diff --git a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index c9f8856b4..ca706e325 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ const hooks = require('../../static/js/pluginfw/hooks.js');
 const channels = require('channels');
 const stats = require('../stats');
 const assert = require('assert').strict;
-const nodeify = require('nodeify');
 const {RateLimiterMemory} = require('rate-limiter-flexible');
+const util = require('util');
 const webaccess = require('../hooks/express/webaccess');
 
 let rateLimiter;
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ stats.gauge('activePads', () => {
 /**
  * A changeset queue per pad that is processed by handleUserChanges()
  */
-const padChannels = new channels.channels(
-    ({socket, message}, callback) => nodeify(handleUserChanges(socket, message), callback)
-);
+const padChannels =
+    new channels.channels(({socket, message}, cb) => handleUserChangesCb(socket, message, cb));
 
 /**
  * This Method is called by server.js to tell the message handler on which socket it should send
@@ -691,6 +690,7 @@ const handleUserChanges = async (socket, message) => {
 
   stopWatch.end();
 };
+const handleUserChangesCb = util.callbackify(handleUserChanges);
 
 exports.updatePadClients = async (pad) => {
   // skip this if no-one is on this pad
diff --git a/src/package-lock.json b/src/package-lock.json
index 5f602c433..3565f4b40 100644
--- a/src/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/package-lock.json
@@ -3054,7 +3054,8 @@
     "is-promise": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-promise/-/is-promise-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-MVc3YcBX4zwukaq56W2gjO++duU="
+      "integrity": "sha1-MVc3YcBX4zwukaq56W2gjO++duU=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "is-redirect": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
@@ -4012,6 +4013,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodeify/-/nodeify-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-ZKtpp7268DzhB7TwM1yHwLnpGx0=",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "is-promise": "~1.0.0",
         "promise": "~1.3.0"
@@ -7509,6 +7511,7 @@
       "version": "1.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/promise/-/promise-1.3.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-5cyaTIJ45GZP/twBx9qEhCsEAXU=",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "is-promise": "~1"
       }
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index f09968be5..3dba9c9db 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     "log4js": "0.6.38",
     "measured-core": "^2.0.0",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.33",
-    "nodeify": "1.0.1",
     "npm": "^6.14.15",
     "openapi-backend": "^4.2.0",
     "proxy-addr": "^2.0.7",
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@
     "etherpad-cli-client": "^0.1.12",
     "mocha": "^9.1.1",
     "mocha-froth": "^0.2.10",
+    "nodeify": "^1.0.1",
     "openapi-schema-validation": "^0.4.2",
     "selenium-webdriver": "^4.0.0-rc-1",
     "set-cookie-parser": "^2.4.8",