diff --git a/types/connect-datadog/connect-datadog-tests.ts b/types/connect-datadog/connect-datadog-tests.ts
index b4b8c43859..fee137b3d5 100644
--- a/types/connect-datadog/connect-datadog-tests.ts
+++ b/types/connect-datadog/connect-datadog-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import connectDD = require('connect-datadog');
-import dogstatsd = require('node-dogstatsd');
+import hotShots = require('hot-shots');
 
 // works with no options
 const middleware = connectDD({});
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ const middleware2 = connectDD({
     protocol: true,
     response_code: true,
     tags: ['abc', 'def'],
-    dogstatsd: new dogstatsd.StatsD('localhost'),
+    dogstatsd: new hotShots.StatsD({
+        host: 'localhost',
+    }),
 });
diff --git a/types/connect-datadog/index.d.ts b/types/connect-datadog/index.d.ts
index 8be1da2201..6af06a514c 100644
--- a/types/connect-datadog/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/connect-datadog/index.d.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
 import express = require('express');
-import dogstatsd = require('node-dogstatsd');
+import hotShots = require('hot-shots');
 
 export = Factory;
 
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ declare namespace Factory {
         method?: boolean;
         protocol?: boolean;
         response_code?: boolean;
-        dogstatsd?: dogstatsd.StatsDClient;
+        dogstatsd?: hotShots.StatsD;
     }
 }
diff --git a/types/connect-datadog/package.json b/types/connect-datadog/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f25984836f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/connect-datadog/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "hot-shots": "^6.3.0"
+  }
+}