diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42bdcd3b..1743989f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,15 +58,20 @@ Use the inbuilt statsd reporter:
 ```go
 import (
 	"io"
-	"github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/statsd"
+	"github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5/statsd"
 	"github.com/uber-go/tally"
 	tallystatsd "github.com/uber-go/tally/statsd"
 	// ...
 )
 
 func newScope() (tally.Scope, io.Closer) {
-	statter, _ := statsd.NewBufferedClient("127.0.0.1:8125",
-		"stats", 100*time.Millisecond, 1440)
+	statter, _ := statsd.NewClientWithConfig(&statsd.ClientConfig{
+		Address:       "127.0.0.1:8125",
+		Prefix:        "stats",
+		UseBuffered:   true,
+		FlushInterval: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+		FlushBytes:    1440,
+	})
 
 	reporter := tallystatsd.NewReporter(statter, tallystatsd.Options{
 		SampleRate: 1.0,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 39fc33a3..97025ab6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/uber-go/tally/v4
 go 1.15
 
 require (
-	github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/statsd v0.0.0-20200423205355-cb0885a1018c
+	github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5 v5.0.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index af3d3d60..5691f567 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
-github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/statsd v0.0.0-20200423205355-cb0885a1018c h1:HIGF0r/56+7fuIZw2V4isE22MK6xpxWx7BbV8dJ290w=
-github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/statsd v0.0.0-20200423205355-cb0885a1018c/go.mod h1:l/bIBLeOl9eX+wxJAzxS4TveKRtAqlyDpHjhkfO0MEI=
+github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5 v5.0.0 h1:KqvIQtc9qt34uq+nu4nd1PwingWfBt/IISgtUQ2nSJk=
+github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5 v5.0.0/go.mod h1:COEvJ1E+/E2L4q6QE5CkjWPi4eeDw9maJBMIuMPBZbY=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 h1:6MnRN8NT7+YBpUIWxHtefFZOKTAPgGjpQSxqLNn0+qY=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
+github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:J/6gKK9jxlEcS3zixgDgUAsiuZ7yrSoa/FX5e0EB2j4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.10/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
diff --git a/statsd/example/statsd_main.go b/statsd/example/statsd_main.go
index dd992326..63cc9e16 100644
--- a/statsd/example/statsd_main.go
+++ b/statsd/example/statsd_main.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/statsd"
+	"github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5/statsd"
 	tally "github.com/uber-go/tally/v4"
 	statsdreporter "github.com/uber-go/tally/v4/statsd"
 )
diff --git a/statsd/reporter.go b/statsd/reporter.go
index bc47c840..3e965581 100644
--- a/statsd/reporter.go
+++ b/statsd/reporter.go
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ package statsd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/statsd"
+	statsd "github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5/statsd"
 	tally "github.com/uber-go/tally/v4"
 )
 
@@ -73,15 +74,15 @@ func NewReporter(statsd statsd.Statter, opts Options) tally.StatsReporter {
 }
 
 func (r *cactusStatsReporter) ReportCounter(name string, tags map[string]string, value int64) {
-	r.statter.Inc(name, value, r.sampleRate)
+	r.statter.Inc(name, value, r.sampleRate, convertTags(tags)...)
 }
 
 func (r *cactusStatsReporter) ReportGauge(name string, tags map[string]string, value float64) {
-	r.statter.Gauge(name, int64(value), r.sampleRate)
+	r.statter.Gauge(name, int64(value), r.sampleRate, convertTags(tags)...)
 }
 
 func (r *cactusStatsReporter) ReportTimer(name string, tags map[string]string, interval time.Duration) {
-	r.statter.TimingDuration(name, interval, r.sampleRate)
+	r.statter.TimingDuration(name, interval, r.sampleRate, convertTags(tags)...)
 }
 
 func (r *cactusStatsReporter) ReportHistogramValueSamples(
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func (r *cactusStatsReporter) ReportHistogramValueSamples(
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s-%s", name,
 			r.valueBucketString(bucketLowerBound),
 			r.valueBucketString(bucketUpperBound)),
-		samples, r.sampleRate)
+		samples, r.sampleRate, convertTags(tags)...)
 }
 
 func (r *cactusStatsReporter) ReportHistogramDurationSamples(
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ func (r *cactusStatsReporter) ReportHistogramDurationSamples(
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s-%s", name,
 			r.durationBucketString(bucketLowerBound),
 			r.durationBucketString(bucketUpperBound)),
-		samples, r.sampleRate)
+		samples, r.sampleRate, convertTags(tags)...)
 }
 
 func (r *cactusStatsReporter) valueBucketString(
@@ -153,3 +154,18 @@ func (r *cactusStatsReporter) Tagging() bool {
 func (r *cactusStatsReporter) Flush() {
 	// no-op
 }
+
+func convertTags(tags map[string]string) []statsd.Tag {
+	var keys []string
+	for k := range tags {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+
+	var statsdTags []statsd.Tag
+	for _, tk := range keys {
+		statsdTags = append(statsdTags, statsd.Tag{tk, tags[tk]})
+	}
+
+	return statsdTags
+}