diff --git a/lib/api/attributes.js b/lib/api/attributes.js
index fd628aa33d..32962c0a79 100644
--- a/lib/api/attributes.js
+++ b/lib/api/attributes.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var _ = require('underscore'),
+var _ = require('lodash'),
   utils = require('../utils'),
   isTag = utils.isTag,
   domEach = utils.domEach,
diff --git a/lib/api/css.js b/lib/api/css.js
index 09e9870620..ac64f53cad 100644
--- a/lib/api/css.js
+++ b/lib/api/css.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var _ = require('underscore');
+var _ = require('lodash');
 var toString = Object.prototype.toString;
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/api/manipulation.js b/lib/api/manipulation.js
index d6a81a02f2..dfd3237bc5 100644
--- a/lib/api/manipulation.js
+++ b/lib/api/manipulation.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var _ = require('underscore'),
+var _ = require('lodash'),
     parse = require('../parse'),
     $ = require('../static'),
     updateDOM = parse.update,
diff --git a/lib/api/traversing.js b/lib/api/traversing.js
index 56e60603e6..39a421c6c6 100644
--- a/lib/api/traversing.js
+++ b/lib/api/traversing.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var _ = require('underscore'),
+var _ = require('lodash'),
     select = require('CSSselect'),
     utils = require('../utils'),
     domEach = utils.domEach,
diff --git a/lib/cheerio.js b/lib/cheerio.js
index 09d9c5f11c..7577f2e9e4 100644
--- a/lib/cheerio.js
+++ b/lib/cheerio.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 var path = require('path'),
     parse = require('./parse'),
     evaluate = parse.evaluate,
-    _ = require('underscore');
+    _ = require('lodash');
 
 /*
  * The API
diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index fbc2639326..8943fb96a0 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   Module Dependencies
 */
 var htmlparser = require('htmlparser2'),
-    _ = require('underscore'),
+    _ = require('lodash'),
     utils = require('./utils'),
     decode = utils.decode,
     isTag = utils.isTag,
diff --git a/lib/render.js b/lib/render.js
index df0a43a31b..86fb3d6f6e 100644
--- a/lib/render.js
+++ b/lib/render.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
   Module dependencies
 */
-var _ = require('underscore');
+var _ = require('lodash');
 var utils = require('./utils');
 
 var encode = utils.encode;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64966e858e..708d8f57c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "htmlparser2": "~3.4.0",
-    "underscore": "1.5.2",
     "entities": "~0.5.0",
-    "CSSselect": "~0.4.0"
+    "CSSselect": "~0.4.0",
+    "lodash": "~2.4.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "*",
diff --git a/test/cheerio.js b/test/cheerio.js
index 35cb720c55..d5650f1cee 100644
--- a/test/cheerio.js
+++ b/test/cheerio.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var expect = require('expect.js'),
-    _ = require('underscore'),
+    _ = require('lodash'),
     $ = require('../'),
     fixtures = require('./fixtures'),
     fruits = fixtures.fruits,
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ describe('cheerio', function() {
     var $elems = $('.apple, #fruits', fruits);
     expect($elems).to.have.length(2);
 
-    var $apple = _($elems).filter(function(elem) {
+    var $apple = _.filter($elems, function(elem) {
       return elem.attribs['class'] === 'apple';
     });
-    var $fruits = _($elems).filter(function(elem) {
+    var $fruits = _.filter($elems, function(elem) {
       return elem.attribs.id === 'fruits';
     });
     testAppleSelect($apple);
diff --git a/test/xml.js b/test/xml.js
index d3a0bea6fb..0f9ce19926 100644
--- a/test/xml.js
+++ b/test/xml.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var expect = require('expect.js'),
-    _ = require('underscore'),
+    _ = require('lodash'),
     cheerio = require('../lib/cheerio');
 
 var xml = function(str, options) {