diff --git a/lib/deserializer.js b/lib/deserializer.js
index 819356a..b463123 100644
--- a/lib/deserializer.js
+++ b/lib/deserializer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var sax           = require('sax')
+var expat          = require('node-expat')
   , dateFormatter = require('./date_formatter')
 
 var Deserializer = function(encoding) {
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ var Deserializer = function(encoding) {
   this.callback = null
   this.error = null
 
-  this.parser = sax.createStream()
-  this.parser.on('opentag',  this.onOpentag.bind(this))
-  this.parser.on('closetag', this.onClosetag.bind(this))
+  this.parser = new expat.Parser(
+    this.encoding === 'utf8' ?
+      'utf-8' :
+      this.encoding
+  )
+  this.parser.on('startElement',  this.onOpentag.bind(this))
+  this.parser.on('endElement', this.onClosetag.bind(this))
   this.parser.on('text',     this.onText.bind(this))
   this.parser.on('cdata',    this.onCDATA.bind(this))
   this.parser.on('end',      this.onDone.bind(this))
@@ -123,12 +127,14 @@ Deserializer.prototype.push = function(value) {
 // SAX Handlers
 //==============================================================================
 
-Deserializer.prototype.onOpentag = function(node) {
-  if (node.name === 'ARRAY' || node.name === 'STRUCT') {
+Deserializer.prototype.onOpentag = function(name) {
+  name = name.toUpperCase()
+
+  if (name === 'ARRAY' || name === 'STRUCT') {
     this.marks.push(this.stack.length)
   }
   this.data = []
-  this.value = (node.name === 'VALUE')
+  this.value = (name === 'VALUE')
 }
 
 Deserializer.prototype.onText = function(text) {
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ Deserializer.prototype.onCDATA = function(cdata) {
 Deserializer.prototype.onClosetag = function(el) {
   var data = this.data.join('')
   try {
-    switch(el) {
+    switch(el.toUpperCase()) {
       case 'BOOLEAN':
         this.endBoolean(data)
         break
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bea1d64..d3588a3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,35 +1,41 @@
-{ "name" : "xmlrpc"
-, "description" : "A pure JavaScript XML-RPC client and server."
-, "keywords" : [ "xml-rpc", "xmlrpc", "xml", "rpc" ]
-, "version" : "1.3.1"
-, "preferGlobal" : false
-, "homepage" : "https://github.com/baalexander/node-xmlrpc"
-, "author" : "Brandon Alexander <baalexander@gmail.com> (https://github.com/baalexander)"
-, "repository" : {
-    "type" : "git"
-  , "url" : "git://github.com/baalexander/node-xmlrpc.git"
-  }
-, "bugs" : {
-    "url" : "https://github.com/baalexander/node-xmlrpc/issues"
-  }
-, "directories" : {
-    "lib" : "./lib"
-  }
-, "main" : "./lib/xmlrpc.js"
-, "dependencies" : {
-    "sax"   : "0.6.x"
-  , "xmlbuilder" : "2.6.x"
-  }
-, "devDependencies" : {
-    "vows" : "0.7.x"
-  }
-, "scripts" : {
-    "test" : "vows 'test/*.js'"
-  }
-, "engines" : {
-    "node" : ">=0.8",
-    "npm" : ">=1.0.0"
-  }
-, "license" : "MIT"
+{
+  "name": "xmlrpc",
+  "description": "A pure JavaScript XML-RPC client and server.",
+  "keywords": [
+    "xml-rpc",
+    "xmlrpc",
+    "xml",
+    "rpc"
+  ],
+  "version": "1.3.1",
+  "preferGlobal": false,
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/baalexander/node-xmlrpc",
+  "author": "Brandon Alexander <baalexander@gmail.com> (https://github.com/baalexander)",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://github.com/baalexander/node-xmlrpc.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/baalexander/node-xmlrpc/issues"
+  },
+  "directories": {
+    "lib": "./lib"
+  },
+  "main": "./lib/xmlrpc.js",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "node-expat": ">=2.3.8 <3.0.0",
+    "xmlbuilder": "2.6.x"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "vows": "0.7.x"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "make test"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=0.8",
+    "npm": ">=1.0.0"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT"
 }