diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8349bc1..7bc204e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/k0kubun/go-ansi v0.0.0-20180517002512-3bf9e2903213
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.14
 	github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.6.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2edf9eb..4abbd36 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ github.com/k0kubun/go-ansi v0.0.0-20180517002512-3bf9e2903213 h1:qGQQKEcAR99REcM
 github.com/k0kubun/go-ansi v0.0.0-20180517002512-3bf9e2903213/go.mod h1:vNUNkEQ1e29fT/6vq2aBdFsgNPmy8qMdSay1npru+Sw=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17 h1:BTarxUcIeDqL27Mc+vyvdWYSL28zpIhv3RoTdsLMPng=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.17/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
-github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.14 h1:+xnbZSEeDbOIg5/mE6JF0w6n9duR1l3/WmbinWVwUuU=
-github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.14/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db h1:62I3jR2EmQ4l5rM/4FEfDWcRD+abF5XlKShorW5LRoQ=
 github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db/go.mod h1:l0dey0ia/Uv7NcFFVbCLtqEBQbrT4OCwCSKTEv6enCw=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 h1:S1pD9weZBuJdFmowNwbpi7BJ8TNftyUImj/0WQi72jY=
-github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 h1:8TfxU8dW6PdqD27gjM8MVNuicgxIjxpm4K7x4jp8sis=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
diff --git a/progressbar.go b/progressbar.go
index 0463678..1e2866a 100644
--- a/progressbar.go
+++ b/progressbar.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/colorstring"
+	"github.com/rivo/uniseg"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
 
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ func getStringWidth(c config, str string, colorize bool) int {
 	// get the amount of runes in the string instead of the
 	// character count of the string, as some runes span multiple characters.
 	// see https://stackoverflow.com/a/12668840/2733724
-	stringWidth := runewidth.StringWidth(cleanString)
+	stringWidth := uniseg.StringWidth(cleanString)
 	return stringWidth
 }