diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f1de2ccba..305961f56 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
     "debug": "^2.6.8",
     "get-port": "^3.1.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
+    "lockfile": "^1.0.3",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "mongodb-download": "^2.2.3",
-    "proper-lockfile": "^2.0.1",
     "tmp": "^0.0.31",
     "uuid": "^3.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/src/util/MongoBinary.js b/src/util/MongoBinary.js
index ed36e0641..b640da762 100644
--- a/src/util/MongoBinary.js
+++ b/src/util/MongoBinary.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { MongoDBDownload } from 'mongodb-download';
 import glob from 'glob';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
-import lockFile from 'proper-lockfile';
+import LockFile from 'lockfile';
 import mkdirp from 'mkdirp';
 
 export type MongoBinaryCache = {
@@ -54,14 +54,18 @@ export default class MongoBinary {
         });
       });
 
+      const lockfile = path.resolve(downloadDir, `${version}.lock`);
+
       // wait lock
       await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        lockFile.lock(
-          downloadDir,
+        LockFile.lock(
+          lockfile,
           {
-            stale: 120000,
-            // try to get lock every second, give up after 3 minutes
-            retries: { retries: 180, factor: 1, minTimeout: 1000 },
+            wait: 120000,
+            pollPeriod: 100,
+            stale: 110000,
+            retries: 3,
+            retryWait: 100,
           },
           err => {
             if (err) reject(err);
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ export default class MongoBinary {
       }
 
       // remove lock
-      lockFile.unlock(downloadDir, err => {
+      LockFile.unlock(lockfile, err => {
         debug(
           err
             ? `MongoBinary: Error when removing download lock ${err}`
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2187de597..b36753d3c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2727,6 +2727,10 @@ locate-path@^2.0.0:
     p-locate "^2.0.0"
     path-exists "^3.0.0"
 
+lockfile@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lockfile/-/lockfile-1.0.3.tgz#2638fc39a0331e9cac1a04b71799931c9c50df79"
+
 lodash._baseassign@^3.0.0:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._baseassign/-/lodash._baseassign-3.2.0.tgz#8c38a099500f215ad09e59f1722fd0c52bfe0a4e"
@@ -3365,13 +3369,6 @@ progress@^1.1.8:
   version "1.1.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/progress/-/progress-1.1.8.tgz#e260c78f6161cdd9b0e56cc3e0a85de17c7a57be"
 
-proper-lockfile@^2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proper-lockfile/-/proper-lockfile-2.0.1.tgz#159fb06193d32003f4b3691dd2ec1a634aa80d1d"
-  dependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
-    retry "^0.10.0"
-
 proto-list@~1.2.1:
   version "1.2.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proto-list/-/proto-list-1.2.4.tgz#212d5bfe1318306a420f6402b8e26ff39647a849"