diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9887b15c..752f2702 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aurelia-i18n",
-  "version": "3.0.0-beta.2",
+  "version": "3.0.0-beta.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -3360,7 +3360,10 @@
       "version": "1.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/full-icu/-/full-icu-1.2.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-E2s1b4GVbt8PyG+iaRN6ks8N0Oy2LOJz7SIMUwWWWx7Mr5Z08hKkfpkKQbOtOGqzkFpckDJHjjZ8qfigN2W86A==",
-      "dev": true
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "icu4c-data": "^0.63.2"
+      }
     },
     "function-bind": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
@@ -3849,9 +3852,9 @@
       }
     },
     "i18next": {
-      "version": "11.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/i18next/-/i18next-11.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+eOdu1laoPX8l3zuaEFpf0MPYqAyKeX46WEjRkpPLp0TcijP3ww6NrDCPcRwX3yKB69R+ggiLvLGzCm8ALaVXQ=="
+      "version": "14.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/i18next/-/i18next-14.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wsKfQuYsy4RdCaqqN71eDjWMhizhTfQSIBGttEA7vcboQrUfpQlCezrSzrtmoW9F9tmVyNs38iBgLYLMhRSeIQ=="
     },
     "iconv-lite": {
       "version": "0.4.23",
@@ -3862,6 +3865,12 @@
         "safer-buffer": ">= 2.1.2 < 3"
       }
     },
+    "icu4c-data": {
+      "version": "0.63.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/icu4c-data/-/icu4c-data-0.63.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vT6/47CcBzDemlhRzkL7dZLoNvuUWjjiuKZHMt5T4dbkKAqLBh7ZQ33GU13ecC/aIcMlIdBOqtF4uIYTgWML4Q==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "import-local": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/import-local/-/import-local-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbbe0753..a535a238 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
       "aurelia-pal": "^1.3.0",
       "aurelia-templating": "^1.8.2",
       "aurelia-templating-resources": "^1.7.1",
-      "i18next": "^11.6.0"
+      "i18next": "^14.0.1"
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     "aurelia-pal": "^1.3.0",
     "aurelia-templating": "^1.8.2",
     "aurelia-templating-resources": "^1.7.1",
-    "i18next": "^11.6.0"
+    "i18next": "^14.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/i18next": "^8.4.5",
diff --git a/src/i18n.ts b/src/i18n.ts
index 62ec8a1a..7d8fb99a 100644
--- a/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/i18n.ts
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ export class I18N {
   }
 
   public async setup(options?: AureliaEnhancedOptions & i18next.InitOptions) {
-    const defaultOptions = {
+    const defaultOptions: AureliaEnhancedOptions & i18next.InitOptions = {
       skipTranslationOnMissingKey: false,
-      compatibilityAPI: "v1",
       compatibilityJSON: "v1",
       lng: "en",
       attributes: ["t", "i18n"],
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ export class I18N {
     };
 
     this.i18nextDeferred = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.i18next = this.i18next.init(options || defaultOptions, (err) => {
+      this.i18next = this.i18next.createInstance(options || defaultOptions, (err) => {
         if (err) {
           reject(err);
         }
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ export class I18N {
     return this.i18nextDeferred;
   }
 
-  public setLocale(locale: string): Promise<i18next.TranslationFunction> {
+  public setLocale(locale: string): Promise<i18next.TFunction> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const oldLocale = this.getLocale();
       this.i18next.changeLanguage(locale, (err, tr) => {
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ export class I18N {
     return new this.Intl.DateTimeFormat(locales || this.getLocale(), options);
   }
 
-  public tr(key: string | string[], options?: i18next.TranslationOptions<object>) {
+  public tr(key: string | string[], options?: i18next.TOptions<object>) {
     let fullOptions = this.globalVars;
 
     if (options !== undefined) {
diff --git a/src/t/t-value-converter.ts b/src/t/t-value-converter.ts
index c927b406..b0572c02 100644
--- a/src/t/t-value-converter.ts
+++ b/src/t/t-value-converter.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class TValueConverter {
 
   constructor(private service: I18N) { }
 
-  public toView(value: any, options?: i18next.TranslationOptions<object>) {
+  public toView(value: any, options?: i18next.TOptions<object>) {
     return this.service.tr(value, options);
   }
 }