diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbfc3d5..62877da 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "@types/lodash": "*",
     "@types/node": "*",
     "@types/sinon": "*",
+    "sinon": "^9.0.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.13",
     "mock-stdin": "^1.0.0",
     "nock": "^13.3.3",
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@
     "http-call": "^5.2.3",
     "markdown-toc": "^1.2.0",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
-    "sinon": "^9.0.2",
     "ts-node": "^9.0.0",
     "tslib": "^2.6.2",
     "typescript": "4.4.3"
diff --git a/src/stub.ts b/src/stub.ts
index 3ff293e..975cada 100644
--- a/src/stub.ts
+++ b/src/stub.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,26 @@
-import * as _ from 'lodash'
+import * as sinon from 'sinon'
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line valid-jsdoc
 /**
  * mocks an object's property
  */
-export default function<T extends object, K extends keyof T> (object: T, path: K, value: () => T[K]) {
-  if (object === undefined || path === undefined) throw new Error('should not be undefined')
+export default function <T extends object, K extends keyof T> (
+  object: T,
+  path: K,
+  fn: (stub: sinon.SinonStub) => sinon.SinonStub,
+) {
+  if (object === undefined || path === undefined)
+    throw new Error('should not be undefined')
+
+  let stub: sinon.SinonStub
   return {
-    run(ctx: {stubs: any[]}) {
-      ctx.stubs = ctx.stubs || []
-      const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(object, path)
-      if (descriptor && descriptor.get) {
-        ctx.stubs.push(descriptor.get)
-        descriptor.get = value
-        Object.defineProperty(object, path, descriptor)
-      } else {
-        ctx.stubs.push(_.get(object, path))
-        _.set(object, path, value)
-      }
-    }, finally(ctx: {stubs: any[]}) {
-      const stub = ctx.stubs.pop()
-      const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(object, path)
-      if (descriptor && descriptor.get) {
-        descriptor.get = stub
-        Object.defineProperty(object, path, descriptor)
-      } else {
-        _.set(object, path, stub)
+    run(ctx: { sandbox: sinon.SinonSandbox }) {
+      if (!ctx.sandbox) {
+        ctx.sandbox = sinon.createSandbox()
       }
+      stub = fn(ctx.sandbox.stub(object, path))
+    },
+    finally() {
+      stub.restore()
     },
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/stub.test.ts b/test/stub.test.ts
index f985845..74857be 100644
--- a/test/stub.test.ts
+++ b/test/stub.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 // tslint:disable no-console
 
-import * as sinon from 'sinon'
-
 import {expect, fancy} from '../src'
 
 const os = require('os')
@@ -16,13 +14,13 @@ const mrGetter = {
 describe('stub', () => {
   // from readme
   fancy
-  .stub(os, 'platform', () => 'foobar')
+  .stub(os, 'platform', stub => stub.callsFake(() => 'foobar'))
   .end('sets os', () => {
     expect(os.platform()).to.equal('foobar')
   })
 
   fancy
-  .stub(os, 'platform', sinon.stub().returns('foobar'))
+  .stub(os, 'platform', stub => stub.callsFake(() => 'foobar'))
   .end('uses sinon', () => {
     expect(os.platform()).to.equal('foobar')
     expect(os.platform.called).to.equal(true)
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ describe('stub', () => {
 
   fancy
   .stdout()
-  .stub(mrGetter, 'foo', () => 2)
+  .stub(mrGetter, 'foo', stub => stub.get(() => 2))
   .end('resets getter', output => {
     console.log(mrGetter.foo)
     expect(output.stdout).to.equal('2\n')