diff --git a/lib/bot.js b/lib/bot.js
index db91530..70c1f6a 100644
--- a/lib/bot.js
+++ b/lib/bot.js
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-var CLIENT_EVENTS = require('slack-client').CLIENT_EVENTS;
-var RTM_EVENTS = require('slack-client').RTM_EVENTS;
-var RTM_CLIENT_EVENTS = require('slack-client').CLIENT_EVENTS.RTM;
-var RtmClient = require('slack-client').RtmClient;
-var MemoryDataStore = require('slack-client').MemoryDataStore;
-var Auth = require('./auth');
+var RtmClient = require('@slack/client').RTMClient;
+var WebClient = require('@slack/client').WebClient;
 var winston = require('winston');
 var Promise = require('bluebird');
 var Natural = require('natural');
@@ -53,12 +49,12 @@ function OpkitBot(name, cmds, persister, params) {
 	this.oneoffHandlers = [];
 	this.logLevel = params.logLevel;
 	this.token = params.token;
-	this.dataStore = new MemoryDataStore();
 	if (this.logLevel === 'DEBUG'){
-		this.rtm = new RtmClient(this.token, {dataStore : self.dataStore, logLevel : 'debug'});
+		this.rtm = new RtmClient(this.token, {useRtmConnect: true, dataStore : false, logLevel : 'debug'});
 	} else {
-		this.rtm = new RtmClient(this.token, {dataStore : self.dataStore});		
+		this.rtm = new RtmClient(this.token, {useRtmConnect: true, dataStore : false});
 	}
+	this.web = new WebClient(this.token);
 	if (this.logLevel === 'TEST'){
 		winston.log = function () {};
 	}
@@ -317,8 +313,8 @@ function OpkitBot(name, cmds, persister, params) {
 		});
 	};	
 
-	this.rtm.on(CLIENT_EVENTS.RTM.AUTHENTICATED);
-	this.rtm.on(RTM_EVENTS.MESSAGE, this.onEventsMessage);
+	// this.rtm.on('authenticated');
+	this.rtm.on('message', this.onEventsMessage);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f13f993..8b2ae0c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "sinon-as-promised": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@slack/client": "^5.0.2",
     "aws-promised": "^2.13.0",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.3.10",
     "bluebird": "^3.4.0",
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@
     "natural": "^0.5.0",
     "pg-promise": "^4.8.1",
     "redis": "^2.6.2",
-    "slack-client": "^2.0.6",
     "url-parse": "^1.1.1",
     "winston": "^2.2.0"
   }