diff --git a/component/block_cache/block_cache_test.go b/component/block_cache/block_cache_test.go
index b669b0403..06adb93c2 100644
--- a/component/block_cache/block_cache_test.go
+++ b/component/block_cache/block_cache_test.go
@@ -3027,7 +3027,9 @@ func (suite *blockCacheTestSuite) TestReadWriteBlockInParallel() {
 // TODO: Uncomment when stream is deprecated
 // func (suite *blockCacheTestSuite) TestZZZZZStreamToBlockCacheConfig() {
 
-// 	free := memory.FreeMemory()
+//  v, err := mem.VirtualMemory()
+//  suite.assert.Nil(err)
+//  free := v.Free
 // 	maxbuffers := max(1, free/_1MB-1)
 // 	common.IsStream = true
 // 	config := fmt.Sprintf("read-only: true\n\nstream:\n  block-size-mb: 2\n  max-buffers: %d\n  buffer-size-mb: 1\n", maxbuffers)
diff --git a/component/block_cache/stream.go b/component/block_cache/stream.go
index 20869326d..a562ebcf1 100644
--- a/component/block_cache/stream.go
+++ b/component/block_cache/stream.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ package block_cache
 // 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/common/log"
 // 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/internal"
 
-// 	"github.com/pbnjay/memory"
+// 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/mem"
 // )
 
 // type Stream struct {
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ package block_cache
 // 		}
 // 	}
 
-// 	if uint64((conf.BufferSize*conf.CachedObjLimit)*mb) > memory.FreeMemory() {
+//    v, err := mem.VirtualMemory()
+//		if err != nil {
+//			return err
+//		}
+
+// 	if uint64((conf.BufferSize*conf.CachedObjLimit)*mb) > v.Free {
 // 		log.Err(
 // 			"Stream::Configure : config error, not enough free memory for provided configuration",
 // 		)
diff --git a/component/stream/read_write.go b/component/stream/read_write.go
index a656faf2c..e76ed39bf 100644
--- a/component/stream/read_write.go
+++ b/component/stream/read_write.go
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/common/log"
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/internal"
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/internal/handlemap"
-
-	"github.com/pbnjay/memory"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/mem"
 )
 
 type ReadWriteCache struct {
@@ -447,7 +446,18 @@ func (rw *ReadWriteCache) createHandleCache(handle *handlemap.Handle) error {
 	handle.CacheObj.BlockOffsetList = offsets
 	// if its a small file then download the file in its entirety if there is memory available, otherwise stream only
 	if handle.CacheObj.HasNoBlocks() {
-		if uint64(atomic.LoadInt64(&handle.Size)) > memory.FreeMemory() {
+		v, err := mem.VirtualMemory()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warn(
+				"ReadWriteCache::createHandleCache : unable to read system memory info for %s [%v]; switching handle to stream-only mode",
+				handle.Path,
+				err,
+			)
+			handle.CacheObj.StreamOnly = true
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if uint64(atomic.LoadInt64(&handle.Size)) > v.Free {
 			handle.CacheObj.StreamOnly = true
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/component/stream/read_write_filename.go b/component/stream/read_write_filename.go
index db7b7ee59..2f2f1d6bf 100644
--- a/component/stream/read_write_filename.go
+++ b/component/stream/read_write_filename.go
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/common/log"
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/internal"
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/internal/handlemap"
-
-	"github.com/pbnjay/memory"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/mem"
 )
 
 type ReadWriteFilenameCache struct {
@@ -389,7 +388,18 @@ func (rw *ReadWriteFilenameCache) createFileCache(handle *handlemap.Handle) erro
 			atomic.StoreInt64(&handle.CacheObj.Size, handle.Size)
 			handle.CacheObj.Mtime = handle.Mtime
 			if handle.CacheObj.HasNoBlocks() {
-				if uint64(atomic.LoadInt64(&handle.Size)) > memory.FreeMemory() {
+				v, err := mem.VirtualMemory()
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Warn(
+						"ReadWriteFilenameCache::createFileCache : unable to read system memory info for %s [%v]; switching handle to stream-only mode",
+						handle.Path,
+						err,
+					)
+					handle.CacheObj.StreamOnly = true
+					return nil
+				}
+
+				if uint64(atomic.LoadInt64(&handle.Size)) > v.Free {
 					handle.CacheObj.StreamOnly = true
 					return nil
 				}
diff --git a/component/stream/stream.go b/component/stream/stream.go
index 3775d76ca..89950f41f 100644
--- a/component/stream/stream.go
+++ b/component/stream/stream.go
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/common/log"
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/internal"
 	"github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse/internal/handlemap"
-
-	"github.com/pbnjay/memory"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/mem"
 )
 
 type Stream struct {
@@ -100,7 +99,14 @@ func (st *Stream) Configure(_ bool) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("config error in %s [%s]", st.Name(), err.Error())
 	}
 
-	if uint64((conf.BufferSize*conf.CachedObjLimit)*mb) > memory.FreeMemory() {
+	v, err := mem.VirtualMemory()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn(
+			"Stream::Configure : unable to read system memory info [%v]; falling back to stream-only mode",
+			err,
+		)
+		st.StreamOnly = true
+	} else if uint64((conf.BufferSize*conf.CachedObjLimit)*mb) > v.Free {
 		log.Err(
 			"Stream::Configure : config error, not enough free memory for provided configuration",
 		)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3714612ad..65fe47cd0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0
 	github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.1
 	github.com/netresearch/go-cron v0.9.1
-	github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58
 	github.com/radovskyb/watcher v1.0.7
 	github.com/rivo/tview v0.42.0
 	github.com/sevlyar/go-daemon v0.1.7-0.20251110065050-63665fab0d07
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5e56bd669..833d5cedb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.1 h1:etflOAAHORrCC44V+aR6Ftzort912ZU+YLiSTuV8
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.1/go.mod h1:etXPPgVO6n31NxCd9KQUMvCM+ve0ruNzt6R8Bnaayow=
 github.com/netresearch/go-cron v0.9.1 h1:lEjuHz4oJmbR622XTAHcHH0Ekec0tjwMLQyQWQm7UDQ=
 github.com/netresearch/go-cron v0.9.1/go.mod h1:oRPUA7fHC/ul86n+d3SdUD54cEuHIuCLiFJCua5a5/E=
-github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58 h1:onHthvaw9LFnH4t2DcNVpwGmV9E1BkGknEliJkfwQj0=
-github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58/go.mod h1:DXv8WO4yhMYhSNPKjeNKa5WY9YCIEBRbNzFFPJbWO6Y=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4 h1:mye9XuhQ6gvn5h28+VilKrrPoQVanw5PMw/TB0t5Ec4=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:2gIqNv+qfxSVS7cM2xJQKtLSTLUE9V8t9Stt+h56mCY=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c h1:+mdjkGKdHQG3305AYmdv1U2eRNDiU2ErMBj1gwrq8eQ=