diff --git a/lib/youtube-dl.js b/lib/youtube-dl.js
index 98c52f9..4c69c7c 100644
--- a/lib/youtube-dl.js
+++ b/lib/youtube-dl.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { execFile } = require('child_process')
+const universalify = require('universalify')
 const streamify = require('streamify')
 const request = require('request')
 const hms = require('hh-mm-ss')
@@ -17,20 +17,13 @@ const {
 
 let ytdlBinary = require('./get-binary')()
 
-const TEN_MEGABYTES = 1000 * 1000 * 10
-
-const execFileOpts = { maxBuffer: TEN_MEGABYTES }
+const execa = universalify.fromPromise(require('execa'))
 
 function youtubeDl (args, options, cb) {
-  return execFile(
-    ytdlBinary,
-    args,
-    { ...execFileOpts, ...options },
-    function done (err, stdout, stderr) {
-      if (err) return cb(err)
-      return cb(null, stdout.trim().split(/\r?\n/))
-    }
-  )
+  return execa(ytdlBinary, args, options, function done (err, output) {
+    if (err) return cb(err)
+    return cb(null, output.stdout.trim().split(/\r?\n/))
+  })
 }
 
 /**
@@ -54,7 +47,12 @@ function processData (data, options, stream) {
     headers.Range = 'bytes=' + options.start + '-' + options.end
   }
 
-  const req = request({ url: item.url, headers: headers, ecdhCurve: 'auto', timeout: 30000 })
+  const req = request({
+    url: item.url,
+    headers: headers,
+    ecdhCurve: 'auto',
+    timeout: 30000
+  })
 
   req.on('response', function response (res) {
     const size = parseInt(res.headers['content-length'], 10)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa55533..fb0704c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -159,10 +159,12 @@
     "youtube"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
+    "execa": "~3.2.0",
     "hh-mm-ss": "~1.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.1",
     "request": "~2.88.0",
-    "streamify": "~0.2.9"
+    "streamify": "~0.2.9",
+    "universalify": "~0.1.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "latest",