diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a57737..0aa68d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ on Twitter.
 ### Contributors
 
 - [Danilo Moret](https://github.com/moret)
+- [Will Butler](https://github.com/willbutler)
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d286359..8dde682 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "react-inline-css",
   "description": "Inline CSS in your React components, namespaced automatically.",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.3.1",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "concurrently": "2.2.0",
     "json-loader": "0.5.4",
     "react": "15.3.0",
+    "react-create-class": "1.0.0",
     "react-dom": "15.3.0",
     "react-hot-loader": "1.3.0",
     "webpack": "1.13.1",
diff --git a/src/react-inline-css.js b/src/react-inline-css.js
index ff594b3..40252cf 100644
--- a/src/react-inline-css.js
+++ b/src/react-inline-css.js
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ var React      = require("react");
 var PropTypes  = require("prop-types");
 var assign     = Object.assign ? Object.assign : React.__spread;
 var refCounter = 0;
+var createReactClass = require('create-react-class');
+
 
 /**
  * @module InlineCss
  */
-var InlineCss = React.createClass({
+var InlineCss = createReactClass({
 	displayName: "InlineCss",
 	propTypes: {
 		namespace:     PropTypes.string,