diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44081d91..d418c8fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "node-gyp-build": "~4.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "async": "^2.0.1",
+    "async-each": "^1.0.3",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.2",
     "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
     "delayed": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/test/compression-test.js b/test/compression-test.js
index 515296ab..873ffc8f 100644
--- a/test/compression-test.js
+++ b/test/compression-test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const async = require('async')
+const each = require('async-each')
 const du = require('du')
 const delayed = require('delayed')
 const testCommon = require('./common')
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ test('compression', function (t) {
     var db = testCommon.factory()
     db.open(function (err) {
       t.error(err)
-      async.forEach(
+      each(
         Array.apply(null, Array(multiples)).map(function (e, i) {
           return [ i, compressableData ]
         }), function (args, callback) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test('compression', function (t) {
     var db = testCommon.factory()
     db.open({ compression: false }, function (err) {
       t.error(err)
-      async.forEach(
+      each(
         Array.apply(null, Array(multiples)).map(function (e, i) {
           return [ i, compressableData ]
         }), function (args, callback) {