diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 263769291..026d7a01b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7374,6 +7374,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-levenshtein/-/fast-levenshtein-2.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-PYpcZog6FqMMqGQ+hR8Zuqd5eRc="
     },
+    "fastest-levenshtein": {
+      "version": "1.0.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fastest-levenshtein/-/fastest-levenshtein-1.0.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8DIQrqkmGTMfjcwiebj28Y1l6eCoLCU+TppdZa5zp5ZyNO12oUhtEEeCZjojZZarD8+peRg3CxL4Zm5BrKr9Fw=="
+    },
     "fastq": {
       "version": "1.6.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fastq/-/fastq-1.6.0.tgz",
@@ -11726,7 +11731,8 @@
     "leven": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/leven/-/leven-3.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qsda+H8jTaUaN/x5vzW2rzc+8Rw4TAQ/4KjB46IwK5VH+IlVeeeje/EoZRpiXvIqjFgK84QffqPztGI3VBLG1A=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-qsda+H8jTaUaN/x5vzW2rzc+8Rw4TAQ/4KjB46IwK5VH+IlVeeeje/EoZRpiXvIqjFgK84QffqPztGI3VBLG1A==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "levenary": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 165b08c54..8cb2f5368 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "es6-promise": "^4.2.8",
     "escodegen": "^1.12.0",
     "estree-walker": "~0.9.0",
+    "fastest-levenshtein": "^1.0.9",
     "findup": "^0.1.5",
     "function.name-polyfill": "^1.0.6",
     "github-slugger": "^1.2.1",
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@
     "jss-plugin-isolate": "^10.0.0",
     "jss-plugin-nested": "^10.0.0",
     "kleur": "^3.0.3",
-    "leven": "^3.1.0",
     "listify": "^1.0.0",
     "loader-utils": "^2.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
diff --git a/src/scripts/utils/sanitizeConfig.ts b/src/scripts/utils/sanitizeConfig.ts
index 5c6e8b8c9..2ee690de6 100644
--- a/src/scripts/utils/sanitizeConfig.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/utils/sanitizeConfig.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import isFinite from 'lodash/isFinite';
 import map from 'lodash/map';
 import listify from 'listify';
 import kleur from 'kleur';
-import leven from 'leven';
+import { distance } from 'fastest-levenshtein';
 import typeDetect from 'type-detect';
 import loggerMaker from 'glogg';
 import { stringify } from 'q-i';
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export default function sanitizeConfig<T extends Record<string, any>>(
 			// Try to guess
 			const possibleOptions = Object.keys(schema);
 			const suggestedOption = possibleOptions.reduce((suggestion: string, option: string) => {
-				const steps = leven(option, key);
+				const steps = distance(option, key);
 				if (steps < 2) {
 					return option;
 				}