diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e318d1f..d921660 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
-  - '0.10'
+  - '4.0.0'
 after_script:
   - npm test
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6dc02d7..c99c097 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var through = require("through2"),
-	gutil = require("gulp-util"),
+	PluginError = require("plugin-error"),
 	Path = require("path"),
 	changeCase = require("change-case"),
 	colors = require("colors");
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
 	var out = [];
 	// if necessary check for required options(s), e.g. options hash, etc.
 	if (!options || !changeCase[options.caseName]) {
-		throw new gutil.PluginError("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", "No options supplied");
+		throw new PluginError("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", "No options supplied");
 	}
 
 	// parse src path
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
 
 			// accepting streams is optional
 			this.emit("error",
-				new gutil.PluginError("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", "Stream content is not supported"));
+				new PluginError("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", "Stream content is not supported"));
 			return callback();
 		}
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
 
 	return through.obj(checkFileNamingConvention, function(callback) {
 		if(out.length > 0) {
-			this.emit('error', new gutil.PluginError('gulp-check-file-naming-convention', out.join('\n\n'), {
+			this.emit('error', new PluginError('gulp-check-file-naming-convention', out.join('\n\n'), {
 				showStack: false
 			}));
 		}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1015abf..c25fde5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "through2": "*",
-    "gulp-util": "~2.2.0",
+    "plugin-error": "^1.0.1",
     "change-case": "*",
     "colors": "~1.0.3"
   },
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     "mocha-lcov-reporter": "*",
     "istanbul": "*",
     "event-stream": "*",
-    "should": "~2.1.0"
+    "should": "~2.1.0",
+    "vinyl": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.8.0",
diff --git a/test/main.js b/test/main.js
index 7258c3f..33126bb 100644
--- a/test/main.js
+++ b/test/main.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require("mocha");
 
 delete require.cache[require.resolve("../")];
 
-var gutil = require("gulp-util"),
+var File = require("vinyl"),
 	checkFileNamingConvention = require("../");
 
 describe("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", function () {
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ describe("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", function () {
 		stream.on('data', function () {});
 		stream.on("end", done);
 
-		stream.write(new gutil.File({
+		stream.write(new File({
 			path: "test/fixtures/camelCase/testSample.js",
 			cwd: "test/",
 			base: "test/fixtures",
 		}));
-		stream.write(new gutil.File({
+		stream.write(new File({
 			path: "test/fixtures/camelCase/test.js",
 			cwd: "test/",
 			base: "test/fixtures",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", function () {
 		stream.on('data', function () {});
 		stream.on("end", done);
 
-		stream.write(new gutil.File({
+		stream.write(new File({
 			path: "test/fixtures/paramCase/test-sample.js",
 			cwd: "test/",
 			base: "test/fixtures",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", function () {
 			done();
 		});
 
-		stream.write(new gutil.File({
+		stream.write(new File({
 			path: "test/fixtures/paramCase/testSample.js",
 			cwd: "test/",
 			base: "test/fixtures",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe("gulp-check-file-naming-convention", function () {
 		stream.end();
 	});
 	it("should error on stream", function (done) {
-		var srcFile = new gutil.File({
+		var srcFile = new File({
 			path: "test/fixtures/hello.txt",
 			cwd: "test/",
 			base: "test/fixtures",