diff --git a/lib/connection/connection_config.js b/lib/connection/connection_config.js
index 526f95a74..d8b3d459a 100644
--- a/lib/connection/connection_config.js
+++ b/lib/connection/connection_config.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const ErrorCodes = Errors.codes;
 const NativeTypes = require('./result/data_types').NativeTypes;
 const GlobalConfig = require('../global_config');
 const authenticationTypes = require('../authentication/authentication').authenticationTypes;
-const stringSimilarity = require("string-similarity");
+const levenshtein = require('fastest-levenshtein');
 const RowMode = require('./../constants/row_mode');
 const WAIT_FOR_BROWSER_ACTION_TIMEOUT = 120000;
 const DEFAULT_PARAMS =
@@ -484,12 +484,9 @@ function ConnectionConfig(options, validateCredentials, qaMode, clientInfo)
     {
       if (!DEFAULT_PARAMS.includes(key))
       {
-        var matches = stringSimilarity.findBestMatch(key, DEFAULT_PARAMS);
+        const result = levenshtein.closest(key, DEFAULT_PARAMS);
         console.error(`"${key}" is an unknown connection parameter`);
-        if (matches.bestMatchIndex > 0)
-        {
-          console.error(`Did you mean "${matches.bestMatch.target}"`);
-        }
+        console.error(`Did you mean "${result}"`);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ca97385cc..cd9762626 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "expand-tilde": "^2.0.2",
     "extend": "^3.0.2",
     "fast-xml-parser": "^4.2.5",
+    "fastest-levenshtein": "^1.0.16",
     "generic-pool": "^3.8.2",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
     "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
     "open": "^7.3.1",
     "python-struct": "^1.1.3",
     "simple-lru-cache": "^0.0.2",
-    "string-similarity": "^4.0.4",
     "tmp": "^0.2.1",
     "uuid": "^8.3.2",
     "winston": "^3.1.0"