diff --git a/lib/get-message.js b/lib/get-message.js
index b7e71045..6e751256 100644
--- a/lib/get-message.js
+++ b/lib/get-message.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const template = require('es6-template-strings')
+const _ = require('lodash')
 
 module.exports = async function (commitMessages, key, values) {
   if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(commitMessages, key)) {
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ module.exports = async function (commitMessages, key, values) {
 
   const templateValues = Object.assign({}, values)
 
-  return template(commitMessages[key], templateValues)
+  return _.template(commitMessages[key])(templateValues)
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0e5199f3..2acb390e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "catbox-memory": "^2.0.4",
     "couchdb-bootstrap": "^1.14.0",
     "envalid": "^4.0.1",
-    "es6-template-strings": "^2.0.1",
     "escape-string-regexp": "^1.0.5",
     "github-url-from-git": "^1.4.0",
     "gk-log": "1.2.0",