diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ff8e024c03e8..ce56ed8557e0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
         "ext-openssl": "*",
-        "doctrine/inflector": "^1.1",
+        "doctrine/inflector": "^1.4|^2.0",
         "dragonmantank/cron-expression": "^2.0",
         "egulias/email-validator": "^2.1.10",
         "league/commonmark": "^1.3",
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Pluralizer.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Pluralizer.php
index 9badfc59ee89..03719d4e22d8 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Pluralizer.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Pluralizer.php
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Support;
 
-use Doctrine\Common\Inflector\Inflector;
+use Doctrine\Inflector\CachedWordInflector;
+use Doctrine\Inflector\Inflector;
+use Doctrine\Inflector\Rules\English;
+use Doctrine\Inflector\RulesetInflector;
 
 class Pluralizer
 {
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ public static function plural($value, $count = 2)
             return $value;
         }
 
-        $plural = Inflector::pluralize($value);
+        $plural = static::inflector()->pluralize($value);
 
         return static::matchCase($plural, $value);
     }
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ public static function plural($value, $count = 2)
      */
     public static function singular($value)
     {
-        $singular = Inflector::singularize($value);
+        $singular = static::inflector()->singularize($value);
 
         return static::matchCase($singular, $value);
     }
@@ -118,4 +121,27 @@ protected static function matchCase($value, $comparison)
 
         return $value;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the inflector instance.
+     *
+     * @return \Doctrine\Inflector\Inflector
+     */
+    public static function inflector()
+    {
+        static $inflector;
+
+        if (is_null($inflector)) {
+            $inflector = new Inflector(
+                new CachedWordInflector(new RulesetInflector(
+                    English\Rules::getSingularRuleset()
+                )),
+                new CachedWordInflector(new RulesetInflector(
+                    English\Rules::getPluralRuleset()
+                ))
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $inflector;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/composer.json b/src/Illuminate/Support/composer.json
index a026ec633dd0..828c6e7f95b3 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/composer.json
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "php": "^7.2",
         "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
-        "doctrine/inflector": "^1.1",
+        "doctrine/inflector": "^1.4|^2.0",
         "illuminate/contracts": "^6.0",
         "nesbot/carbon": "^2.0"
     },