diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 81f294b00..461b0fc6c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
+	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 051f6ac67..5071480a6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20240827171923-fa2c70bbbfe5/go.mod h1:vavhavw2zAx
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 h1:K317FqzuhWc8YvSVlFMCCUb36O/S9MCKRDI7QkRKD/E=
+github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0/go.mod h1:h+uFLlag+Qp1Va5pdKtLDYj+kHp5pxUVkryuEj+Srlc=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
diff --git a/pkg/crd/spec.go b/pkg/crd/spec.go
index 5fd246c3f..fb543d077 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/spec.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/gobuffalo/flect"
+	"github.com/jinzhu/inflection"
 
 	apiext "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (p *Parser) NeedCRDFor(groupKind schema.GroupKind, maxDescLen *int) {
 		packages = append(packages, pkg)
 	}
 
-	defaultPlural := strings.ToLower(flect.Pluralize(groupKind.Kind))
+	defaultPlural := strings.ToLower(inflection.Plural(groupKind.Kind))
 	crd := apiext.CustomResourceDefinition{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			APIVersion: apiext.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
diff --git a/pkg/typescaffold/resource.go b/pkg/typescaffold/resource.go
index 7024a7c8a..5d0ba8eb9 100644
--- a/pkg/typescaffold/resource.go
+++ b/pkg/typescaffold/resource.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gobuffalo/flect"
+	"github.com/jinzhu/inflection"
 )
 
 // Resource contains the information required to scaffold files for a resource.
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ func (r *Resource) Validate() error {
 	}
 
 	if len(r.Resource) == 0 {
-		r.Resource = flect.Pluralize(strings.ToLower(r.Kind))
+		r.Resource = inflection.Plural(strings.ToLower(r.Kind))
 	}
 
 	if r.Kind != flect.Pascalize(r.Kind) {