diff --git a/dataclasses_avroschema/fields/base.py b/dataclasses_avroschema/fields/base.py
index 4297ad81..f3b093b9 100644
--- a/dataclasses_avroschema/fields/base.py
+++ b/dataclasses_avroschema/fields/base.py
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
 import typing
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from inflector import Inflector
+import inflection
 from typing_extensions import get_args
 
 from dataclasses_avroschema import utils
 
-p = Inflector()
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ def _get_self_reference_type(a_type: typing.Any) -> str:
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_singular_name(name: str) -> str:
-        return p.singularize(name)
+        return inflection.singularize(name)
 
     def get_metadata(self) -> typing.List[typing.Tuple[str, str]]:
         return [(name, value) for name, value in self.metadata.items()]
@@ -126,11 +124,7 @@ def fake(self) -> typing.Any:
 
     def exist_type(self) -> int:
         # filter by the same field types
-        same_types = [
-            field.type
-            for field in self.parent._user_defined_types
-            if field.type == self.type
-        ]
+        same_types = [field.type for field in self.parent._user_defined_types if field.type == self.type]
 
         # If length > 0, means that it is the first appearance
         # of this type, otherwise exist already.
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8566501c..e74bb3b1 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -994,14 +994,14 @@ perf = ["ipython"]
 test = ["flufl.flake8", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)", "jaraco.test (>=5.4)", "packaging", "pyfakefs", "pytest (>=6,!=8.1.*)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=2.2)", "pytest-mypy", "pytest-perf (>=0.9.2)", "pytest-ruff (>=0.2.1)"]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "inflector"
-version = "3.1.1"
-description = "Inflector for Python"
+name = "inflection"
+version = "0.5.1"
+description = "A port of Ruby on Rails inflector to Python"
 optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
 files = [
-    {file = "Inflector-3.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b158010b9c400382a9792dcaa05a02c198b27d17fb52a23262e8226c91b13c97"},
-    {file = "Inflector-3.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1835ccc74ea8b5bea93cee9f7802b5cbbaaa937e268a197a937394aa47dee6d5"},
+    {file = "inflection-0.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f38b2b640938a4f35ade69ac3d053042959b62a0f1076a5bbaa1b9526605a8a2"},
+    {file = "inflection-0.5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1a29730d366e996aaacffb2f1f1cb9593dc38e2ddd30c91250c6dde09ea9b417"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2473,4 +2473,4 @@ pydantic = ["pydantic"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "b47e65b40e8c46f0a3612a0f9e03676086da87ed7eed2d09839c3d5c9aeda145"
+content-hash = "17f300013efe465e8914b0b52548907e1159160d9ccfff40719e5615bd761f7c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c354eb5a..e5d11496 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ python = "^3.8"
 fastavro = "^1.7.3"
 dacite = "^1.8.0"
 faker = {version = ">=26.0.0,<27.0.0", optional = true}
-inflector = "^3.1.1"
 faust-streaming = {version = ">=0.10.11,<0.12.0", optional = true}
 casefy = "^0.1.7"
 typing-extensions = "^4.2.0"
 pydantic = {version = "^2.4.2", optional = true, extras = ["email"]}
 python-dateutil = "^2.9.0.post0"
 dc-avro = {version =">=0.6.4,<0.9.0", optional = true}
+inflection = "^0.5.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 mypy = "^1.8.0"
diff --git a/tests/schemas/avro/user_array_address_alias.avsc b/tests/schemas/avro/user_array_address_alias.avsc
index a499d14b..412fe7f8 100644
--- a/tests/schemas/avro/user_array_address_alias.avsc
+++ b/tests/schemas/avro/user_array_address_alias.avsc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                     ],
                     "doc": "An Address"
                 },
-                "name": "addres"
+                "name": "address"
             }
         }
     ],
diff --git a/tests/schemas/avro/user_map_address_alias.avsc b/tests/schemas/avro/user_map_address_alias.avsc
index 9b9eec8c..e808bb80 100644
--- a/tests/schemas/avro/user_map_address_alias.avsc
+++ b/tests/schemas/avro/user_map_address_alias.avsc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                     ],
                     "doc": "An Address"
                 },
-                "name": "addres"
+                "name": "address"
             }
         }
     ],