diff --git a/minimatch.js b/minimatch.js
index 71c96a1f..9e8917a4 100644
--- a/minimatch.js
+++ b/minimatch.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Minimatch {
       negateOffset++
     }
 
-    if (negateOffset) this.pattern = pattern.substr(negateOffset)
+    if (negateOffset) this.pattern = pattern.slice(negateOffset)
     this.negate = negate
   }
 
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ class Minimatch {
           } catch (er) {
             // not a valid class!
             sp = this.parse(cs, SUBPARSE)
-            re = re.substr(0, reClassStart) + '\\[' + sp[0] + '\\]'
+            re = re.substring(0, reClassStart) + '\\[' + sp[0] + '\\]'
             hasMagic = hasMagic || sp[1]
             inClass = false
             continue
@@ -652,9 +652,9 @@ class Minimatch {
       // this is a huge pita.  We now have to re-walk
       // the contents of the would-be class to re-translate
       // any characters that were passed through as-is
-      cs = pattern.substr(classStart + 1)
+      cs = pattern.slice(classStart + 1)
       sp = this.parse(cs, SUBPARSE)
-      re = re.substr(0, reClassStart) + '\\[' + sp[0]
+      re = re.substring(0, reClassStart) + '\\[' + sp[0]
       hasMagic = hasMagic || sp[1]
     }
 
diff --git a/test/escaping.js b/test/escaping.js
index 66c4012b..86f05c99 100644
--- a/test/escaping.js
+++ b/test/escaping.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var pre = 'x'  // prepended to the testable character
 var post = 'y' // appended to the testable character
 
 function escapeChar (cc) {
-  return '"\\u' + ('000' + cc.toString(16).toUpperCase()).substr(-4) + '"'
+  return '"\\u' + ('000' + cc.toString(16).toUpperCase()).slice(-4) + '"'
 }
 
 tap.test('escaping tests', function (t) {