diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2a331dac2..001613e6e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Imports:
 Depends:
     R (>= 3.1)
 Suggests:
-    getPass
+    askpass
 Type: Package
 LazyData: true
 Biarch: true
diff --git a/R/credential.R b/R/credential.R
index 9e0c671b1..b26955284 100644
--- a/R/credential.R
+++ b/R/credential.R
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## git2r, R bindings to the libgit2 library.
-## Copyright (C) 2013 - 2019 The git2r contributors
+## Copyright (C) 2013 - 2020 The git2r contributors
 ##
 ## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2,
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 ##' push(repo, credentials = cred)
 ##' }
 cred_env <- function(username = NULL, password = NULL) {
-  structure(list(username = username, password = password),
-            class = "cred_env")
+    structure(list(username = username, password = password),
+              class = "cred_env")
 }
 
 ##' Create a new personal access token credential object
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ cred_env <- function(username = NULL, password = NULL) {
 ##' push(repo, credentials = cred)
 ##' }
 cred_token <- function(token = "GITHUB_PAT") {
-  structure(list(token = token), class = "cred_token")
+    structure(list(token = token), class = "cred_token")
 }
 
 ##' Create a new plain-text username and password credential object
 ##'
 ##' @family git credential functions
 ##' @param username The username of the credential
-##' @param password The password of the credential. If getPass is installed
-##'     and the only input is username, \code{getPass::getPass()} will be
+##' @param password The password of the credential. If askpass is installed
+##'     and the only input is username, \code{askpass::askpass()} will be
 ##'     called to allow for interactive and obfuscated interactive
 ##'     input of the password.
 ##' @return A list of class \code{cred_user_pass} with entries:
@@ -108,17 +108,16 @@ cred_token <- function(token = "GITHUB_PAT") {
 ##' cred_user_pass("Random Developer", "SecretPassword")
 ##' }
 cred_user_pass <- function(username = NULL, password = NULL) {
-
-  if (!is.null(username)) {
-    if (is.null(password)) {
-      if (requireNamespace("getPass", quietly = TRUE)) {
-        password <- getPass::getPass()
-      }
+    if (!is.null(username)) {
+        if (is.null(password)) {
+            if (requireNamespace("askpass", quietly = TRUE)) {
+                password <- askpass::askpass()
+            }
+        }
     }
-  }
 
-  structure(list(username = username, password = password),
-            class = "cred_user_pass")
+    structure(list(username = username, password = password),
+              class = "cred_user_pass")
 }
 
 ##' Create a new passphrase-protected ssh key credential object
@@ -129,8 +128,8 @@ cred_user_pass <- function(username = NULL, password = NULL) {
 ##' @param privatekey The path to the private key of the
 ##'     credential. Default is \code{ssh_path("id_rsa")}
 ##' @param passphrase The passphrase of the credential. Default is
-##'     \code{character(0)}. If getPass is installed and private key
-##'     is passphrase protected \code{getPass::getPass()} will be
+##'     \code{character(0)}. If askpass is installed and private key
+##'     is passphrase protected \code{askpass::askpass()} will be
 ##'     called to allow for interactive and obfuscated interactive
 ##'     input of the passphrase.
 ##' @return A list of class \code{cred_ssh_key} with entries:
@@ -157,21 +156,21 @@ cred_user_pass <- function(username = NULL, password = NULL) {
 cred_ssh_key <- function(publickey = ssh_path("id_rsa.pub"),
                          privatekey = ssh_path("id_rsa"),
                          passphrase = character(0)) {
-  publickey <- normalizePath(publickey, mustWork = TRUE)
-  privatekey <- normalizePath(privatekey, mustWork = TRUE)
+    publickey <- normalizePath(publickey, mustWork = TRUE)
+    privatekey <- normalizePath(privatekey, mustWork = TRUE)
 
-  if (length(passphrase) == 0) {
-    if (ssh_key_needs_passphrase(privatekey)) {
-      if (requireNamespace("getPass", quietly = TRUE)) {
-        passphrase <- getPass::getPass()
-      }
+    if (length(passphrase) == 0) {
+        if (ssh_key_needs_passphrase(privatekey)) {
+            if (requireNamespace("askpass", quietly = TRUE)) {
+                passphrase <- askpass::askpass()
+            }
+        }
     }
-  }
 
-  structure(list(publickey  = publickey,
-                 privatekey = privatekey,
-                 passphrase = passphrase),
-            class = "cred_ssh_key")
+    structure(list(publickey  = publickey,
+                   privatekey = privatekey,
+                   passphrase = passphrase),
+              class = "cred_ssh_key")
 }
 
 ##' Check if private key is passphrase protected
@@ -179,9 +178,11 @@ cred_ssh_key <- function(publickey = ssh_path("id_rsa.pub"),
 ##' credential. Default is \code{ssh_path("id_rsa")}
 ##' @noRd
 ssh_key_needs_passphrase <- function(privatekey = ssh_path("id_rsa")) {
-  private_content <- readLines(privatekey, n = 3)
-  contains_encrypted <- grepl("encrypted", private_content, ignore.case = TRUE)
-  any(contains_encrypted)
+    private_content <- readLines(privatekey, n = 3)
+    contains_encrypted <- grepl("encrypted",
+                                private_content,
+                                ignore.case = TRUE)
+    any(contains_encrypted)
 }
 
 ##' Compose usual path to ssh keys
@@ -207,15 +208,16 @@ ssh_key_needs_passphrase <- function(privatekey = ssh_path("id_rsa")) {
 ##' ssh_path()
 ##' ssh_path("is_rsa.pub")
 ssh_path <- function(file = "") {
-  file.path(home_dir(), ".ssh", file)
+    file.path(home_dir(), ".ssh", file)
 }
 
 # Return the user's home directory regardless of operating system
 home_dir <- function() {
-  if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") {
-    home <- Sys.getenv("USERPROFILE")
-  } else {
-    home <- path.expand("~")
-  }
-  return(home)
+    if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") {
+        home <- Sys.getenv("USERPROFILE")
+    } else {
+        home <- path.expand("~")
+    }
+
+    home
 }
diff --git a/man/cred_ssh_key.Rd b/man/cred_ssh_key.Rd
index a28e9f1e2..d31550517 100644
--- a/man/cred_ssh_key.Rd
+++ b/man/cred_ssh_key.Rd
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ credential. Default is \code{ssh_path("id_rsa.pub")}}
 credential. Default is \code{ssh_path("id_rsa")}}
 
 \item{passphrase}{The passphrase of the credential. Default is
-\code{character(0)}. If getPass is installed and private key
-is passphrase protected \code{getPass::getPass()} will be
+\code{character(0)}. If askpass is installed and private key
+is passphrase protected \code{askpass::askpass()} will be
 called to allow for interactive and obfuscated interactive
 input of the passphrase.}
 }
diff --git a/man/cred_user_pass.Rd b/man/cred_user_pass.Rd
index c010d330b..fd575630b 100644
--- a/man/cred_user_pass.Rd
+++ b/man/cred_user_pass.Rd
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ cred_user_pass(username = NULL, password = NULL)
 \arguments{
 \item{username}{The username of the credential}
 
-\item{password}{The password of the credential. If getPass is installed
-and the only input is username, \code{getPass::getPass()} will be
+\item{password}{The password of the credential. If askpass is installed
+and the only input is username, \code{askpass::askpass()} will be
 called to allow for interactive and obfuscated interactive
 input of the password.}
 }