diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23df8fa..993329c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/google-protobuf": "^3.7.2",
-    "@types/lodash.set": "^4.3.6",
     "google-protobuf": "^3.12.2",
-    "lodash.set": "^4.3.2",
     "protobufjs": "^7.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -62,4 +60,4 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.0.0"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 50cf798..2c8a438 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {ChannelCredentials, Metadata, ServiceError} from '@grpc/grpc-js';
-import {getDescriptorRootFromDescriptorSet} from './descriptor';
+import {getDescriptorRootFromDescriptorSet, set} from './descriptor';
 import * as services from './reflection_grpc_pb';
 import {
   ServerReflectionRequest,
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   IFileDescriptorProto,
   FileDescriptorProto,
 } from 'protobufjs/ext/descriptor';
-import set from 'lodash.set';
 
 export class Client {
   metadata: Metadata;
diff --git a/src/descriptor.js b/src/descriptor.js
index 58b24c7..0617937 100644
--- a/src/descriptor.js
+++ b/src/descriptor.js
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 const protobuf = require('protobufjs');
 const Descriptor = require('protobufjs/ext/descriptor');
-const set = require('lodash.set');
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-unsupported-features/es-syntax
+export function set(obj, path, value) {
+  // Regex explained: https://regexr.com/58j0k
+  const pathArray = Array.isArray(path) ? path : path.match(/([^[.\]])+/g);
+
+  pathArray.reduce((acc, key, i) => {
+    if (acc[key] === undefined) acc[key] = {};
+    if (i === pathArray.length - 1) acc[key] = value;
+    return acc[key];
+  }, obj);
+}
 /**
  * @typedef {import('protobufjs').Root} Root
  * @typedef {import('protobufjs').Message} Message
diff --git a/test/descriptor.test.ts b/test/descriptor.test.ts
index bc5b82b..0c55545 100644
--- a/test/descriptor.test.ts
+++ b/test/descriptor.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   getDescriptorRoot,
   getDescriptorRootFromDescriptorSet,
+  set,
 } from '../src/descriptor';
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-unpublished-import
 import {assert} from 'chai';
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   FileDescriptorProto,
   FileDescriptorSet,
 } from 'protobufjs/ext/descriptor';
-import set from 'lodash.set';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line prettier/prettier
 const protoBytes = Buffer.from([10,11,112,104,111,110,101,46,112,114,111,116,111,18,5,112,104,111,110,101,34,55,10,11,84,101,120,116,82,101,113,117,101,115,116,18,14,10,2,105,100,24,1,32,1,40,9,82,2,105,100,18,24,10,7,109,101,115,115,97,103,101,24,2,32,1,40,9,82,7,109,101,115,115,97,103,101,34,40,10,12,84,101,120,116,82,101,115,112,111,110,115,101,18,24,10,7,115,117,99,99,101,115,115,24,1,32,1,40,8,82,7,115,117,99,99,101,115,115,50,63,10,9,77,101,115,115,101,110,103,101,114,18,50,10,7,77,101,115,115,97,103,101,18,18,46,112,104,111,110,101,46,84,101,120,116,82,101,113,117,101,115,116,26,19,46,112,104,111,110,101,46,84,101,120,116,82,101,115,112,111,110,115,101,98,6,112,114,111,116,111,51]);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4a16531..aca6ddd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -421,18 +421,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/json-schema/-/json-schema-7.0.12.tgz#d70faba7039d5fca54c83c7dbab41051d2b6f6cb"
   integrity sha512-Hr5Jfhc9eYOQNPYO5WLDq/n4jqijdHNlDXjuAQkkt+mWdQR+XJToOHrsD4cPaMXpn6KO7y2+wM8AZEs8VpBLVA==
 
-"@types/lodash.set@^4.3.6":
-  version "4.3.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash.set/-/lodash.set-4.3.6.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-ZeGDDlnRYTvS31Laij0RsSaguIUSBTYIlJFKL3vm3T2OAZAQj2YpSvVWJc0WiG4jqg9fGX6PAPGvDqBcHfSgFg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/lodash" "*"
-
-"@types/lodash@*":
-  version "4.14.162"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.162.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-alvcho1kRUnnD1Gcl4J+hK0eencvzq9rmzvFPRmP5rPHx9VVsJj6bKLTATPVf9ktgv4ujzh7T+XWKp+jhuODig==
-
 "@types/long@^4.0.1":
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/long/-/long-4.0.2.tgz"
@@ -2303,11 +2291,6 @@ lodash.merge@^4.6.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.merge/-/lodash.merge-4.6.2.tgz#558aa53b43b661e1925a0afdfa36a9a1085fe57a"
   integrity sha512-0KpjqXRVvrYyCsX1swR/XTK0va6VQkQM6MNo7PqW77ByjAhoARA8EfrP1N4+KlKj8YS0ZUCtRT/YUuhyYDujIQ==
 
-lodash.set@^4.3.2:
-  version "4.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.set/-/lodash.set-4.3.2.tgz"
-  integrity sha1-2HV7HagH3eJIFrDWqEvqGnYjCyM=
-
 lodash.truncate@^4.4.2:
   version "4.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.truncate/-/lodash.truncate-4.4.2.tgz#5a350da0b1113b837ecfffd5812cbe58d6eae193"
@@ -2315,7 +2298,7 @@ lodash.truncate@^4.4.2:
 
 lodash@^4.17.14, lodash@^4.17.15, lodash@^4.17.19:
   version "4.17.21"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz#679591c564c3bffaae8454cf0b3df370c3d6911c"
   integrity sha512-v2kDEe57lecTulaDIuNTPy3Ry4gLGJ6Z1O3vE1krgXZNrsQ+LFTGHVxVjcXPs17LhbZVGedAJv8XZ1tvj5FvSg==
 
 log-symbols@3.0.0: