diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4c9050f..11fe1f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           FIRST_ISSUE: >
-            Hi 👋 @${author}
-            
+            Hi 👋 @{{ author }}
+
             Thanks for opening your first issue here! Be sure to follow the issue template!
-            
+
 
           FIRST_PR: >
-            👋 @${author}
-            
+            👋 @{{ author }}
+
             Thanks for opening this pull request! Please check out our contributing guidelines.
-            
+
 
           FIRST_PR_MERGED: >
-            🎉 @${author}
-            
+            🎉 @{{ author }}
+
             Congrats on merging your first pull request! We here at behaviorbot are proud of you!
-            
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00637ad..c4dc41a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           FIRST_ISSUE: >
-            👋 @${author}
+            👋 @{{ author }}
             
              Thanks for opening your first issue here! Be sure to follow the issue template!
 
 
           FIRST_PR: >
-            👋 @${author}
+            👋 @{{ author }}
             
             Thanks for opening this pull request! Please check out our contributing guidelines.
 
 
           FIRST_PR_MERGED: >
-            🎉 @${author}
+            🎉 @{{ author }}
             
             Congrats on merging your first pull request! We here at behaviorbot are proud of you!
 ```
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 - `FIRST_PR_MERGED_REACTIONS`: Reactions to be add to comment on pull requests merged by a first time user.
 
 Available reactions:
+
 - `+1` 👍
 - `-1` 👎
 - `laugh` 😄
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           FIRST_ISSUE_REACTIONS: '+1, hooray, rocket, heart'
           FIRST_ISSUE_COMMENT: >
-            👋 @${author}
+            👋 @{{ author }}
             
              Thanks for opening your first issue here! Be sure to follow the issue template!
 ```
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           FIRST_PR_REACTIONS: '+1, hooray, rocket, heart'
           FIRST_PR_COMMENT: >
-            👋 @${author}
+            👋 @{{ author }}
             
             Thanks for opening this pull request! Please check out our contributing guidelines.
 ```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9255acb..160776c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "welcome-action",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "GitHub action to give a welcome comment on first issue or PR 💖",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "files": [
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
     "@actions/core": "^1.2.6",
     "@actions/github": "^4.0.0",
     "lodash.random": "^3.2.0",
-    "lodash.template": "^4.5.0"
+    "mustache": "^4.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "^11.0.0",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^11.0.0",
     "@types/lodash.random": "^3.2.6",
-    "@types/lodash.template": "^4.5.0",
+    "@types/mustache": "^4.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^14.0.27",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.1.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 7ad267a..5d135a8 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import mustache from 'mustache'
 import random from 'lodash.random'
-import template from 'lodash.template'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as github from '@actions/github'
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export namespace Util {
       result = comment[pos] || comment[0]
     }
 
-    return args ? template(result)(args) : result
+    return args ? mustache.render(result, args) : result
   }
 
   export function isValidEvent(event: string, action?: string) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4925611..eecc1eb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -365,6 +365,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz#69a23a3ad29caf0097f06eda59b361ee2f0639f6"
   integrity sha1-aaI6OtKcrwCX8G7aWbNh7i8GOfY=
 
+"@types/mustache@^4.0.1":
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mustache/-/mustache-4.0.1.tgz#e4d421ed2d06d463b120621774185a5cd1b92d77"
+  integrity sha512-wH6Tu9mbiOt0n5EvdoWy0VGQaJMHfLIxY/6wS0xLC7CV1taM6gESEzcYy0ZlWvxxiiljYvfDIvz4hHbUUDRlhw==
+
 "@types/node@>= 8", "@types/node@^14.0.27":
   version "14.11.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-14.11.2.tgz#2de1ed6670439387da1c9f549a2ade2b0a799256"
@@ -1795,6 +1800,11 @@ multimatch@^4.0.0:
     arrify "^2.0.1"
     minimatch "^3.0.4"
 
+mustache@^4.0.1:
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mustache/-/mustache-4.0.1.tgz#d99beb031701ad433338e7ea65e0489416c854a2"
+  integrity sha512-yL5VE97+OXn4+Er3THSmTdCFCtx5hHWzrolvH+JObZnUYwuaG7XV+Ch4fR2cIrcYI0tFHxS7iyFYl14bW8y2sA==
+
 natural-compare@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/natural-compare/-/natural-compare-1.4.0.tgz#4abebfeed7541f2c27acfb29bdbbd15c8d5ba4f7"