diff --git a/packages/embed-plugin-url/package.json b/packages/embed-plugin-url/package.json
index d9d9dfa..0558025 100644
--- a/packages/embed-plugin-url/package.json
+++ b/packages/embed-plugin-url/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ritz078/embed.js#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "html-linkify": "1.2.2",
-    "just-extend": "1.1.27"
+    "just-extend": "1.1.27",
+    "linkifyjs": "^2.1.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/embed-plugin-url/src/index.js b/packages/embed-plugin-url/src/index.js
index e529d90..b91184e 100644
--- a/packages/embed-plugin-url/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/embed-plugin-url/src/index.js
@@ -1,22 +1,17 @@
 import extend from "just-extend"
-import linkify from "html-linkify"
+import linkify from 'linkifyjs/string'
 
 const id = "url"
 
 export default function url(opts) {
-  const defaultOptions = {
-    attributes: {},
+  const defaultOptions = { }
 
-    // setting this to true will mess up characters like "
-    escape: false
-  }
-
-  const { attributes, escape } = extend({}, defaultOptions, opts)
+	const defaults = extend({}, defaultOptions, opts)
   return {
     id,
     async transform(options) {
       return extend({}, options, {
-        result: linkify(options.result, { attributes, escape })
+        result: linkify(options.result, defaults)
       })
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/index.test.js b/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/index.test.js
index 6fe3364..7eff95a 100644
--- a/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/index.test.js
+++ b/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/index.test.js
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ test("Plugin: url - should convert URL into anchor", async t => {
 
 test("Plugin: url - should include attributes in URL", async t => {
   const { result } = await url({
-    attributes: {
-      target: "_blank"
-    }
+		attributes: {
+			rel: 'nofollow'
+		}
   }).transform({
     result: "hello https://world.com"
   })
diff --git a/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/snapshots/index.test.js.md b/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/snapshots/index.test.js.md
index 1681a16..c4db303 100644
--- a/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/snapshots/index.test.js.md
+++ b/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/snapshots/index.test.js.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Snapshot report for `packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/index.test.js`
+# Snapshot report for `packages\embed-plugin-url\tests\index.test.js`
 
 The actual snapshot is saved in `index.test.js.snap`.
 
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://ava.li).
 
 > Snapshot 1
 
-    '<a href="https://a.com">https://a.com</a>'
+    '<a href="https://a.com" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://a.com</a>'
 
 ## Plugin: url - should include attributes in URL
 
 > Snapshot 1
 
-    'hello <a href="https://world.com" target="_blank">https://world.com</a>'
+    'hello <a href="https://world.com" class="linkified" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://world.com</a>'
diff --git a/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/snapshots/index.test.js.snap b/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/snapshots/index.test.js.snap
index 000412f..aa08370 100644
Binary files a/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/snapshots/index.test.js.snap and b/packages/embed-plugin-url/tests/snapshots/index.test.js.snap differ