diff --git a/tagedittext/src/main/java/com/ryanpope/tagedittext/tag/TagViewComposer.java b/tagedittext/src/main/java/com/ryanpope/tagedittext/tag/TagViewComposer.java
index d360ef0..a1d7f23 100644
--- a/tagedittext/src/main/java/com/ryanpope/tagedittext/tag/TagViewComposer.java
+++ b/tagedittext/src/main/java/com/ryanpope/tagedittext/tag/TagViewComposer.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public Drawable createTagSpanForTag(final Tag tag) {
         return buildBitmapForTextView(tagTextView);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     private TagTextView createTextView(final String text) {
         final TagTextView textView = new TagTextView(mContext, mAttributeSet, mDefStyleAttribute);
         textView.setPadding(
diff --git a/tagedittext/src/main/java/com/ryanpope/tagedittext/tag/views/TagTextView.java b/tagedittext/src/main/java/com/ryanpope/tagedittext/tag/views/TagTextView.java
index f6607b5..0808b6c 100644
--- a/tagedittext/src/main/java/com/ryanpope/tagedittext/tag/views/TagTextView.java
+++ b/tagedittext/src/main/java/com/ryanpope/tagedittext/tag/views/TagTextView.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package com.ryanpope.tagedittext.tag.views;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.View;
-import android.widget.TextView;
 
-public class TagTextView extends TextView {
+public class TagTextView extends AppCompatTextView {
     public TagTextView(final Context context, final AttributeSet attributeSet, final int defStyleAttribute) {
         super(context, attributeSet, defStyleAttribute);
         setupAttributes();