diff --git a/carrierwave.gemspec b/carrierwave.gemspec
index fdf06bc8b..8dce30fbe 100644
--- a/carrierwave.gemspec
+++ b/carrierwave.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "activemodel", ">= 5.0.0"
   s.add_dependency "mini_mime", ">= 0.1.3"
   s.add_dependency "image_processing", "~> 1.1"
-  s.add_dependency "mimemagic", ">= 0.3.0"
+  s.add_dependency "marcel", "~> 1.0.0"
   s.add_dependency "addressable", "~> 2.6"
   s.add_dependency "ssrf_filter", "~> 1.0"
   if RUBY_ENGINE == 'jruby'
diff --git a/lib/carrierwave/sanitized_file.rb b/lib/carrierwave/sanitized_file.rb
index 59cebda2f..6ca023d51 100644
--- a/lib/carrierwave/sanitized_file.rb
+++ b/lib/carrierwave/sanitized_file.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 require 'pathname'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/string/multibyte'
 require 'mini_mime'
-require 'mimemagic'
-require 'mimemagic/overlay'
+require 'marcel'
 
 module CarrierWave
 
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ def to_file
     def content_type
       @content_type ||=
         existing_content_type ||
-        mime_magic_content_type ||
+        marcel_magic_content_type ||
         mini_mime_content_type
     end
 
@@ -329,14 +328,14 @@ def existing_content_type
       end
     end
 
-    def mime_magic_content_type
+    def marcel_magic_content_type
       if path
         type = File.open(path) do |file|
-          MimeMagic.by_magic(file).try(:type)
+          Marcel::Magic.by_magic(file).try(:type)
         end
 
         if type.nil?
-          type = ::MiniMime.lookup_by_filename(path).try(:content_type)
+          type = Marcel::Magic.by_path(file).try(:type)
           type = 'invalid/invalid' unless type.nil? || type.start_with?('text/')
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/sanitized_file_spec.rb b/spec/sanitized_file_spec.rb
index 6b79ada5a..4f33bd748 100644
--- a/spec/sanitized_file_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sanitized_file_spec.rb
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
         expect(sanitized_file.content_type).to eq("application/octet-stream")
       end
 
-      it "should detect content type correctly using MagicMime when content_type is not set" do
+      it "should detect content type correctly using Marcel when content_type is not set" do
         sanitized_file.content_type = nil
         sanitized_file.move_to(file_path("new_dir","gurr.png"))