diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f9111b0..6343421 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0
-	github.com/antzucaro/matchr v0.0.0-20210222213004-b04723ef80f0
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.1
+	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index afac06b..0d18f8c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0 h1:ksErzDEI1khOiGPgpwuI7x2ebx/uXQNw7xJpn9Eq1+I=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
-github.com/antzucaro/matchr v0.0.0-20180616170659-cbc221335f3c h1:CucViv7orgFBMkehuFFdkCVF5ERovbkRRyhvaYaHu/k=
-github.com/antzucaro/matchr v0.0.0-20180616170659-cbc221335f3c/go.mod h1:bV/CkX4+ANGDaBwbHkt9kK287al/i9BsB18PRBvyqYo=
-github.com/antzucaro/matchr v0.0.0-20210222213004-b04723ef80f0 h1:R/qAiUxFT3mNgQaNqJe0IVznjKRNm23ohAIh9lgtlzc=
-github.com/antzucaro/matchr v0.0.0-20210222213004-b04723ef80f0/go.mod h1:v3ZDlfVAL1OrkKHbGSFFK60k0/7hruHPDq2XMs9Gu6U=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.1 h1:r/myEWzV9lfsM1tFLgDyu0atFtJ1fXn261LKYj/3DxU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0 h1:PdmoCO6wvbs+7yrJyMORt4/BmY5IYyJwS/kOiWx8mHo=
-github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v1.0.0/go.mod h1:1NzhyTcUVG4SuEtjjoZeVRXNmyL/1OwPU0+IJeTBvfc=
+github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673 h1:bAn7/zixMGCfxrRTfdpNzjtPYqr8smhKouy9mxVdGPU=
+github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20201216005158-039620a65673/go.mod h1:N3UwUGtsrSj3ccvlPHLoLsHnpR27oXr4ZE984MbSER8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 h1:olpwvP2KacW1ZWvsR7uQhoyTYvKAupfQrRGBFM352Gk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e h1:FDhOuMEY4JVRztM/gsbk+IKUQ8kj74bxZrgw87eMMVc=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
diff --git a/suggestions.go b/suggestions.go
index 65bb3cf..87fa905 100644
--- a/suggestions.go
+++ b/suggestions.go
@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/antzucaro/matchr"
+	"github.com/xrash/smetrics"
 )
 
+func jaroWinkler(a, b string) float64 {
+	// magic values are from https://github.com/xrash/smetrics/blob/039620a656736e6ad994090895784a7af15e0b80/jaro-winkler.go#L8
+	const (
+		boostThreshold = 0.7
+		prefixSize     = 4
+	)
+	return smetrics.JaroWinkler(a, b, boostThreshold, prefixSize)
+}
+
 func suggestFlag(flags []Flag, provided string, hideHelp bool) string {
 	distance := 0.0
 	suggestion := ""
@@ -16,7 +25,7 @@ func suggestFlag(flags []Flag, provided string, hideHelp bool) string {
 			flagNames = append(flagNames, HelpFlag.Names()...)
 		}
 		for _, name := range flagNames {
-			newDistance := matchr.JaroWinkler(name, provided, true)
+			newDistance := jaroWinkler(name, provided)
 			if newDistance > distance {
 				distance = newDistance
 				suggestion = name
@@ -39,7 +48,7 @@ func suggestCommand(commands []*Command, provided string) (suggestion string) {
 	distance := 0.0
 	for _, command := range commands {
 		for _, name := range append(command.Names(), helpName, helpAlias) {
-			newDistance := matchr.JaroWinkler(name, provided, true)
+			newDistance := jaroWinkler(name, provided)
 			if newDistance > distance {
 				distance = newDistance
 				suggestion = name