diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc66dc8..7b95c3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ options:
 * `dot`: enables watching files/directories that start with a dot.
 * `ignored`: a glob, regex, function, or array of any combination.
 
-For the glob pattern documentation, see [minimatch](https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch).
+For the glob pattern documentation, see [micromatch](https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch).
 If you choose to use `watchman` you'll have to [install watchman yourself](https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html)).
 For the ignored options, see [anymatch](https://github.com/es128/anymatch).
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4690e74..516bc1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
   "author": "amasad",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "anymatch": "^1.3.0",
+    "anymatch": "^2.0.0",
     "exec-sh": "^0.2.0",
     "fb-watchman": "^2.0.0",
-    "minimatch": "^3.0.2",
+    "micromatch": "^3.1.4",
     "minimist": "^1.1.1",
     "walker": "~1.0.5",
     "watch": "~0.18.0"
diff --git a/src/common.js b/src/common.js
index 899b88c..e1cbb0a 100644
--- a/src/common.js
+++ b/src/common.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 var walker = require('walker');
 var anymatch = require('anymatch');
-var minimatch = require('minimatch');
+var micromatch = require('micromatch');
 var path = require('path');
 var platform = require('os').platform();
 
@@ -59,23 +59,12 @@ exports.assignOptions = function(watcher, opts) {
  */
 
 exports.isFileIncluded = function(globs, dot, doIgnore, relativePath) {
-  var matched;
-  if (globs.length) {
-    for (var i = 0; i < globs.length; i++) {
-      if (
-        minimatch(relativePath, globs[i], { dot: dot }) &&
-        !doIgnore(relativePath)
-      ) {
-        matched = true;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    // Make sure we honor the dot option if even we're not using globs.
-    matched =
-      (dot || minimatch(relativePath, '**/*')) && !doIgnore(relativePath);
+  if (doIgnore(relativePath)) {
+    return false;
   }
-  return matched;
+  return globs.length
+    ? micromatch.some(relativePath, globs, { dot: dot })
+    : dot || micromatch.some(relativePath, '**/*');
 };
 
 /**