components/polymer/lib/polymer.html',
+      'bower_components/polymer/polymer.html',
+      'bower_components/polymer/polymer-micro.html',
+      'bower_components/polymer/polymer-mini.html',
       'tools/build/snippets/url_params_to_form.js'
     ]
   });