diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 8e3c673..0075e98 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const util = require('util')
 const crypto = require('crypto')
 const { Module } = require('module')
 const path = require('path')
-const read = util.promisify(require('read'))
+const read = require('read')
 
 const files = {}
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9aa0bf5..2e4dfcc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "type": "git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "read": "^1.0.0"
+    "read": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^4.0.0",