diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d470a97..798c90d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ httparse = "1.3.3"
 regex = "1.0.5"
 lazy_static = "1.1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.17"
-difference = "2.0"
+similar = "2.1"
+
 colored = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
 log = "0.4.6"
 assert-json-diff = "2.0.0"
diff --git a/src/diff.rs b/src/diff.rs
index ea70ff3..b1eab1d 100644
--- a/src/diff.rs
+++ b/src/diff.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "color")]
 use colored::*;
-use difference::{Changeset, Difference};
+use similar::{Change, ChangeTag, TextDiff};
 
 pub fn compare(expected: &str, actual: &str) -> String {
     let mut result = String::new();
@@ -8,62 +8,53 @@ pub fn compare(expected: &str, actual: &str) -> String {
     let clean_expected = expected.replace("\r\n", "\n");
     let clean_actual = actual.replace("\r\n", "\n");
 
-    let Changeset { diffs, .. } = Changeset::new(&clean_expected, &clean_actual, "\n");
-
-    for i in 0..diffs.len() {
-        match diffs[i] {
-            Difference::Same(ref x) => {
+    let mut last: Option<Change<_>> = None;
+    for diff in TextDiff::from_lines(&clean_expected, &clean_actual).iter_all_changes() {
+        let x = diff.value();
+        match diff.tag() {
+            ChangeTag::Equal => {
                 result.push_str(x);
-                result.push('\n');
             }
-            Difference::Add(ref x) => {
-                if let Difference::Rem(ref y) = diffs[i - 1] {
-                    let Changeset { diffs, .. } = Changeset::new(y, x, " ");
-                    for (i, change) in diffs.iter().enumerate() {
-                        match change {
-                            Difference::Same(ref z) => {
+            ChangeTag::Insert => {
+                if let Some((y, ChangeTag::Delete)) = last.map(|d| (d.value(), d.tag())) {
+                    for change in TextDiff::from_words(y, x).iter_all_changes() {
+                        match change.tag() {
+                            ChangeTag::Equal => {
+                                let z = change.value();
                                 #[cfg(feature = "color")]
                                 result.push_str(&z.green().to_string());
                                 #[cfg(not(feature = "color"))]
-                                result.push_str(&z);
-
-                                if i < diffs.len() - 1 {
-                                    result.push(' ');
-                                }
+                                result.push_str(z);
                             }
-                            Difference::Add(ref z) => {
+                            ChangeTag::Insert => {
+                                let z = change.value();
                                 #[cfg(feature = "color")]
                                 result.push_str(&z.white().on_green().to_string());
                                 #[cfg(not(feature = "color"))]
-                                result.push_str(&z);
-
-                                if i < diffs.len() - 1 {
-                                    result.push(' ');
-                                }
+                                result.push_str(z);
                             }
                             _ => (),
                         }
                     }
-                    result.push('\n');
                 } else {
                     #[cfg(feature = "color")]
                     result.push_str(&x.bright_green().to_string());
                     #[cfg(not(feature = "color"))]
-                    result.push_str(&x);
-
-                    result.push('\n');
+                    result.push_str(x);
                 }
             }
-            Difference::Rem(ref x) => {
+            ChangeTag::Delete => {
                 #[cfg(feature = "color")]
                 result.push_str(&x.red().to_string());
                 #[cfg(not(feature = "color"))]
-                result.push_str(&x);
-
-                result.push('\n');
+                result.push_str(x);
             }
         }
+
+        last = Some(diff);
     }
 
+    result.push('\n');
+
     result
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index a54a5be..9d02f73 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ fn test_assert_panics_with_too_many_requests() {
 
 #[test]
 #[should_panic(
-    expected = "\n> Expected 1 request(s) to:\n\r\nGET /hello\r\n\n...but received 0\n\n> The last unmatched request was:\n\r\nGET /bye\r\n\n> Difference:\n\n\u{1b}[31mGET /hello\u{1b}[0m\n\u{1b}[32mGET\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[42;37m/bye\u{1b}[0m\n\n\n"
+    expected = "\n> Expected 1 request(s) to:\n\r\nGET /hello\r\n\n...but received 0\n\n> The last unmatched request was:\n\r\nGET /bye\r\n\n> Difference:\n\n\u{1b}[31mGET /hello\n\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[32mGET\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[32m \u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[42;37m/bye\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[32m\n\u{1b}[0m\n\n"
 )]
 #[cfg(feature = "color")]
 fn test_assert_with_last_unmatched_request() {
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ fn test_assert_with_last_unmatched_request() {
 
 #[test]
 #[should_panic(
-    expected = "\n> Expected 1 request(s) to:\n\r\nGET /hello\r\n\n...but received 0\n\n> The last unmatched request was:\n\r\nGET /bye\r\nauthorization: 1234\r\naccept: text\r\n\n> Difference:\n\n\u{1b}[31mGET /hello\u{1b}[0m\n\u{1b}[32mGET\u{1b}[0m \u{1b}[42;37m/bye\nauthorization: 1234\naccept: text\u{1b}[0m\n\n\n"
+    expected = "\n> Expected 1 request(s) to:\n\r\nGET /hello\r\n\n...but received 0\n\n> The last unmatched request was:\n\r\nGET /bye\r\nauthorization: 1234\r\naccept: text\r\n\n> Difference:\n\n\u{1b}[31mGET /hello\n\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[32mGET\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[32m \u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[42;37m/bye\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[32m\n\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[92mauthorization: 1234\n\u{1b}[0m\u{1b}[92maccept: text\n\u{1b}[0m\n\n"
 )]
 #[cfg(feature = "color")]
 fn test_assert_with_last_unmatched_request_and_headers() {