diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 584efe4a..590b8222 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4
-	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9 // indirect
 	github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.2 // indirect
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.2.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.5.0
-	github.com/slack-go/slack v0.6.4
+	github.com/slack-go/slack v0.7.2
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aa59beef..5744192e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ github.com/go-kit/kit v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9GBnD5lWE=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3RMwSq7FuexP4Kalkev3ejPJsZTpXXBr9+V4qmtdjCk=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
+github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api v4.6.4+incompatible h1:2cauKuaELYAEARXRkq2LrJ0yDDv1rW7+wrTEdVL3uaU=
+github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api v4.6.4+incompatible/go.mod h1:qf9acutJ8cwBUhm1bqgz6Bei9/C/c93FPDljKWwsOgM=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.4 h1:u2CU3YKy9I2pmu9pX0eq50wCgjfGIt539SqR7FbHiho=
 github.com/go-test/deep v1.0.4/go.mod h1:wGDj63lr65AM2AQyKZd/NYHGb0R+1RLqB8NKt3aSFNA=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
@@ -74,7 +76,6 @@ github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1 h1:EGx4pi6eqNxGa
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4 h1:VuZ8uybHlWmqV03+zRzdwKL4tUnIp1MAQtp1mIFE1bc=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
-github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.2.0/go.mod h1:E7qHFY5m1UJ88s3WnNqhKjPHQ0heANvMoAMk2YaljkQ=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.0/go.mod h1:E7qHFY5m1UJ88s3WnNqhKjPHQ0heANvMoAMk2YaljkQ=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2 h1:+/TMaTYc4QFitKJxsQ7Yye35DkWvkdLcvGKqM+x0Ufc=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
@@ -169,8 +170,8 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2 h1:SPIRibHv4MatM3XXNO2BJeFLZwZ2LvZgfQ5+UNI2im4
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2/go.mod h1:tLMulIdttU9McNUspp0xgXVQah82FyeX6MwdIuYE2rE=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.5.0 h1:1N5EYkVAPEywqZRJd7cwnRtCb6xJx7NH3T3WUTF980Q=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.5.0/go.mod h1:+F7Ogzej0PZc/94MaYx/nvG9jOFMD2osvC3s+Squfpo=
-github.com/slack-go/slack v0.6.4 h1:cxOqFgM5RW6mdEyDqAJutFk3qiORK9oHRKi5bPqkY9o=
-github.com/slack-go/slack v0.6.4/go.mod h1:sGRjv3w+ERAUMMMbldHObQPBcNSyVB7KLKYfnwUFBfw=
+github.com/slack-go/slack v0.7.2 h1:oLy2a2YqrtoHSSxbjRhrtLDGbCKcZJwgbuQ826BWxaI=
+github.com/slack-go/slack v0.7.2/go.mod h1:FGqNzJBmxIsZURAxh2a8D21AnOVvvXZvGligs4npPUM=
 github.com/smartystreets/assertions v0.0.0-20180927180507-b2de0cb4f26d h1:zE9ykElWQ6/NYmHa3jpm/yHnI4xSofP+UP6SpjHcSeM=
 github.com/smartystreets/assertions v0.0.0-20180927180507-b2de0cb4f26d/go.mod h1:OnSkiWE9lh6wB0YB77sQom3nweQdgAjqCqsofrRNTgc=
 github.com/smartystreets/goconvey v1.6.4 h1:fv0U8FUIMPNf1L9lnHLvLhgicrIVChEkdzIKYqbNC9s=
@@ -203,6 +204,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJy
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
+github.com/technoweenie/multipartstreamer v1.0.1 h1:XRztA5MXiR1TIRHxH2uNxXxaIkKQDeX7m2XsSOlQEnM=
+github.com/technoweenie/multipartstreamer v1.0.1/go.mod h1:jNVxdtShOxzAsukZwTSw6MDx5eUJoiEBsSvzDU9uzog=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77/go.mod h1:aYKd//L2LvnjZzWKhF00oedf4jCCReLcmhLdhm1A27Q=
diff --git a/remote/slack/helper.go b/remote/slack/helper.go
index 65e6330e..fbf1c352 100644
--- a/remote/slack/helper.go
+++ b/remote/slack/helper.go
@@ -638,11 +638,16 @@ func sendChannelMessage(api *slack.Client, channel string, message models.Messag
 
 // sendDirectMessage - sends a message back to the user who dm'ed your bot
 func sendDirectMessage(api *slack.Client, userID string, message models.Message) error {
-	_, _, imChannelID, err := api.OpenIMChannel(userID)
+	params := &slack.OpenConversationParameters{
+		Users: []string{userID},
+	}
+
+	imChannelID, _, _, err := api.OpenConversation(params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return sendMessage(api, message.IsEphemeral, imChannelID, message.Vars["_user.id"], message.Output, message.ThreadTimestamp, message.Attributes["ws_token"], message.Remotes.Slack.Attachments)
+
+	return sendMessage(api, message.IsEphemeral, imChannelID.ID, message.Vars["_user.id"], message.Output, message.ThreadTimestamp, message.Attributes["ws_token"], message.Remotes.Slack.Attachments)
 }
 
 // sendMessage - does the final send to Slack; adds any Slack-specific message parameters to the message to be sent out