diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d6b8e2..92dd140 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ build/Release
 # see https://npmjs.org/doc/faq.html#Should-I-check-my-node_modules-folder-into-git
 node_modules
 
-temp
\ No newline at end of file
+temp
+
+bower_components
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a998da..8928101 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ function MyCtrl($scope, prompt) {
     input: true,
     label: 'Name',
     value: 'Current name',
-    values: ['other','possible','names']
+    values: ['other','possible','names'],
+    placeholder: 'Placeholder'
   }).then(function(name){
     //the promise is resolved with the user input
   });  
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ function MyCtrl($scope, prompt) {
  Default: `undefined`  
  A list of values available in a dropdown for the user to select as the input value.
 
+ - #### options.placeholder
+ Type: `String`  
+ Default: `''`  
+ The placeholder of the input if `input=true`.
+
  - #### options.buttons
  Type: `Array` of `Object` with properties `label`,`cancel`, `style`, and `primary`  
  Default: `[{ label:'OK', primary: true }, { label:'Cancel', cancel: true }]`  
diff --git a/angular-prompt.html b/angular-prompt.html
index 6cd0ef9..a95e030 100644
--- a/angular-prompt.html
+++ b/angular-prompt.html
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ <h4 class="modal-title">{{options.title}}</h4>
         <form id="cgPromptForm" name="form.cgPromptForm" ng-if="options.input" ng-submit="submit()">
             <div class="form-group" ng-class="{'has-error':cgPromptForm.$invalid && changed}">
                 <label for="cgPromptInput">{{options.label}}</label>
-                <input id="cgPromptInput" type="text" class="form-control"  placeholder="{{options.label}}" ng-model="input.name" required ng-change="changed=true" ng-if="!options.values || options.values.length === 0"/ autofocus="autofocus">
+                <input id="cgPromptInput" type="text" class="form-control"  placeholder="{{options.placeholder}}" ng-model="input.name" required ng-change="changed=true" ng-if="!options.values || options.values.length === 0"/ autofocus="autofocus">
                 <div class="input-group" ng-if="options.values">
-                    <input id="cgPromptInput" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="{{options.label}}" ng-model="input.name" required ng-change="changed=true" autofocus="autofocus"/>
+                    <input id="cgPromptInput" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="{{options.placeholder}}" ng-model="input.name" required ng-change="changed=true" autofocus="autofocus"/>
 
                     <div class="input-group-btn" dropdown>
                         <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" dropdown-toggle data-toggle="dropdown"><span class="caret"></span></button>
diff --git a/angular-prompt.js b/angular-prompt.js
index d67508c..e70e27b 100644
--- a/angular-prompt.js
+++ b/angular-prompt.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ angular.module('cgPrompt').factory('prompt',['$uibModal','$q',function($uibModal
             input: false,
             label: '',
             value: '',
+            placeholder: '',
             values: false,
             buttons: [
                 {label:'Cancel',cancel:true},
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 54dd4af..b3dc6ac 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     "dist/angular-prompt.js"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "angular": "~1.5",
-    "angular-bootstrap": "~1.3"
+    "angular": "~1.6",
+    "angular-bootstrap": "~2.3"
   },
   "ignore": [
     "**/.*",
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
     "README.md"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "underscore": "~1.6.0"
+    "underscore": "~1.8.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/demo/demo.js b/demo/demo.js
index 526e13f..22d4468 100644
--- a/demo/demo.js
+++ b/demo/demo.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ angular.module('app').controller('DemoCtrl',function($scope,prompt){
         label:'Input label',
         value:'Input initial value',
         values:'',
+        placeholder:'Your input here ...',
         buttons:''
     };
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ angular.module('app').controller('DemoCtrl',function($scope,prompt){
             options.value = undefined;
             options.values = undefined;
             options.label = undefined;
+            options.placeholder = undefined;
         }
         return options;
     };
diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index 8470d72..ea58528 100644
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ <h4>Options</h4>
                       <input type="text" class="form-control" id="values" placeholder="comma separated list" ng-model="options.values" ng-list>
                     </div>
                   </div>
+                  <div class="form-group">
+                    <label for="placeholder" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Placeholder</label>
+                    <div class="col-sm-10">
+                      <input type="text" class="form-control" id="placeholder" placeholder="Placeholder" ng-model="options.placeholder">
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
                   <div class="form-group">
                     <label for="buttons" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Buttons</label>
                     <div class="col-sm-10">
diff --git a/dist/angular-prompt.js b/dist/angular-prompt.js
index d03b37a..787b49f 100644
--- a/dist/angular-prompt.js
+++ b/dist/angular-prompt.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ angular.module('cgPrompt').factory('prompt',['$uibModal','$q',function($uibModal
             input: false,
             label: '',
             value: '',
+            placeholder: '',
             values: false,
             buttons: [
                 {label:'Cancel',cancel:true},
@@ -120,9 +121,9 @@ angular.module('cgPrompt').run(['$templateCache', function($templateCache) {
     "        <form id=\"cgPromptForm\" name=\"form.cgPromptForm\" ng-if=\"options.input\" ng-submit=\"submit()\">\n" +
     "            <div class=\"form-group\" ng-class=\"{'has-error':cgPromptForm.$invalid && changed}\">\n" +
     "                <label for=\"cgPromptInput\">{{options.label}}</label>\n" +
-    "                <input id=\"cgPromptInput\" type=\"text\" class=\"form-control\"  placeholder=\"{{options.label}}\" ng-model=\"input.name\" required ng-change=\"changed=true\" ng-if=\"!options.values || options.values.length === 0\"/ autofocus=\"autofocus\">\n" +
+    "                <input id=\"cgPromptInput\" type=\"text\" class=\"form-control\"  placeholder=\"{{options.placeholder}}\" ng-model=\"input.name\" required ng-change=\"changed=true\" ng-if=\"!options.values || options.values.length === 0\"/ autofocus=\"autofocus\">\n" +
     "                <div class=\"input-group\" ng-if=\"options.values\">\n" +
-    "                    <input id=\"cgPromptInput\" type=\"text\" class=\"form-control\" placeholder=\"{{options.label}}\" ng-model=\"input.name\" required ng-change=\"changed=true\" autofocus=\"autofocus\"/>\n" +
+    "                    <input id=\"cgPromptInput\" type=\"text\" class=\"form-control\" placeholder=\"{{options.placeholder}}\" ng-model=\"input.name\" required ng-change=\"changed=true\" autofocus=\"autofocus\"/>\n" +
     "\n" +
     "                    <div class=\"input-group-btn\" dropdown>\n" +
     "                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-default dropdown-toggle\" dropdown-toggle data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><span class=\"caret\"></span></button>\n" +
diff --git a/dist/angular-prompt.min.js b/dist/angular-prompt.min.js
index 168f726..e8a23fa 100644
--- a/dist/angular-prompt.min.js
+++ b/dist/angular-prompt.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-angular.module("cgPrompt",["ui.bootstrap"]),angular.module("cgPrompt").factory("prompt",["$uibModal","$q",function(a,b){var c=function(c){var d={title:"",message:"",input:!1,label:"",value:"",values:!1,buttons:[{label:"Cancel",cancel:!0},{label:"OK",primary:!0}]};void 0===c&&(c={});for(var e in d)void 0===c[e]&&(c[e]=d[e]);var f=b.defer();return a.open({templateUrl:"angular-prompt.html",controller:"cgPromptCtrl",resolve:{options:function(){return c}}}).result.then(function(a){c.input?f.resolve(a.input):f.resolve(a.button)},function(){f.reject()}),f.promise};return c}]),angular.module("cgPrompt").controller("cgPromptCtrl",["$scope","options","$timeout",function(a,b,c){a.input={name:b.value},a.options=b,a.form={},a.buttonClicked=function(c){return c.cancel?void a.$dismiss():b.input&&a.form.cgPromptForm.$invalid?void(a.changed=!0):void a.$close({button:c,input:a.input.name})},a.submit=function(){var b;angular.forEach(a.options.buttons,function(a){a.primary&&(b=a)}),b&&a.buttonClicked(b)},c(function(){var a=document.querySelector("#cgPromptInput");a&&(a.select&&a.select(),a.focus&&a.focus())},100)}]),angular.module("cgPrompt").run(["$templateCache",function(a){"use strict";a.put("angular-prompt.html",'<div>\n    <div class="modal-header">\n        <button type="button" class="close pull-right" ng-click="$dismiss()" aria-hidden="true">×</button>\n        <h4 class="modal-title">{{options.title}}</h4>\n    </div>\n    <div class="modal-body">\n\n        <p ng-if="options.message">\n            {{options.message}}\n        </p>\n\n        <form id="cgPromptForm" name="form.cgPromptForm" ng-if="options.input" ng-submit="submit()">\n            <div class="form-group" ng-class="{\'has-error\':cgPromptForm.$invalid && changed}">\n                <label for="cgPromptInput">{{options.label}}</label>\n                <input id="cgPromptInput" type="text" class="form-control"  placeholder="{{options.label}}" ng-model="input.name" required ng-change="changed=true" ng-if="!options.values || options.values.length === 0"/ autofocus="autofocus">\n                <div class="input-group" ng-if="options.values">\n                    <input id="cgPromptInput" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="{{options.label}}" ng-model="input.name" required ng-change="changed=true" autofocus="autofocus"/>\n\n                    <div class="input-group-btn" dropdown>\n                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" dropdown-toggle data-toggle="dropdown"><span class="caret"></span></button>\n                        <ul class="dropdown-menu pull-right">\n                            <li ng-repeat="value in options.values"><a href="" ng-click="input.name = value">{{value}}</a></li>\n                        </ul>\n                    </div>\n                </div>\n            </div>\n         </form>\n\n    </div>\n    <div class="modal-footer">\n        <button ng-repeat="button in options.buttons track by button.label" class="btn btn-default {{button.class}}" ng-class="{\'btn-primary\':button.primary}" ng-click="buttonClicked(button)">{{button.label}}</button>\n    </div>\n</div>')}]);
\ No newline at end of file
+angular.module("cgPrompt",["ui.bootstrap"]),angular.module("cgPrompt").factory("prompt",["$uibModal","$q",function(a,b){var c=function(c){var d={title:"",message:"",input:!1,label:"",value:"",placeholder:"",values:!1,buttons:[{label:"Cancel",cancel:!0},{label:"OK",primary:!0}]};void 0===c&&(c={});for(var e in d)void 0===c[e]&&(c[e]=d[e]);var f=b.defer();return a.open({templateUrl:"angular-prompt.html",controller:"cgPromptCtrl",resolve:{options:function(){return c}}}).result.then(function(a){c.input?f.resolve(a.input):f.resolve(a.button)},function(){f.reject()}),f.promise};return c}]),angular.module("cgPrompt").controller("cgPromptCtrl",["$scope","options","$timeout",function(a,b,c){a.input={name:b.value},a.options=b,a.form={},a.buttonClicked=function(c){return c.cancel?void a.$dismiss():b.input&&a.form.cgPromptForm.$invalid?void(a.changed=!0):void a.$close({button:c,input:a.input.name})},a.submit=function(){var b;angular.forEach(a.options.buttons,function(a){a.primary&&(b=a)}),b&&a.buttonClicked(b)},c(function(){var a=document.querySelector("#cgPromptInput");a&&(a.select&&a.select(),a.focus&&a.focus())},100)}]),angular.module("cgPrompt").run(["$templateCache",function(a){"use strict";a.put("angular-prompt.html",'<div>\n    <div class="modal-header">\n        <button type="button" class="close pull-right" ng-click="$dismiss()" aria-hidden="true">×</button>\n        <h4 class="modal-title">{{options.title}}</h4>\n    </div>\n    <div class="modal-body">\n\n        <p ng-if="options.message">\n            {{options.message}}\n        </p>\n\n        <form id="cgPromptForm" name="form.cgPromptForm" ng-if="options.input" ng-submit="submit()">\n            <div class="form-group" ng-class="{\'has-error\':cgPromptForm.$invalid && changed}">\n                <label for="cgPromptInput">{{options.label}}</label>\n                <input id="cgPromptInput" type="text" class="form-control"  placeholder="{{options.placeholder}}" ng-model="input.name" required ng-change="changed=true" ng-if="!options.values || options.values.length === 0"/ autofocus="autofocus">\n                <div class="input-group" ng-if="options.values">\n                    <input id="cgPromptInput" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="{{options.placeholder}}" ng-model="input.name" required ng-change="changed=true" autofocus="autofocus"/>\n\n                    <div class="input-group-btn" dropdown>\n                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default dropdown-toggle" dropdown-toggle data-toggle="dropdown"><span class="caret"></span></button>\n                        <ul class="dropdown-menu pull-right">\n                            <li ng-repeat="value in options.values"><a href="" ng-click="input.name = value">{{value}}</a></li>\n                        </ul>\n                    </div>\n                </div>\n            </div>\n         </form>\n\n    </div>\n    <div class="modal-footer">\n        <button ng-repeat="button in options.buttons track by button.label" class="btn btn-default {{button.class}}" ng-class="{\'btn-primary\':button.primary}" ng-click="buttonClicked(button)">{{button.label}}</button>\n    </div>\n</div>')}]);
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c5bc069..9884b8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
     "url": "git://github.com/cgross/angular-prompt.git"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "grunt": "~0.4.4",
-    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.4.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.10.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-jasmine": "~0.6.3",
-    "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.4.0",
-    "grunt-angular-templates": "~0.5.4",
-    "grunt-contrib-connect": "~0.7.1",
-    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.6.1",
-    "load-grunt-tasks": "~0.4.0"
+    "grunt": "~1.0.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~2.0.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~1.1.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-jasmine": "~1.0.3",
+    "grunt-contrib-concat": "~1.0.1",
+    "grunt-angular-templates": "~1.1.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-connect": "~1.0.2",
+    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~1.0.0",
+    "load-grunt-tasks": "~3.5.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "grunt test -v"