diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/serializers/post.js b/ghost/admin/app/serializers/post.js
index 86ecfaefd3..b57e0bb25c 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/serializers/post.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/serializers/post.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 /* jscs:disable requireCamelCaseOrUpperCaseIdentifiers */
 import Ember from 'ember';
-import DS from 'ember-data';
 import ApplicationSerializer from 'ghost/serializers/application';
-
-const {EmbeddedRecordsMixin} = DS;
+import EmbeddedRecordsMixin from 'ember-data/serializers/embedded-records-mixin';
 
 export default ApplicationSerializer.extend(EmbeddedRecordsMixin, {
     // settings for the EmbeddedRecordsMixin.
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/serializers/user.js b/ghost/admin/app/serializers/user.js
index 03d937e304..79587bbe02 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/serializers/user.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/serializers/user.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
-import DS from 'ember-data';
 import ApplicationSerializer from 'ghost/serializers/application';
-
-const {EmbeddedRecordsMixin} = DS;
+import EmbeddedRecordsMixin from 'ember-data/serializers/embedded-records-mixin';
 
 export default ApplicationSerializer.extend(EmbeddedRecordsMixin, {
     attrs: {
diff --git a/ghost/admin/package.json b/ghost/admin/package.json
index ccb43ad9b0..8446dd8b95 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/package.json
+++ b/ghost/admin/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "ember-cli-selectize": "0.4.3",
     "ember-cli-sri": "2.1.0",
     "ember-cli-uglify": "1.2.0",
-    "ember-data": "2.4.0",
+    "ember-data": "2.4.2",
     "ember-data-filter": "1.13.0",
     "ember-disable-proxy-controllers": "1.0.1",
     "ember-export-application-global": "1.0.5",