diff --git a/.github/main.workflow b/.github/main.workflow
index d6dea5a..6bf2033 100644
--- a/.github/main.workflow
+++ b/.github/main.workflow
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@ workflow "Verify the module" {
 }
 
 action "install" {
-  uses = "actions/npm@1.0.0"
+  uses = "actions/npm@master"
   args = "ci"
 }
 
+action "peer_install" {
+  uses = "actions/npm@master"
+  args = "install --no-save @google-cloud/dlp"
+}
+
 action "verify_all" {
-  needs = "install"
-  uses = "actions/npm@1.0.0"
+  needs = "peer_install"
+  uses = "actions/npm@master"
   args = "run verify_all"
 }
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f5876d..efa3e45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ Note that Google Cloud DLP already also provides a node.js library (https://www.
 - it is easy to add custom patterns or rules to redact-pii
 - `GoogleDLPRedactor` uses the `.inspectContent` instead of `.deidentifyContent` method of `@google-cloud/dlp` which has a pricing advantage for large scale redaction scenarios since you will be only charged "Inspection Units" and no additional "Transformation Units" (see https://cloud.google.com/dlp/pricing) . redact-pii only uses DLP to `identify` PII but does the replacement `transformation` by itself which saves you some 💰💰💰.
 
+In order to use Google Data Loss Prevention you must install the peer dependency yourself with `npm install --save @google-cloud/dlp` since we are no longer bundling it with this package.
+
 #### Use Google Data Loss Prevention only (this won't make use of redact-pii's built-in regex patterns)
 
 1. Prequesites:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bb033bc..1b6fa0c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -266,13 +266,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-SmLNuPGlUur64bNS9aHZguqWDVQ8+Df1CGn+xsh7l6T2wiP5ArOMlywZ3TZo6z/rwKtGQgUJY9ZrPYUmHEXd/Q==",
       "requires": {
         "semver": "^5.5.0"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "semver": {
-          "version": "5.7.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-Ya52jSX2u7QKghxeoFGpLwCtGlt7j0oY9DYb5apt9nPlJ42ID+ulTXESnt/qAQcoSERyZ5sl3LDIOw0nAn/5DA=="
-        }
       }
     },
     "@grpc/proto-loader": {
@@ -601,9 +594,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-1w52Nyx4Gq47uuu0EVcsHBxZFJgurQ+rTKS3qMHxR1GY2T8c2AJYd6vZoZ9q1rupaDjU0yT+Jc2XTyXkjeMA+Q=="
     },
     "@types/node": {
-      "version": "10.14.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-10.14.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-DT25xX/YgyPKiHFOpNuANIQIVvYEwCWXgK2jYYwqgaMrYE6+tq+DtmMwlD3drl6DJbUwtlIDnn0d7tIn/EbXBg=="
+      "version": "10.14.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-10.14.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Fvm24+u85lGmV4hT5G++aht2C5I4Z4dYlWZIh62FAfFO/TfzXtPpoLI6I7AuBWkIFqZCnhFOoTT7RjjaIL5Fjg=="
     },
     "@types/stack-utils": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
@@ -930,8 +923,7 @@
     "balanced-match": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-ibTRmasr7kneFk6gK4nORi1xt2c=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-ibTRmasr7kneFk6gK4nORi1xt2c="
     },
     "base": {
       "version": "0.11.2",
@@ -1071,7 +1063,6 @@
       "version": "1.1.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.11.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-iCuPHDFgrHX7H2vEI/5xpz07zSHB00TpugqhmYtVmMO6518mCuRMoOYFldEBl0g187ufozdaHgWKcYFb61qGiA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
         "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -1496,8 +1487,7 @@
     "concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-2Klr13/Wjfd5OnMDajug1UBdR3s=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-2Klr13/Wjfd5OnMDajug1UBdR3s="
     },
     "configstore": {
       "version": "3.1.2",
@@ -1626,6 +1616,14 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "debug": {
+      "version": "3.2.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-3.2.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-mel+jf7nrtEl5Pn1Qx46zARXKDpBbvzezse7p7LqINmdoIk8PYP5SySaxEmYv6TZ0JyEKA1hsCId6DIhgITtWQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "ms": "^2.1.1"
+      }
+    },
     "decamelize": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/decamelize/-/decamelize-1.2.0.tgz",
@@ -1921,6 +1919,15 @@
         "strip-eof": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "executioner": {
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/executioner/-/executioner-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-rdMo4DvEXdWY81j7tSn8C+Dsb80=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "mixly": "^1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "exit": {
       "version": "0.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/exit/-/exit-0.1.2.tgz",
@@ -2191,8 +2198,7 @@
     "fs.realpath": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-FQStJSMVjKpA20onh8sBQRmU6k8=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-FQStJSMVjKpA20onh8sBQRmU6k8="
     },
     "fsevents": {
       "version": "1.2.7",
@@ -2742,6 +2748,12 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "fulcon": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fulcon/-/fulcon-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-ik39pMc/zZzGKnnVBFw5K0VUcyA=",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "function-bind": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/function-bind/-/function-bind-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -2749,9 +2761,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "gaxios": {
-      "version": "1.8.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gaxios/-/gaxios-1.8.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6Lc1P0NjbPNQ2FGgTRurz32P6FktNJbwLqXvrUNhfwzKb9iizcWuAJiHoSG2W186K9ZL0X6ST5xD9gJWhHI1sg==",
+      "version": "1.8.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gaxios/-/gaxios-1.8.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BoENMnu1Gav18HcpV9IleMPZ9exM+AvUjrAOV4Mzs/vfz2Lu/ABv451iEXByKiMPn2M140uul1txXCg83sAENw==",
       "requires": {
         "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
         "extend": "^3.0.2",
@@ -2814,7 +2826,6 @@
       "version": "7.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/glob/-/glob-7.1.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-vcfuiIxogLV4DlGBHIUOwI0IbrJ8HWPc4MU7HzviGeNho/UJDfi6B5p3sHeWIQ0KGIU0Jpxi5ZHxemQfLkkAwQ==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
         "inflight": "^1.0.4",
@@ -2874,13 +2885,6 @@
         "jws": "^3.1.5",
         "lru-cache": "^5.0.0",
         "semver": "^5.5.0"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "semver": {
-          "version": "5.7.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-Ya52jSX2u7QKghxeoFGpLwCtGlt7j0oY9DYb5apt9nPlJ42ID+ulTXESnt/qAQcoSERyZ5sl3LDIOw0nAn/5DA=="
-        }
       }
     },
     "google-gax": {
@@ -2970,14 +2974,14 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "grpc": {
-      "version": "1.19.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grpc/-/grpc-1.19.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-xX+jZ1M3YXjngsRj/gTxB4EwM0WoWUr54DmyNq9xTeg1oSuVaTPD/PK9wnZKOJWTt1pkeFspXqwJPhddZNxHOA==",
+      "version": "1.20.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/grpc/-/grpc-1.20.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-GsEsi0NVj6usS/xor8pF/xDbDiwZQR59aZl5NUZ59Sy2bdPQFZ3UePr5wevZjHboirRCIQCKRI1cCgvSWUe2ag==",
       "requires": {
         "lodash.camelcase": "^4.3.0",
         "lodash.clone": "^4.5.0",
-        "nan": "^2.0.0",
-        "node-pre-gyp": "^0.12.0",
+        "nan": "^2.13.2",
+        "node-pre-gyp": "^0.13.0",
         "protobufjs": "^5.0.3"
       },
       "dependencies": {
@@ -3033,13 +3037,6 @@
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true
         },
-        "debug": {
-          "version": "2.6.9",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "ms": "2.0.0"
-          }
-        },
         "deep-extend": {
           "version": "0.6.0",
           "bundled": true
@@ -3077,18 +3074,6 @@
             "wide-align": "^1.1.0"
           }
         },
-        "glob": {
-          "version": "7.1.2",
-          "bundled": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
-            "inflight": "^1.0.4",
-            "inherits": "2",
-            "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
-            "once": "^1.3.0",
-            "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
-          }
-        },
         "has-unicode": {
           "version": "2.0.1",
           "bundled": true
@@ -3154,7 +3139,7 @@
           }
         },
         "minizlib": {
-          "version": "1.1.1",
+          "version": "1.2.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "requires": {
             "minipass": "^2.2.1"
@@ -3173,21 +3158,30 @@
             }
           }
         },
-        "ms": {
-          "version": "2.0.0",
-          "bundled": true
-        },
         "needle": {
-          "version": "2.2.4",
+          "version": "2.3.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "requires": {
-            "debug": "^2.1.2",
+            "debug": "^4.1.0",
             "iconv-lite": "^0.4.4",
             "sax": "^1.2.4"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "debug": {
+              "version": "4.1.1",
+              "bundled": true,
+              "requires": {
+                "ms": "^2.1.1"
+              }
+            },
+            "ms": {
+              "version": "2.1.1",
+              "bundled": true
+            }
           }
         },
         "node-pre-gyp": {
-          "version": "0.12.0",
+          "version": "0.13.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "requires": {
             "detect-libc": "^1.0.2",
@@ -3211,11 +3205,11 @@
           }
         },
         "npm-bundled": {
-          "version": "1.0.5",
+          "version": "1.0.6",
           "bundled": true
         },
         "npm-packlist": {
-          "version": "1.1.12",
+          "version": "1.4.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "requires": {
             "ignore-walk": "^3.0.1",
@@ -3306,10 +3300,24 @@
           }
         },
         "rimraf": {
-          "version": "2.6.2",
+          "version": "2.6.3",
           "bundled": true,
           "requires": {
-            "glob": "^7.0.5"
+            "glob": "^7.1.3"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "glob": {
+              "version": "7.1.3",
+              "bundled": true,
+              "requires": {
+                "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
+                "inflight": "^1.0.4",
+                "inherits": "2",
+                "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
+                "once": "^1.3.0",
+                "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
+              }
+            }
           }
         },
         "safe-buffer": {
@@ -3325,7 +3333,7 @@
           "bundled": true
         },
         "semver": {
-          "version": "5.6.0",
+          "version": "5.7.0",
           "bundled": true
         },
         "set-blocking": {
@@ -3552,21 +3560,6 @@
       "requires": {
         "agent-base": "^4.1.0",
         "debug": "^3.1.0"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "debug": {
-          "version": "3.2.6",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-3.2.6.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-mel+jf7nrtEl5Pn1Qx46zARXKDpBbvzezse7p7LqINmdoIk8PYP5SySaxEmYv6TZ0JyEKA1hsCId6DIhgITtWQ==",
-          "requires": {
-            "ms": "^2.1.1"
-          }
-        },
-        "ms": {
-          "version": "2.1.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-tgp+dl5cGk28utYktBsrFqA7HKgrhgPsg6Z/EfhWI4gl1Hwq8B/GmY/0oXZ6nF8hDVesS/FpnYaD/kOWhYQvyg=="
-        }
       }
     },
     "iconv-lite": {
@@ -3613,7 +3606,6 @@
       "version": "1.0.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/inflight/-/inflight-1.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-Sb1jMdfQLQwJvJEKEHW6gWW1bfk=",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "once": "^1.3.0",
         "wrappy": "1"
@@ -3630,6 +3622,15 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-RZY5huIKCMRWDUqZlEi72f/lmXKMvuszcMBduliQ3nnWbx9X/ZBQO7DijMEYS9EhHBb2qacRUMtC7svLwe0lcw==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "install-peers": {
+      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/install-peers/-/install-peers-1.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MAlSHlrn4p+g3fhx8ZVxQZXX+MkeinKLu/ThfAmrVnN5c2L8Vof7myb0UsgowJEiGcFNHYnTvo37r3uap5asYA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "executioner": "^2.0.1"
+      }
+    },
     "invariant": {
       "version": "2.2.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/invariant/-/invariant-2.2.4.tgz",
@@ -5305,7 +5306,6 @@
       "version": "3.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-yJHVQEhyqPLUTgt9B83PXu6W3rx4MvvHvSUvToogpwoGDOUQ+yDrR0HRot+yOCdCO7u4hX3pWft6kWBBcqh0UA==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
       }
@@ -5347,6 +5347,15 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "mixly": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mixly/-/mixly-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-m1ouH2Pm37oNMOZ5f/rmKrHcJO8=",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "fulcon": "^1.0.1"
+      }
+    },
     "mkdirp": {
       "version": "0.5.1",
       "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
@@ -5367,8 +5376,7 @@
     "ms": {
       "version": "2.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-tgp+dl5cGk28utYktBsrFqA7HKgrhgPsg6Z/EfhWI4gl1Hwq8B/GmY/0oXZ6nF8hDVesS/FpnYaD/kOWhYQvyg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-tgp+dl5cGk28utYktBsrFqA7HKgrhgPsg6Z/EfhWI4gl1Hwq8B/GmY/0oXZ6nF8hDVesS/FpnYaD/kOWhYQvyg=="
     },
     "nan": {
       "version": "2.13.2",
@@ -5413,9 +5421,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-MOd8pV3fxENbryESLgVIeaGKrdl+uaYhCSSVkjeOb/31/njTpcis5aWfdqgNlHIrKOLRbMnfPINPOML2CIFeXA=="
+      "version": "2.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YuZKluhWGJwCcUu4RlZstdAxr8bFfOVHakc1mplwHkk8J+tqM1Y5yraYvIUpeX8aY7+crCwiELJq7Vl0o0LWXw=="
     },
     "node-forge": {
       "version": "0.8.2",
@@ -5629,7 +5637,7 @@
     },
     "os-locale": {
       "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/os-locale/-/os-locale-1.4.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/os-locale/-/os-locale-1.4.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-IPnxeuKe00XoveWDsT0gCYA8FNk=",
       "requires": {
         "lcid": "^1.0.0"
@@ -5741,8 +5749,7 @@
     "path-is-absolute": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-is-absolute/-/path-is-absolute-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-F0uSaHNVNP+8es5r9TpanhtcX18=",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha1-F0uSaHNVNP+8es5r9TpanhtcX18="
     },
     "path-is-inside": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -6268,8 +6275,7 @@
     "semver": {
       "version": "5.7.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Ya52jSX2u7QKghxeoFGpLwCtGlt7j0oY9DYb5apt9nPlJ42ID+ulTXESnt/qAQcoSERyZ5sl3LDIOw0nAn/5DA==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-Ya52jSX2u7QKghxeoFGpLwCtGlt7j0oY9DYb5apt9nPlJ42ID+ulTXESnt/qAQcoSERyZ5sl3LDIOw0nAn/5DA=="
     },
     "semver-diff": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
@@ -7433,7 +7439,7 @@
     },
     "yargs": {
       "version": "3.32.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-3.32.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-3.32.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-AwiOnr+edWtpdRYR0qXvWRSCyZU=",
       "requires": {
         "camelcase": "^2.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4aa6a9f..4f3d87d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@
   "author": "Christian Theilemann <christian@solvvy.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/dlp": "~0.11.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@google-cloud/dlp": "~0.11.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "24.0.11",
     "@types/lodash": "4.14.123",
     "changelog-verify": "1.1.2",
     "del-cli": "1.1.0",
+    "install-peers": "^1.0.3",
     "jest": "24.7.1",
     "prettier": "1.17.0",
     "ts-jest": "24.0.2",