diff --git a/src/regolith/builders/basebuilder.py b/src/regolith/builders/basebuilder.py
index 9ce2e0ebe..8cd8d7fd6 100644
--- a/src/regolith/builders/basebuilder.py
+++ b/src/regolith/builders/basebuilder.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from itertools import groupby
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
-from xonsh.lib import subprocess
+from xonsh.api import subprocess
 
 try:
     from bibtexparser.bibdatabase import BibDatabase
diff --git a/src/regolith/database.xsh b/src/regolith/database.xsh
index 2f00a4fc1..772ae682d 100644
--- a/src/regolith/database.xsh
+++ b/src/regolith/database.xsh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import os
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from warnings import warn
 
-from xonsh.lib import subprocess
-from xonsh.lib.os import indir
+from xonsh.api import subprocess
+from xonsh.api.os import indir
 
 try:
     import hglib
diff --git a/src/regolith/deploy.py b/src/regolith/deploy.py
index 226731432..8cb196238 100644
--- a/src/regolith/deploy.py
+++ b/src/regolith/deploy.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
 from warnings import warn
 
-from xonsh.lib import subprocess
+from xonsh.api import subprocess
 
 try:
     import hglib
diff --git a/src/regolith/helpers/basehelper.py b/src/regolith/helpers/basehelper.py
index 6f60e3545..18b8e5f09 100644
--- a/src/regolith/helpers/basehelper.py
+++ b/src/regolith/helpers/basehelper.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from itertools import groupby
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
-from xonsh.lib import subprocess
+from xonsh.api import subprocess
 
 from regolith.sorters import category_val, date_key, doc_date_key, level_val
 from regolith.tools import LATEX_OPTS, date_to_rfc822, gets, latex_safe, latex_safe_url, month_and_year, rfc822now
diff --git a/src/regolith/storage.py b/src/regolith/storage.py
index 780b0cac5..22686f5e1 100644
--- a/src/regolith/storage.py
+++ b/src/regolith/storage.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from warnings import warn
 
-from xonsh.lib import subprocess
+from xonsh.api import subprocess
 
 try:
     import hglib
diff --git a/src/regolith/tests/bootstrap_builders.py b/src/regolith/tests/bootstrap_builders.py
index ec1e749c1..20b797b54 100644
--- a/src/regolith/tests/bootstrap_builders.py
+++ b/src/regolith/tests/bootstrap_builders.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import tempfile
 from copy import deepcopy
 
-from xonsh.lib import subprocess
+from xonsh.api import subprocess
 
 from regolith.broker import load_db
 from regolith.fsclient import dump_yaml
diff --git a/src/regolith/tests/conftest.py b/src/regolith/tests/conftest.py
index 512ff4ac9..7d85d6521 100644
--- a/src/regolith/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/src/regolith/tests/conftest.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 import pytest
 from pymongo import MongoClient
 from pymongo import errors as mongo_errors
-from xonsh.lib import subprocess
-from xonsh.lib.os import rmtree
+from xonsh.api import subprocess
+from xonsh.api.os import rmtree
 
 from regolith.fsclient import dump_yaml
 from regolith.schemas import EXEMPLARS
diff --git a/src/regolith/tests/test_validate.py b/src/regolith/tests/test_validate.py
index 1e1dc24b0..4020a2e0c 100644
--- a/src/regolith/tests/test_validate.py
+++ b/src/regolith/tests/test_validate.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 
 import pytest
-from xonsh.lib import subprocess
+from xonsh.api import subprocess
 
 from regolith.main import main