diff --git a/lib/browser.js b/lib/browser.js
index faff1a0d0e..83c586bd6a 100644
--- a/lib/browser.js
+++ b/lib/browser.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var keys = require('./keys');
 var hasBinary = require('has-binary');
 var sliceBuffer = require('arraybuffer.slice');
 var after = require('after');
-var utf8 = require('utf8');
+var utf8 = require('wtf-8');
 
 var base64encoder;
 if (global.ArrayBuffer) {
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 469366d42f..3c60d66b73 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-var utf8 = require('utf8');
+var utf8 = require('wtf-8');
 var after = require('after');
 var keys = require('./keys');
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 05bebe8102..e3964d7ae6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "base64-arraybuffer": "0.1.5",
     "blob": "0.0.4",
     "has-binary": "0.1.6",
-    "utf8": "2.1.0"
+    "wtf-8": "1.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "make test"