diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8642e27..fbe04a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,18 +35,19 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mcmath/gulp-transform#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "*",
-    "@types/gulp-util": "*",
-    "gulp-util": "^3.0.8",
-    "tslib": "^1.7.1"
+    "plugin-error": "^1.0.1",
+    "tslib": "^1.7.1",
+    "vinyl": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^4.0.1",
     "@types/chai-as-promised": "0.0.31",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.71",
     "@types/mocha": "^2.2.41",
+    "@types/node": "*",
     "@types/sinon": "^2.3.3",
     "@types/sinon-chai": "^2.7.28",
+    "@types/vinyl": "^2.0.2",
     "chai": "^4.1.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "coveralls": "^2.13.1",
@@ -58,6 +59,6 @@
     "sinon-chai": "^2.12.0",
     "ts-node": "^3.3.0",
     "tslint": "^5.5.0",
-    "typescript": "^2.4.2"
+    "typescript": "~2.4.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/helpers.ts b/spec/helpers.ts
index 80f9a1f..ef20306 100644
--- a/spec/helpers.ts
+++ b/spec/helpers.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-import { File } from "gulp-util";
+import Vinyl = require("vinyl");
 import { Readable, Transform } from "stream";
 
 /**
  * A Vinyl File in buffer mode.
  */
-export interface BufferFile extends File {
+export interface BufferFile extends Vinyl {
     contents: Buffer;
 }
 
 /**
  * A Vinyl File in streaming mode.
  */
-export interface StreamFile extends File {
+export interface StreamFile extends Vinyl {
     contents: NodeJS.ReadableStream;
 }
 
 /**
  * A Vinyl File whose contents are null.
  */
-export interface NullFile extends File {
+export interface NullFile extends Vinyl {
     contents: null;
 }
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function createBufferFile(content: string, encoding: string): BufferFile;
 export function createBufferFile(content: number[], encoding?: null): BufferFile;
 export function createBufferFile(content: Buffer, encoding?: null): BufferFile;
 export function createBufferFile(content: string | number[] | Buffer, encoding?: string | null): BufferFile {
-    return new File({
+    return new Vinyl({
         cwd: "/root/src",
         path: "/root/src/name.txt",
         contents: toBuffer(content as any, encoding as any)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function createStreamFile(content: string, encoding: string): StreamFile;
 export function createStreamFile(content: number[], encoding?: null): StreamFile;
 export function createStreamFile(content: Buffer, encoding?: null): StreamFile;
 export function createStreamFile(content: string | number[] | Buffer, encoding?: string | null): StreamFile {
-    return new File({
+    return new Vinyl({
         cwd: "/root/src",
         path: "/root/src/name.txt",
         contents: new Readable({
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function createStreamFile(content: string | number[] | Buffer, encoding?:
  * Creates a Vinyl File object whose contents are null.
  */
 export function createNullFile(): NullFile {
-    return new File({
+    return new Vinyl({
         cwd: "/root/src",
         path: "/root/src/name.txt",
         contents: null
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export async function read(stream: NodeJS.ReadableStream): Promise<File> {
  * @param  stream  The object-mode stream to write to.
  * @return         Returns a promise that resolve to the stream itself.
  */
-export async function write<T extends NodeJS.WritableStream>(file: File, stream: T): Promise<T> {
+export async function write<T extends NodeJS.WritableStream>(file: Vinyl, stream: T): Promise<T> {
     stream.write(file as any);
     stream.end();
 
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ export async function write<T extends NodeJS.WritableStream>(file: File, stream:
  *                   Defaults to null.
  * @return           Returns a promise with the contents of the file.
  */
-export async function readFile(file: File, encoding: string): Promise<string>;
-export async function readFile(file: File, encoding?: null): Promise<Buffer>;
-export async function readFile(file: File, encoding?: string | null): Promise<string | Buffer> {
+export async function readFile(file: Vinyl, encoding: string): Promise<string>;
+export async function readFile(file: Vinyl, encoding?: null): Promise<Buffer>;
+export async function readFile(file: Vinyl, encoding?: string | null): Promise<string | Buffer> {
     if (file.isBuffer())
         return encoding ? file.contents.toString(encoding) : file.contents;
     if (!file.isStream())
diff --git a/spec/mode.spec.ts b/spec/mode.spec.ts
index dc085d1..6b4624e 100644
--- a/spec/mode.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/mode.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from "chai";
-import { File, PluginError } from "gulp-util";
+import PluginError = require("plugin-error");
+import Vinyl = require("vinyl");
 import { identity, noop } from "lodash";
 import { createBufferFile, createStreamFile, createNullFile, toBuffer, write, read, readFile } from "./helpers";
 import transform = require("../src");
@@ -7,8 +8,8 @@ import transform = require("../src");
 describe("content mode", () => {
 
     describe("buffer", () => {
-        let file1: File;
-        let file2: File;
+        let file1: Vinyl;
+        let file2: Vinyl;
 
         beforeEach(() => {
             file1 = createBufferFile([0xCF, 0x80]);
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ describe("content mode", () => {
     });
 
     describe("stream", () => {
-        let file1: File;
-        let file2: File;
+        let file1: Vinyl;
+        let file2: Vinyl;
 
         beforeEach(() => {
             file1 = createStreamFile([0xCF, 0x80]);
diff --git a/spec/options.spec.ts b/spec/options.spec.ts
index 9f1d3a2..30267ea 100644
--- a/spec/options.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/options.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from "chai";
-import { File, PluginError } from "gulp-util";
+import PluginError = require("plugin-error");
+import Vinyl = require("vinyl");
 import { identity } from "lodash";
 import { SinonSpy, spy } from "sinon";
 import { createBufferFile, toBuffer, write } from "./helpers";
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ import transform = require("../src");
 describe("options", () => {
 
     describe("encoding", () => {
-        let file: File;
+        let file: Vinyl;
         let callback: SinonSpy;
 
         beforeEach(() => {
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ describe("options", () => {
     });
 
     describe("thisArg", () => {
-        let file: File;
+        let file: Vinyl;
         let callback: SinonSpy;
         let thisArg: object;
 
diff --git a/spec/params.spec.ts b/spec/params.spec.ts
index ee630cf..db59dce 100644
--- a/spec/params.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/params.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from "chai";
-import { File, PluginError } from "gulp-util";
+import PluginError = require("plugin-error");
+import Vinyl = require("vinyl");
 import { identity } from "lodash";
 import { createBufferFile, write } from "./helpers";
 import transform = require("../src");
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import transform = require("../src");
 describe("parameters", () => {
 
     describe("callback", () => {
-        let file: File;
+        let file: Vinyl;
 
         beforeEach(() => {
             file = createBufferFile([0xCF, 0x80]);
diff --git a/src/Config.ts b/src/Config.ts
index fdf015e..424be72 100644
--- a/src/Config.ts
+++ b/src/Config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { PluginError } from "gulp-util";
+import PluginError = require("plugin-error");
 import { PLUGIN_NAME, isFunction, isNil, isObjectLike, isString } from "./common";
 
 type OptionsOrEncoding = Options | string | null | undefined;
diff --git a/src/ContentTransformer.ts b/src/ContentTransformer.ts
index c273f1d..fcfc164 100644
--- a/src/ContentTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/ContentTransformer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { File, PluginError } from "gulp-util";
+import PluginError = require("plugin-error");
+import Vinyl = require("vinyl");
 import { Config } from "./Config";
 import { PLUGIN_NAME, TransformFunction, isString } from "./common";
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export class ContentTransformer {
         return (contents, file) => this.transform(contents, file);
     }
 
-    private async transform(contents: Buffer, file: File): Promise<Buffer> {
+    private async transform(contents: Buffer, file: Vinyl): Promise<Buffer> {
         const decodedContents = this.decodeContents(contents);
         const callbackResult = await this.invokeAndValidate(decodedContents, file);
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export class ContentTransformer {
         return contents;
     }
 
-    private async invokeAndValidate(decodedContents: Buffer | string, file: File): Promise<Buffer | string> {
+    private async invokeAndValidate(decodedContents: Buffer | string, file: Vinyl): Promise<Buffer | string> {
         const callbackResult = await this.tryInvokeCallback(decodedContents, file);
 
         if (this.encoding && !isString(callbackResult))
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ export class ContentTransformer {
         return callbackResult;
     }
 
-    private async tryInvokeCallback(decodedContents: Buffer | string, file: File): Promise<Buffer | string> {
+    private async tryInvokeCallback(decodedContents: Buffer | string, file: Vinyl): Promise<Buffer | string> {
         try {
             return await this.callback.call(this.thisArg, decodedContents, file);
         } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/FileContentStream.ts b/src/FileContentStream.ts
index 7629203..670265e 100644
--- a/src/FileContentStream.ts
+++ b/src/FileContentStream.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Transform } from "stream";
-import { PluginError } from "gulp-util";
+import PluginError = require("plugin-error");
 import { PLUGIN_NAME, NodeCallback, StreamFile, TransformFunction } from "./common";
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/GulpTransformStream.ts b/src/GulpTransformStream.ts
index 59a3cc0..d3c629b 100644
--- a/src/GulpTransformStream.ts
+++ b/src/GulpTransformStream.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Transform } from "stream";
-import { File, PluginError } from "gulp-util";
+import PluginError = require("plugin-error");
+import Vinyl = require("vinyl");
 import { FileContentStream } from "./FileContentStream";
 import { PLUGIN_NAME, TransformFunction, BufferFile, StreamFile, NodeCallback } from "./common";
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ export class GulpTransformStream extends Transform {
         private readonly transform: TransformFunction
     ) { super({ objectMode: true }); }
 
-    public _transform(file: File, _encoding: string, next: NodeCallback<File>): void {
+    public _transform(file: Vinyl, _encoding: string, next: NodeCallback<Vinyl>): void {
         if (file.isBuffer())
             return void this.transformBufferFile(file, next);
 
diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index 4c31de1..6c22df4 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { File } from "gulp-util";
+import Vinyl = require("vinyl");
 
 /**
  * Accepts the contents of a File object as a Buffer, applies a
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { File } from "gulp-util";
  * @internal
  */
 export interface TransformFunction {
-    (contents: Buffer, file: File): Promise<Buffer>;
+    (contents: Buffer, file: Vinyl): Promise<Buffer>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface TransformFunction {
  *
  * @internal
  */
-export interface BufferFile extends File {
+export interface BufferFile extends Vinyl {
     contents: Buffer;
 }
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface BufferFile extends File {
  *
  * @internal
  */
-export interface StreamFile extends File {
+export interface StreamFile extends Vinyl {
     contents: NodeJS.ReadableStream;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 4dba274..ca974ae 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { File } from "gulp-util";
+import Vinyl = require("vinyl");
 import { Config } from "./Config";
 import { ContentTransformer } from "./ContentTransformer";
 import { GulpTransformStream } from "./GulpTransformStream";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { GulpTransformStream } from "./GulpTransformStream";
  */
 function gulpTransform(
     encoding: gulpTransform.Encoding,
-    callback: (contents: string, file: File) => string | PromiseLike<string>
+    callback: (contents: string, file: Vinyl) => string | PromiseLike<string>
 ): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
 
 /**
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function gulpTransform(
  */
 function gulpTransform(
     encoding: null,
-    callback: (contents: Buffer, file: File) => Buffer | PromiseLike<Buffer>
+    callback: (contents: Buffer, file: Vinyl) => Buffer | PromiseLike<Buffer>
 ): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
 
 /**
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function gulpTransform(
  */
 function gulpTransform(
     options: { encoding: gulpTransform.Encoding, thisArg?: any },
-    callback: (contents: string, file: File) => string | PromiseLike<string>
+    callback: (contents: string, file: Vinyl) => string | PromiseLike<string>
 ): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
 
 /**
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function gulpTransform(
  */
 function gulpTransform(
     options: { encoding?: null, thisArg?: any },
-    callback: (contents: Buffer, file: File) => Buffer | PromiseLike<Buffer>
+    callback: (contents: Buffer, file: Vinyl) => Buffer | PromiseLike<Buffer>
 ): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
 
 /**
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function gulpTransform(
  * @return           Returns a Gulp plugin stream.
  */
 function gulpTransform(
-    callback: (contents: Buffer, file: File) => Buffer | PromiseLike<Buffer>
+    callback: (contents: Buffer, file: Vinyl) => Buffer | PromiseLike<Buffer>
 ): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
 
 function gulpTransform(arg0: any, arg1?: any): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream {