diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b82001b..b087668 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 var fs = require('fs'),
     path = require('path'),
     es = require('event-stream'),
-    gutil = require('gulp-util'),
+    PluginError = require('plugin-error'),
+    colors = require('ansi-colors'),
     glob = require('glob'),
     applySourceMap = require('vinyl-sourcemaps-apply'),
     stripBom = require('strip-bom');
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = function (params) {
     }
 
     if (file.isStream()) {
-      throw new gutil.PluginError('gulp-include', 'stream not supported');
+      throw new PluginError('gulp-include', 'stream not supported');
     }
 
     if (file.isBuffer()) {
@@ -281,11 +282,11 @@ module.exports = function (params) {
 
   function fileNotFoundError(includePath) {
     if (hardFail) {
-      throw new gutil.PluginError('gulp-include', 'No files found matching ' + includePath);
+      throw new PluginError('gulp-include', 'No files found matching ' + includePath);
     }else{
       console.warn(
-        gutil.colors.yellow('WARN: ') +
-        gutil.colors.cyan('gulp-include') +
+        colors.yellow('WARN: ') +
+        colors.cyan('gulp-include') +
         ' - no files found matching ' + includePath
       );
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 475be89..c416b41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "~3.3.4",
+    "gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.1.4",
     "mocha": "~1.17.0",
     "should": "~2.1.1",
-    "gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.1.4",
-    "stream-assert": "^2.0.1"
+    "stream-assert": "^2.0.1",
+    "vinyl": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "ansi-colors": "^1.0.1",
     "event-stream": "~3.1.0",
     "glob": "^5.0.12",
-    "gulp-util": "~2.2.10",
+    "plugin-error": "^0.1.2",
     "source-map": "^0.5.1",
     "strip-bom": "^2.0.0",
     "vinyl-sourcemaps-apply": "^0.2.0"
diff --git a/test/main.js b/test/main.js
index 323d65f..926ff8a 100644
--- a/test/main.js
+++ b/test/main.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var gutil = require("gulp-util"),
+var Vinyl = require('vinyl'),
     should = require("should"),
     include = require("../index"),
     fs = require("fs"),
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var gutil = require("gulp-util"),
 describe("gulp-include", function () {
   describe("File including", function () {
     it("should replace special comments with file contents", function (done) {
-      var file = new gutil.File({
+      var file = new Vinyl({
         base: "test/fixtures/",
         path: "test/fixtures/js/basic-include.js",
         contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/basic-include.js")
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
     });
 
     it("should keep whitespace when including", function (done) {
-      var file = new gutil.File({
+      var file = new Vinyl({
         base: "test/fixtures/",
         path: "test/fixtures/js/whitespace.js",
         contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/whitespace.js")
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
     });
 
     it("should include complex folder trees", function (done) {
-      var file = new gutil.File({
+      var file = new Vinyl({
         base: "test/fixtures/",
         path: "test/fixtures/js/include-trees.js",
         contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/include-trees.js")
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
   })
 
   it("should not REQUIRE a file twice", function (done) {
-    var file = new gutil.File({
+    var file = new Vinyl({
       base: "test/fixtures/",
       path: "test/fixtures/js/big-dummy-project-file.js",
       contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/big-dummy-project-file.js")
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
   });
 
   it("should pull files recursively", function (done) {
-    var file = new gutil.File({
+    var file = new Vinyl({
       base: "test/fixtures/",
       path: "test/fixtures/js/recursive.js",
       contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/recursive.js")
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
   });
 
   it("should only include files with the set extensions, if provided", function (done) {
-    var file = new gutil.File({
+    var file = new Vinyl({
       base: "test/fixtures/",
       path: "test/fixtures/js/options-extensions.js",
       contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/options-extensions.js")
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
   });
 
   it("should work with html-comments", function(done) {
-    var file = new gutil.File({
+    var file = new Vinyl({
       base: "test/fixtures/",
       path: "test/fixtures/html/basic-include.html",
       contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/html/basic-include.html")
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
   });
 
   it('should strip unicode byte order marks from included files', function (done) {
-    var file = new gutil.File({
+    var file = new Vinyl({
       base: "test/fixtures/",
       path: "test/fixtures/html/basic-include-with-unicode-BOM.html",
       contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/html/basic-include-with-unicode-BOM.html")
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
   })
 
   it("should include from set includePaths", function(done) {
-    var file = new gutil.File({
+    var file = new Vinyl({
       base: "test/fixtures/",
       path: "test/fixtures/js/include-path.js",
       contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/include-path.js")
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
   })
 
   it("should throw an error if no match is found with hardFail: true", function(done) {
-    var file = new gutil.File({
+    var file = new Vinyl({
       base: "test/fixtures/",
       path: "test/fixtures/js/include-fail.js",
       contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/include-fail.js")
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ describe("gulp-include", function () {
   })
 
   it("should not throw an error if no match is found with hardFail: false", function(done) {
-    var file = new gutil.File({
+    var file = new Vinyl({
       base: "test/fixtures/",
       path: "test/fixtures/js/include-fail.js",
       contents: fs.readFileSync("test/fixtures/js/include-fail.js")