diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 312193cf..2dbb5363 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@
     "prismjs": "^1.5.1",
     "react-addons-css-transition-group": "^15.3.1",
     "react-datetime": "^2.6.0",
-    "react-dnd": "^2.1.4",
-    "react-dnd-html5-backend": "^2.1.2",
     "react-portal": "^2.2.1",
+    "react-simple-dnd": "^0.1.2",
     "selection-position": "^1.0.0",
     "semaphore": "^1.0.5",
     "slate": "^0.13.6"
diff --git a/src/components/UnpublishedListing.js b/src/components/UnpublishedListing.js
index 9d09b6a0..91144c2f 100644
--- a/src/components/UnpublishedListing.js
+++ b/src/components/UnpublishedListing.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
-import { DragDropContext, DragSource, DropTarget } from 'react-dnd';
-import HTML5Backend from 'react-dnd-html5-backend';
+import { DragSource, DropTarget, HTML5DragDrop } from 'react-simple-dnd';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import { Card } from './UI';
@@ -8,78 +7,21 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router';
 import { status, statusDescriptions } from '../constants/publishModes';
 import styles from './UnpublishedListing.css';
 
-const CARD = 'card';
-
-/*
- * Column DropTarget Component
- */
-function Column({ connectDropTarget, status, isOver, children }) {
-  const className = isOver ? `${styles.column} ${styles.highlighted}` : styles.column;
-  return connectDropTarget(
-    <div className={className}>
-      <h2>{statusDescriptions.get(status)}</h2>
-      {children}
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-const columnTargetSpec = {
-  drop(props, monitor) {
-    const slug = monitor.getItem().slug;
-    const collection = monitor.getItem().collection;
-    const oldStatus = monitor.getItem().ownStatus;
-    props.onChangeStatus(collection, slug, oldStatus, props.status);
-  }
-};
-function columnCollect(connect, monitor) {
-  return {
-    connectDropTarget: connect.dropTarget(),
-    isOver: monitor.isOver()
-  };
-}
-Column = DropTarget(CARD, columnTargetSpec, columnCollect)(Column);
-
-
-/*
- * Card  DropTarget Component
- */
-function EntryCard({ slug, collection, ownStatus, onRequestPublish, connectDragSource, children }) {
-  return connectDragSource(
-    <div>
-      <Card className={styles.card}>
-        {children}
-        {(ownStatus === status.last()) &&
-          <button onClick={onRequestPublish}>Publish now</button>
-        }
-      </Card>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-const cardDragSpec = {
-  beginDrag(props) {
-    return {
-      slug: props.slug,
-      collection: props.collection,
-      ownStatus: props.ownStatus
-    };
-  }
-};
-function cardCollect(connect, monitor) {
-  return {
-    connectDragSource: connect.dragSource()
-  };
-}
-EntryCard = DragSource(CARD, cardDragSpec, cardCollect)(EntryCard);
-
-/*
- * The actual exported component implementation
- */
 class UnpublishedListing extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     this.renderColumns = this.renderColumns.bind(this);
+    this.handleChangeStatus = this.handleChangeStatus.bind(this);
     this.requestPublish = this.requestPublish.bind(this);
   }
 
+  handleChangeStatus(newStatus, dragProps) {
+    const slug = dragProps.slug;
+    const collection = dragProps.collection;
+    const oldStatus = dragProps.ownStatus;
+    this.props.handleChangeStatus(collection, slug, oldStatus, newStatus);
+  }
+
   requestPublish(collection, slug, ownStatus) {
     if (ownStatus !== status.last()) return;
     if (window.confirm('Are you sure you want to publish this entry?')) {
@@ -91,14 +33,17 @@ class UnpublishedListing extends React.Component {
     if (!entries) return;
 
     if (!column) {
+      /* eslint-disable */
       return entries.entrySeq().map(([currColumn, currEntries]) => (
-        <Column
-            key={currColumn}
-            status={currColumn}
-            onChangeStatus={this.props.handleChangeStatus}
-        >
-          {this.renderColumns(currEntries, currColumn)}
-        </Column>
+        <DropTarget key={currColumn} onDrop={this.handleChangeStatus.bind(this, currColumn)}>
+          {(isOver) => (
+            <div className={isOver ? `${styles.column} ${styles.highlighted}` : styles.column}>
+              <h2>{statusDescriptions.get(currColumn)}</h2>
+              {this.renderColumns(currEntries, currColumn)}
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </DropTarget>
+        /* eslint-enable */
       ));
     } else {
       return <div>
@@ -108,19 +53,22 @@ class UnpublishedListing extends React.Component {
           const timeStamp = moment(entry.getIn(['metaData', 'timeStamp'])).format('llll');
           const link = `/editorialworkflow/${entry.getIn(['metaData', 'collection'])}/${entry.getIn(['metaData', 'status'])}/${entry.get('slug')}`;
           const slug = entry.get('slug');
-          const status = entry.getIn(['metaData', 'status']);
+          const ownStatus = entry.getIn(['metaData', 'status']);
           const collection = entry.getIn(['metaData', 'collection']);
           return (
-            <EntryCard
-                key={slug}
-                slug={slug}
-                ownStatus={status}
-                collection={collection}
-                onRequestPublish={this.requestPublish.bind(this, collection, slug, status)} // eslint-disable-line
-            >
-              <h2><Link to={link}>{entry.getIn(['data', 'title'])}</Link> <small>by {author}</small></h2>
-              <p>Last updated: {timeStamp} by {entry.getIn(['metaData', 'user'])}</p>
-            </EntryCard>
+            /* eslint-disable */
+            <DragSource key={slug} slug={slug} collection={collection} ownStatus={ownStatus}>
+              <div className={styles.drag}>
+                <Card className={styles.card}>
+                  <h2><Link to={link}>{entry.getIn(['data', 'title'])}</Link> <small>by {author}</small></h2>
+                  <p>Last updated: {timeStamp} by {entry.getIn(['metaData', 'user'])}</p>
+                  {(ownStatus === status.last()) &&
+                    <button onClick={this.requestPublish.bind(this, collection, slug, status)}>Publish now</button>
+                  }
+                </Card>
+              </div>
+            </DragSource>
+            /* eslint-enable */
           );
         }
         )}
@@ -147,4 +95,4 @@ UnpublishedListing.propTypes = {
   handlePublish: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
-export default DragDropContext(HTML5Backend)(UnpublishedListing);
+export default HTML5DragDrop(UnpublishedListing);