diff --git a/ietf/bower.json b/ietf/bower.json
index 793a7f6cb..2ac6daa33 100644
--- a/ietf/bower.json
+++ b/ietf/bower.json
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     "fullcalendar": "~4",
     "highcharts": "~6",
     "html5shiv": "~3",
+    "js-cookie": "~2",
     "jquery": "~1",
-    "jquery.cookie": "~1",
     "jquery.tablesorter": "~2",
     "respond": "~1",
     "select2": "~3",
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 	  "modules/offline-exporting.js",
 	  "modules/map.js"
 	]
+    },
+    "js-cookie": {
+      "main": "src/js.cookie.js"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ietf/externals/static/jquery.cookie/bower.json b/ietf/externals/static/jquery.cookie/bower.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d8c25b0b..000000000
--- a/ietf/externals/static/jquery.cookie/bower.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "jquery.cookie",
-  "version": "1.4.1",
-  "main": [
-    "./jquery.cookie.js"
-  ],
-  "dependencies": {
-    "jquery": ">=1.2"
-  },
-  "ignore": [
-    "test",
-    ".*",
-    "*.json",
-    "*.md",
-    "*.txt",
-    "Gruntfile.js"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/ietf/externals/static/jquery.cookie/jquery.cookie.js b/ietf/externals/static/jquery.cookie/jquery.cookie.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c7f3a59b5..000000000
--- a/ietf/externals/static/jquery.cookie/jquery.cookie.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * jQuery Cookie Plugin v1.4.1
- * https://github.com/carhartl/jquery-cookie
- *
- * Copyright 2013 Klaus Hartl
- * Released under the MIT license
- */
-(function (factory) {
-	if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
-		// AMD
-		define(['jquery'], factory);
-	} else if (typeof exports === 'object') {
-		// CommonJS
-		factory(require('jquery'));
-	} else {
-		// Browser globals
-		factory(jQuery);
-	}
-}(function ($) {
-
-	var pluses = /\+/g;
-
-	function encode(s) {
-		return config.raw ? s : encodeURIComponent(s);
-	}
-
-	function decode(s) {
-		return config.raw ? s : decodeURIComponent(s);
-	}
-
-	function stringifyCookieValue(value) {
-		return encode(config.json ? JSON.stringify(value) : String(value));
-	}
-
-	function parseCookieValue(s) {
-		if (s.indexOf('"') === 0) {
-			// This is a quoted cookie as according to RFC2068, unescape...
-			s = s.slice(1, -1).replace(/\\"/g, '"').replace(/\\\\/g, '\\');
-		}
-
-		try {
-			// Replace server-side written pluses with spaces.
-			// If we can't decode the cookie, ignore it, it's unusable.
-			// If we can't parse the cookie, ignore it, it's unusable.
-			s = decodeURIComponent(s.replace(pluses, ' '));
-			return config.json ? JSON.parse(s) : s;
-		} catch(e) {}
-	}
-
-	function read(s, converter) {
-		var value = config.raw ? s : parseCookieValue(s);
-		return $.isFunction(converter) ? converter(value) : value;
-	}
-
-	var config = $.cookie = function (key, value, options) {
-
-		// Write
-
-		if (value !== undefined && !$.isFunction(value)) {
-			options = $.extend({}, config.defaults, options);
-
-			if (typeof options.expires === 'number') {
-				var days = options.expires, t = options.expires = new Date();
-				t.setTime(+t + days * 864e+5);
-			}
-
-			return (document.cookie = [
-				encode(key), '=', stringifyCookieValue(value),
-				options.expires ? '; expires=' + options.expires.toUTCString() : '', // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
-				options.path    ? '; path=' + options.path : '',
-				options.domain  ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '',
-				options.secure  ? '; secure' : ''
-			].join(''));
-		}
-
-		// Read
-
-		var result = key ? undefined : {};
-
-		// To prevent the for loop in the first place assign an empty array
-		// in case there are no cookies at all. Also prevents odd result when
-		// calling $.cookie().
-		var cookies = document.cookie ? document.cookie.split('; ') : [];
-
-		for (var i = 0, l = cookies.length; i < l; i++) {
-			var parts = cookies[i].split('=');
-			var name = decode(parts.shift());
-			var cookie = parts.join('=');
-
-			if (key && key === name) {
-				// If second argument (value) is a function it's a converter...
-				result = read(cookie, value);
-				break;
-			}
-
-			// Prevent storing a cookie that we couldn't decode.
-			if (!key && (cookie = read(cookie)) !== undefined) {
-				result[name] = cookie;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return result;
-	};
-
-	config.defaults = {};
-
-	$.removeCookie = function (key, options) {
-		if ($.cookie(key) === undefined) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// Must not alter options, thus extending a fresh object...
-		$.cookie(key, '', $.extend({}, options, { expires: -1 }));
-		return !$.cookie(key);
-	};
-
-}));
diff --git a/ietf/externals/static/js-cookie/bower.json b/ietf/externals/static/js-cookie/bower.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9678d99ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/externals/static/js-cookie/bower.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "js-cookie",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": [
+    "src/js.cookie.js"
+  ],
+  "ignore": [
+    "test",
+    "Gruntfile.js",
+    "package.json",
+    ".gitignore",
+    ".eslintintignore",
+    ".eslintrc",
+    ".tm_properties",
+    ".travis.yml"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/ietf/externals/static/js-cookie/src/js.cookie.js b/ietf/externals/static/js-cookie/src/js.cookie.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80a755124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/externals/static/js-cookie/src/js.cookie.js
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*!
+ * JavaScript Cookie v2.2.1
+ * https://github.com/js-cookie/js-cookie
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006, 2015 Klaus Hartl & Fagner Brack
+ * Released under the MIT license
+ */
+;(function (factory) {
+	var registeredInModuleLoader;
+	if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
+		define(factory);
+		registeredInModuleLoader = true;
+	}
+	if (typeof exports === 'object') {
+		module.exports = factory();
+		registeredInModuleLoader = true;
+	}
+	if (!registeredInModuleLoader) {
+		var OldCookies = window.Cookies;
+		var api = window.Cookies = factory();
+		api.noConflict = function () {
+			window.Cookies = OldCookies;
+			return api;
+		};
+	}
+}(function () {
+	function extend () {
+		var i = 0;
+		var result = {};
+		for (; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+			var attributes = arguments[ i ];
+			for (var key in attributes) {
+				result[key] = attributes[key];
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	function decode (s) {
+		return s.replace(/(%[0-9A-Z]{2})+/g, decodeURIComponent);
+	}
+
+	function init (converter) {
+		function api() {}
+
+		function set (key, value, attributes) {
+			if (typeof document === 'undefined') {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			attributes = extend({
+				path: '/'
+			}, api.defaults, attributes);
+
+			if (typeof attributes.expires === 'number') {
+				attributes.expires = new Date(new Date() * 1 + attributes.expires * 864e+5);
+			}
+
+			// We're using "expires" because "max-age" is not supported by IE
+			attributes.expires = attributes.expires ? attributes.expires.toUTCString() : '';
+
+			try {
+				var result = JSON.stringify(value);
+				if (/^[\{\[]/.test(result)) {
+					value = result;
+				}
+			} catch (e) {}
+
+			value = converter.write ?
+				converter.write(value, key) :
+				encodeURIComponent(String(value))
+					.replace(/%(23|24|26|2B|3A|3C|3E|3D|2F|3F|40|5B|5D|5E|60|7B|7D|7C)/g, decodeURIComponent);
+
+			key = encodeURIComponent(String(key))
+				.replace(/%(23|24|26|2B|5E|60|7C)/g, decodeURIComponent)
+				.replace(/[\(\)]/g, escape);
+
+			var stringifiedAttributes = '';
+			for (var attributeName in attributes) {
+				if (!attributes[attributeName]) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				stringifiedAttributes += '; ' + attributeName;
+				if (attributes[attributeName] === true) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				// Considers RFC 6265 section 5.2:
+				// ...
+				// 3.  If the remaining unparsed-attributes contains a %x3B (";")
+				//     character:
+				// Consume the characters of the unparsed-attributes up to,
+				// not including, the first %x3B (";") character.
+				// ...
+				stringifiedAttributes += '=' + attributes[attributeName].split(';')[0];
+			}
+
+			return (document.cookie = key + '=' + value + stringifiedAttributes);
+		}
+
+		function get (key, json) {
+			if (typeof document === 'undefined') {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			var jar = {};
+			// To prevent the for loop in the first place assign an empty array
+			// in case there are no cookies at all.
+			var cookies = document.cookie ? document.cookie.split('; ') : [];
+			var i = 0;
+
+			for (; i < cookies.length; i++) {
+				var parts = cookies[i].split('=');
+				var cookie = parts.slice(1).join('=');
+
+				if (!json && cookie.charAt(0) === '"') {
+					cookie = cookie.slice(1, -1);
+				}
+
+				try {
+					var name = decode(parts[0]);
+					cookie = (converter.read || converter)(cookie, name) ||
+						decode(cookie);
+
+					if (json) {
+						try {
+							cookie = JSON.parse(cookie);
+						} catch (e) {}
+					}
+
+					jar[name] = cookie;
+
+					if (key === name) {
+						break;
+					}
+				} catch (e) {}
+			}
+
+			return key ? jar[key] : jar;
+		}
+
+		api.set = set;
+		api.get = function (key) {
+			return get(key, false /* read as raw */);
+		};
+		api.getJSON = function (key) {
+			return get(key, true /* read as json */);
+		};
+		api.remove = function (key, attributes) {
+			set(key, '', extend(attributes, {
+				expires: -1
+			}));
+		};
+
+		api.defaults = {};
+
+		api.withConverter = init;
+
+		return api;
+	}
+
+	return init(function () {});
+}));
diff --git a/ietf/static/ietf/js/ietf.js b/ietf/static/ietf/js/ietf.js
index 8d4372755..bbe740c3d 100644
--- a/ietf/static/ietf/js/ietf.js
+++ b/ietf/static/ietf/js/ietf.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jQuery.ajaxSetup({
     crossDomain: false, // obviates need for sameOrigin test
     beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
         if (!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type)) {
-            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", $.cookie('csrftoken'));
+            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", Cookies.get('csrftoken'));
         }
     }
 });
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jQuery.ajaxSetup({
 // Remember the state of the "browsehappy" alert
 $('#browsehappy .close').click(function(e) {
     e.preventDefault();
-    $.cookie('browsehappy', 'closed', { path: '/' });
+    Cookies.set('browsehappy', 'closed');
 });
 
-if(typeof $.cookie('browsehappy') === 'undefined') {
+if(typeof Cookies.get('browsehappy') === 'undefined') {
     $('#browsehappy').show();
 }
 
diff --git a/ietf/templates/base.html b/ietf/templates/base.html
index fd4510ca3..6b345df5a 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/base.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/base.html
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
       {% endcomment %}
       <script>$(".visible-nojs").removeClass("visible-nojs");</script>
       <script>$(".hidden-nojs").removeClass("hidden-nojs");</script>
-      <script src="{% static 'jquery.cookie/jquery.cookie.js' %}"></script>
+      <script src="{% static 'js-cookie/src/js.cookie.js' %}"></script>
       <script src="{% static 'ietf/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js' %}"></script>
       <script src="{% static 'ietf/js/ietf.js' %}"></script>
       {% block js %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/ietf/templates/meeting/landscape_edit.html b/ietf/templates/meeting/landscape_edit.html
index 0c61fea86..91d7785e2 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/meeting/landscape_edit.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/meeting/landscape_edit.html
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 
 {% block js %}
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'ietf/js/agenda/jquery-1.8.2.min.js' %}"></script>
-<script src="{% static 'jquery.cookie/jquery.cookie.js' %}"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'js-cookie/src/js.cookie.js' %}"></script>
 <script>
 jQuery.ajaxSetup({
     crossDomain: false, // obviates need for sameOrigin test
     beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
         if (!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type)) {
-            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", $.cookie('csrftoken'));
+            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", Cookies.get('csrftoken'));
         }
     }
 });
diff --git a/ietf/templates/meeting/room_edit.html b/ietf/templates/meeting/room_edit.html
index 81d2255f4..93f86dd90 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/meeting/room_edit.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/meeting/room_edit.html
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 
 {% block js %}
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'ietf/js/agenda/jquery-1.8.2.min.js' %}"></script>
-<script src="{% static 'jquery.cookie/jquery.cookie.js' %}"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'js-cookie/src/js.cookie.js' %}"></script>
 <script>
 jQuery.ajaxSetup({
     crossDomain: false, // obviates need for sameOrigin test
     beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
         if (!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type)) {
-            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", $.cookie('csrftoken'));
+            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", Cookies.get('csrftoken'));
         }
     }
 });
diff --git a/ietf/templates/meeting/session_details.html b/ietf/templates/meeting/session_details.html
index 73760b432..930ccd15f 100644
--- a/ietf/templates/meeting/session_details.html
+++ b/ietf/templates/meeting/session_details.html
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 {% block js %}
 {% if can_manage_materials %}
   <script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'jquery/jquery.min.js' %}"></script>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'jquery.cookie/jquery.cookie.js' %}"></script>
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'js-cookie/src/js.cookie.js' %}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src={% static 'Sortable/Sortable.min.js' %}></script>
 
   <script type="text/javascript">
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
       crossDomain: false, 
       beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
         if (!csrfSafeMethod(settings.type)) {
-            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", $.cookie('csrftoken'));
+            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", Cookies.get('csrftoken'));
         }
       }
     });