diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c7ef8c..54d93c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     "datastore-core": "^0.4.0",
     "interface-datastore": "^0.4.2",
     "pull-defer": "^0.2.2",
-    "pull-stream": "^3.6.7"
+    "pull-stream": "^3.6.7",
+    "upath": "^1.0.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "aegir": "^13.0.6",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index bf1aa47..1e60f2e 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 /* :: import type {Batch, Query, QueryResult, Callback} from 'interface-datastore' */
 const assert = require('assert')
-const path = require('path')
+const path = require('upath')
 const setImmediate = require('async/setImmediate')
 const each = require('async/each')
 const waterfall = require('async/series')