diff --git a/install/package.json b/install/package.json
index acd5c5af0c..35561d23ba 100644
--- a/install/package.json
+++ b/install/package.json
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         "ioredis": "5.3.1",
         "request": "2.88.2",
         "request-promise-native": "1.0.9",
-        "rimraf": "4.4.1",
+        "rimraf": "5.0.0",
         "rss": "1.2.2",
         "rtlcss": "4.0.0",
         "sanitize-html": "2.10.0",
diff --git a/src/meta/js.js b/src/meta/js.js
index ff5dbd6968..7578f6b8f6 100644
--- a/src/meta/js.js
+++ b/src/meta/js.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 const file = require('../file');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ async function clearModules() {
 		p => path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/src', p)
 	);
 	await Promise.all(
-		builtPaths.map(builtPath => rimraf(builtPath))
+		builtPaths.map(builtPath => fs.promises.rm(builtPath, { recursive: true, force: true }))
 	);
 }
 
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ JS.buildModules = async function () {
 };
 
 JS.linkStatics = async function () {
-	await rimraf(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/plugins'));
-
+	await fs.promises.rm(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/plugins'), { recursive: true, force: true });
 	await Promise.all(Object.keys(plugins.staticDirs).map(async (mappedPath) => {
 		const sourceDir = plugins.staticDirs[mappedPath];
 		const destDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/plugins', mappedPath);
diff --git a/src/meta/languages.js b/src/meta/languages.js
index 1e354bef70..e15360fb61 100644
--- a/src/meta/languages.js
+++ b/src/meta/languages.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const nconf = require('nconf');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 
 const file = require('../file');
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ async function assignFileToTranslations(translations, path) {
 }
 
 exports.build = async function buildLanguages() {
-	await rimraf(buildLanguagesPath);
+	await fs.promises.rm(buildLanguagesPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
 	const data = await getTranslationMetadata();
 	await buildTranslations(data);
 };
diff --git a/src/meta/templates.js b/src/meta/templates.js
index 3250635199..ee172342d5 100644
--- a/src/meta/templates.js
+++ b/src/meta/templates.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 const winston = require('winston');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ async function compileTemplate(filename, source) {
 Templates.compileTemplate = compileTemplate;
 
 async function compile() {
-	await rimraf(viewsPath);
+	await fs.promises.rm(viewsPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
 	await mkdirp(viewsPath);
 
 	let files = await plugins.getActive();
diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index d2b11e7f4d..7bf076e7e7 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const async = require('async');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const path = require('path');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
-const rimraf = require('rimraf');
+const { rimraf } = require('rimraf');
 
 const db = require('../database');
 const posts = require('../posts');
diff --git a/test/build.js b/test/build.js
index a7c060de00..9d63f764db 100644
--- a/test/build.js
+++ b/test/build.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-const rimraf = require('rimraf');
-const async = require('async');
 
 const db = require('./mocks/databasemock');
 const file = require('../src/file');
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ describe('Build', () => {
 	const build = require('../src/meta/build');
 
 	before(async () => {
-		await rimraf(path.join(__dirname, '../build/public'));
+		await fs.promises.rm(path.join(__dirname, '../build/public'), { recursive: true, force: true });
 		await db.sortedSetAdd('plugins:active', Date.now(), 'nodebb-plugin-markdown');
 	});
 
diff --git a/test/mocks/databasemock.js b/test/mocks/databasemock.js
index 10e9496919..dc7e9f5d2d 100644
--- a/test/mocks/databasemock.js
+++ b/test/mocks/databasemock.js
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ async function setupMockDefaults() {
 		id: 'nodebb-theme-persona',
 	});
 
-	const rimraf = require('rimraf');
-	await rimraf('test/uploads');
+	const fs = require('fs');
+	await fs.promises.rm('test/uploads', { recursive: true, force: true });
+
 
 	const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');