diff --git a/assert.js b/assert.js
index 22897d3..95dd5b2 100644
--- a/assert.js
+++ b/assert.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 // when used in node, this will actually load the util module we depend on
 // versus loading the builtin util module as happens otherwise
 // this is a bug in node module loading as far as I am concerned
-var util = require('./node_modules/util');
+var util = require('util/');
 
 var pSlice = Array.prototype.slice;