diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index b6bc5be..0d77389 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 name = "StaticGraphs"
 uuid = "4c8beaf5-199b-59a0-a7f2-21d17de635b6"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 
 [deps]
+Graphs = "86223c79-3864-5bf0-83f7-82e725a168b6"
 JLD2 = "033835bb-8acc-5ee8-8aae-3f567f8a3819"
-LightGraphs = "093fc24a-ae57-5d10-9952-331d41423f4d"
 SparseArrays = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
 
 [compat]
-LightGraphs = "1"
-julia = "1"
+Graphs = "1.4"
 JLD2 = "0.1 - 0.4"
+julia = "1"
 
 [extras]
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49cc164..3a0292d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 [![codecov.io](http://codecov.io/github/JuliaGraphs/StaticGraphs.jl/coverage.svg?branch=master)](http://codecov.io/github/JuliaGraphs/StaticGraphs.jl?branch=master)
 
 Memory-efficient, performant graph structures optimized for large networks. 
-Uses [LightGraphs](https://github.com/JuliaGraphs/LightGraphs.jl).
+Uses [Graphs](https://github.com/JuliaGraphs/Graphs.jl).
 
 Note: adding/removing edges and vertices is not supported with this graph type.
diff --git a/src/StaticGraphs.jl b/src/StaticGraphs.jl
index 31c1454..eda5cb8 100644
--- a/src/StaticGraphs.jl
+++ b/src/StaticGraphs.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module StaticGraphs
 
-using LightGraphs
+using Graphs
 using JLD2
 using SparseArrays
 
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ import Base:
     convert, eltype, show, ==, Pair, Tuple, in, copy, length, issubset, zero, one,
     size, getindex, setindex!, length, IndexStyle
 
-import LightGraphs:
+import Graphs:
     _NI, AbstractEdge, AbstractEdgeIter,
     src, dst, edgetype, nv, ne, vertices, edges, is_directed,
     has_vertex, has_edge, inneighbors, outneighbors,
     indegree, outdegree, degree, insorted, squash,
     AbstractGraphFormat, loadgraph, savegraph, reverse
 
-import LightGraphs.SimpleGraphs: 
+import Graphs.SimpleGraphs: 
     AbstractSimpleGraph, 
     fadj, 
     badj,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ include("persistence.jl")
 const SGraph = StaticGraph
 const SDiGraph = StaticDiGraph
 
-const StaticEdgeIter{G} = LightGraphs.SimpleGraphs.SimpleEdgeIter{G}
+const StaticEdgeIter{G} = Graphs.SimpleGraphs.SimpleEdgeIter{G}
 
 eltype(::Type{StaticEdgeIter{StaticGraph{T, U}}}) where T where U = StaticGraphEdge{T}
 eltype(::Type{StaticEdgeIter{StaticDiGraph{T, U}}}) where T where U = StaticDiGraphEdge{T}
diff --git a/src/overrides.jl b/src/overrides.jl
index 3fe0eed..ec5f359 100644
--- a/src/overrides.jl
+++ b/src/overrides.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import LightGraphs.LinAlg: adjacency_matrix
-import LightGraphs: induced_subgraph
+import Graphs.LinAlg: adjacency_matrix
+import Graphs: induced_subgraph
 
 adjacency_matrix(g::StaticGraph{I,U}, T::DataType; dir = :out!) where I<:Integer where U<:Integer =
     SparseMatrixCSC{T,I}(nv(g), nv(g), g.f_ind, g.f_vec, ones(T, ne(g)*2))
diff --git a/src/staticdigraph.jl b/src/staticdigraph.jl
index 64c5dd6..7d8ed89 100644
--- a/src/staticdigraph.jl
+++ b/src/staticdigraph.jl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function StaticDiGraph(nvtx::I, f_sd::Vector{Tuple{T, T}}, b_sd::Vector{Tuple{T,
     return StaticDiGraph(nvtx, f_ss, f_ds, b_ss, b_ds)
 end
 
-function StaticDiGraph(g::LightGraphs.SimpleGraphs.SimpleDiGraph)
+function StaticDiGraph(g::Graphs.SimpleGraphs.SimpleDiGraph)
     ne(g) == 0 && return StaticDiGraph(nv(g), Array{Tuple{UInt8, UInt8},1}(), Array{Tuple{UInt8, UInt8},1}())
     f_sd = [Tuple(e) for e in edges(g)]
     b_sd = sort([Tuple(reverse(e)) for e in edges(g)])
diff --git a/src/staticgraph.jl b/src/staticgraph.jl
index 0d36b90..3338cd1 100644
--- a/src/staticgraph.jl
+++ b/src/staticgraph.jl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function StaticGraph(nvtx::I, sd::Vector{Tuple{T, T}}) where {T<:Integer, I<:Int
     return StaticGraph(nvtx, ss, ds)
 end
 
-function StaticGraph(g::LightGraphs.SimpleGraphs.SimpleGraph)
+function StaticGraph(g::Graphs.SimpleGraphs.SimpleGraph)
     ne(g) == 0 && return StaticGraph(nv(g), Array{Tuple{UInt8, UInt8},1}())
     sd1 = [Tuple(e) for e in edges(g)]
     ds1 = [Tuple(reverse(e)) for e in edges(g)]
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7f56167..d770e89 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using StaticGraphs
-using LightGraphs
-using LightGraphs.SimpleGraphs
+using Graphs
+using Graphs.SimpleGraphs
 using Test
 
 const testdir = dirname(@__FILE__)
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ const testdir = dirname(@__FILE__)
 
         # empty constructors
         @test nv(gempty) === 0x00
-        @test typeof(LightGraphs.nv(gempty)) == UInt8
-        @test length(LightGraphs.edges(gempty)) === 0x00
+        @test typeof(Graphs.nv(gempty)) == UInt8
+        @test length(Graphs.edges(gempty)) === 0x00
         @test nv(gdempty) === 0x00
-        @test length(LightGraphs.edges(gdempty)) === 0x00
+        @test length(Graphs.edges(gdempty)) === 0x00
 
     end # staticgraph