diff --git a/.storybook/decorators/withLang.tsx b/.storybook/decorators/withLang.tsx
index d09d69f..71dde14 100644
--- a/.storybook/decorators/withLang.tsx
+++ b/.storybook/decorators/withLang.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import {Story as StoryType, StoryContext} from '@storybook/react';
-import {I18N} from '@yandex-cloud/i18n';
+
+import {setLang} from '../../src/utils';
 
 export function withLang(Story: StoryType, context: StoryContext) {
     const lang = context.globals.lang;
 
-    I18N.setDefaultLang(lang);
+    setLang(lang);
 
     return <Story key={lang} {...context} />;
 }
diff --git a/.storybook/preview.js b/.storybook/preview.js
index 4d9f0dc..cc2c6b8 100644
--- a/.storybook/preview.js
+++ b/.storybook/preview.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// @ts-check
 import '@yandex-cloud/uikit/styles/styles.scss';
 
 import {ThemeProvider, MobileProvider} from '@yandex-cloud/uikit';
@@ -7,9 +8,9 @@ import {CloudTheme} from './theme';
 import {withTheme} from './decorators/withTheme';
 import {withMobile} from './decorators/withMobile';
 import {withLang} from './decorators/withLang';
-import {I18N} from '../src/utils/i18n';
+import {setLang} from '../src/utils/i18n';
 
-I18N.setDefaultLang(I18N.LANGS.en);
+setLang('en');
 
 const withContextProvider = (Story, context) => {
     const theme = context.globals.theme;
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a926ae1..c851a99 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ interface DashKitProps {
 
 Before using `DashKit` as a react component, it must be configured.
 
+- setLang
+
+  Used for setting the language of DashKit provided ui elements. Currently the languages supported are: ru, en.
+
+  ```js
+  import {setLang} from '@yandex-cloud/dashkit';
+
+  setLang('en');
+  ```
+
 - DashKit.setSettings
 
   Used for global DashKit settings (such as margins between widgets, default widget sizes and widget overlay menu)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dae7981..339b46c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4874,9 +4874,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@yandex-cloud/i18n": {
-      "version": "0.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@yandex-cloud/i18n/-/i18n-0.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-AK5WEGsDedaHVZtT0rU8ueMnsMWJdzhIduHz/HkJMG0wnJOdH4H4Ux27v0Trwp2DsT5IyspS6PDiP5SHf3Tzpw==",
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@yandex-cloud/i18n/-/i18n-0.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pkv5onR/acLDf2yZuErj3pqpF+QRfrHEuQibypSzWwvlWPGxeguYyPmratDqAw2Ci2zf1ysXu3SxBkkcxYLiXQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "@yandex-cloud/prettier-config": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 704006f..8441ea3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@yandex-cloud/uikit": "^2.0.0",
-    "@yandex-cloud/i18n": "^0.4.0",
+    "@yandex-cloud/i18n": "^0.6.0",
     "bem-cn-lite": "^4.0.0",
     "react": "^16.0.0  || ^17.0.0"
   },
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.170",
     "@types/react": "^17.0.47",
     "@yandex-cloud/eslint-config": "^1.0.1",
-    "@yandex-cloud/i18n": "^0.4.0",
+    "@yandex-cloud/i18n": "^0.6.0",
     "@yandex-cloud/prettier-config": "^1.0.0",
     "@yandex-cloud/stylelint-config": "^1.1.1",
     "@yandex-cloud/tsconfig": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/i18n/index.ts b/src/i18n/index.ts
index c09a9b0..33dfe1e 100644
--- a/src/i18n/index.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-import {i18n, I18N} from '../utils';
+import {i18n, setLang} from '../utils';
 
 import en from './en.json';
 import ru from './ru.json';
 
+export type Lang = 'ru' | 'en';
+
 const COMPONENT = 'dashkit';
 
-i18n.registerKeyset(I18N.LANGS.en, COMPONENT, en);
-i18n.registerKeyset(I18N.LANGS.ru, COMPONENT, ru);
+i18n.registerKeyset('en', COMPONENT, en);
+i18n.registerKeyset('ru', COMPONENT, ru);
+
+setLang('en');
 
 export default i18n.keyset(COMPONENT);
diff --git a/src/utils/i18n.ts b/src/utils/i18n.ts
index f97180b..b39bd1e 100644
--- a/src/utils/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/utils/i18n.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 import {I18N} from '@yandex-cloud/i18n';
 
+import type {Lang} from '../i18n';
+export {Lang} from '../i18n';
+
 export const i18n = new I18N();
 
-export {I18N} from '@yandex-cloud/i18n';
+/**
+ * Preferred method to set language.
+ * @param lang
+ * @return {void}
+ */
+export const setLang = (lang: Lang) => {
+    i18n.setLang(lang);
+};