diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
index fea607b..1f10267 100644
--- a/lib/logger.js
+++ b/lib/logger.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var Logger = function (config) {
     this.util = require('util');
   } else {
     if (this.backend == 'syslog') {
-      this.util = require('node-syslog');
+      this.util = require('modern-syslog');
       this.util.init(config.application || 'statsd', this.util.LOG_PID | this.util.LOG_ODELAY, this.util.LOG_LOCAL0);
     } else {
       throw "Logger: Should be 'stdout' or 'syslog'.";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 793c717..6023aa7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "temp": "0.4.x"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "node-syslog":"1.2.0",
+    "modern-syslog":"1.1.2",
     "hashring":"3.2.0",
     "winser": "=0.1.6"
   },