diff --git a/Subscriber/KnpPaginateQuerySubscriber.php b/Subscriber/KnpPaginateQuerySubscriber.php
index 113864b..dd1e3c8 100644
--- a/Subscriber/KnpPaginateQuerySubscriber.php
+++ b/Subscriber/KnpPaginateQuerySubscriber.php
@@ -88,19 +88,13 @@ protected function getSorting(ItemsEvent $event)
         $sortField = null;
         $sortDirection = 'asc';
 
-        $request = $this->requestStack->getCurrentRequest();
-        if ($request instanceof Request) {
-            $sortField = $request->get($event->options['sortFieldParameterName']);
-            $sortDirection = $request->get($event->options['sortDirectionParameterName'], 'desc');
-            $sortDirection = strtolower($sortDirection) === 'desc' ? 'desc' : 'asc';
+        if (isset($_GET[$event->options['sortFieldParameterName']])) {
+            $sortField = $_GET[$event->options['sortFieldParameterName']];
+            $sortDirection = isset($_GET[$event->options['sortDirectionParameterName']]) && strtolower($_GET[$event->options['sortDirectionParameterName']]) === 'desc' ? 'desc' : 'asc';
 
-            if ($sortField) {
-                // check if the requested sort field is in the sort whitelist
-                if (isset($event->options['sortFieldWhitelist']) && !in_array($sortField, $event->options['sortFieldWhitelist'])) {
-                    throw new \UnexpectedValueException(
-                        sprintf('Cannot sort by [%s] as it is not in the whitelist', $sortField)
-                    );
-                }
+            // check if the requested sort field is in the sort whitelist
+            if (isset($event->options['sortFieldWhitelist']) && !in_array($sortField, $event->options['sortFieldWhitelist'])) {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('Cannot sort by [%s] as it is not in the whitelist', $sortField));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ecdd46f..799d0a5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         "symfony/browser-kit": "^3.4 || ^4.0",
 
         "monolog/monolog": "^1.0",
-        "knplabs/knp-paginator-bundle": "^4.0",
+        "knplabs/knp-paginator-bundle": "^2.7",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.0",
         "php-coveralls/php-coveralls": "^2.1",
         "escapestudios/symfony2-coding-standard": "^3.0",