diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f71ed7b..4f719693 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "node-forge": "^1.3.1",
     "package-json": "^10.0.1",
     "read": "^5.0.1",
-    "read-chunk": "^3.2.0",
+    "read-chunk": "^5.0.0",
     "semver": "^7.7.3",
     "socket.io": "^4.8.3",
     "tlds": "^1.261.0",
diff --git a/server/plugins/uploader.ts b/server/plugins/uploader.ts
index 0c5bc449..dd0c9583 100644
--- a/server/plugins/uploader.ts
+++ b/server/plugins/uploader.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {v4 as uuidv4} from "uuid";
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
 import fileType from "file-type";
-import readChunk from "read-chunk";
+import {readChunk} from "read-chunk";
 import crypto from "crypto";
 import {isUtf8} from "buffer";
 import log from "../log";
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class Uploader {
 	// Returns a string with the type otherwise
 	static async getFileType(filePath: string) {
 		try {
-			const buffer = await readChunk(filePath, 0, 5120);
+			const buffer = await readChunk(filePath, {startPosition: 0, length: 5120});
 
 			// returns {ext, mime} if found, null if not.
 			const file = await fileType.fromBuffer(buffer);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 707db981..6972f06d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5999,11 +5999,6 @@ p-cancelable@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-cancelable/-/p-cancelable-2.1.1.tgz#aab7fbd416582fa32a3db49859c122487c5ed2cf"
   integrity sha512-BZOr3nRQHOntUjTrH8+Lh54smKHoHyur8We1V8DSMVrl5A2malOOwuJRnKRDjSnkoeBh4at6BwEnb5I7Jl31wg==
 
-p-finally@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-finally/-/p-finally-1.0.0.tgz#3fbcfb15b899a44123b34b6dcc18b724336a2cae"
-  integrity sha512-LICb2p9CB7FS+0eR1oqWnHhp0FljGLZCWBE9aix0Uye9W8LTQPwMTYVGWQWIw9RdQiDg4+epXQODwIYJtSJaow==
-
 p-limit@^2.2.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-limit/-/p-limit-2.3.0.tgz#3dd33c647a214fdfffd835933eb086da0dc21db1"
@@ -6046,7 +6041,7 @@ p-map@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     aggregate-error "^3.0.0"
 
-p-try@^2.0.0, p-try@^2.1.0:
+p-try@^2.0.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-try/-/p-try-2.2.0.tgz#cb2868540e313d61de58fafbe35ce9004d5540e6"
   integrity sha512-R4nPAVTAU0B9D35/Gk3uJf/7XYbQcyohSKdvAxIRSNghFl4e71hVoGnBNQz9cWaXxO2I10KTC+3jMdvvoKw6dQ==
@@ -6210,11 +6205,6 @@ pify@^2.3.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pify/-/pify-2.3.0.tgz#ed141a6ac043a849ea588498e7dca8b15330e90c"
   integrity sha512-udgsAY+fTnvv7kI7aaxbqwWNb0AHiB0qBO89PZKPkoTmGOgdbrHDKD+0B2X4uTfJ/FT1R09r9gTsjUjNJotuog==
 
-pify@^4.0.1:
-  version "4.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pify/-/pify-4.0.1.tgz#4b2cd25c50d598735c50292224fd8c6df41e3231"
-  integrity sha512-uB80kBFb/tfd68bVleG9T5GGsGPjJrLAUpR5PZIrhBnIaRTQRjqdJSsIKkOP6OAIFbj7GOrcudc5pNjZ+geV2g==
-
 pkg-dir@^4.1.0, pkg-dir@^4.2.0:
   version "4.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pkg-dir/-/pkg-dir-4.2.0.tgz#f099133df7ede422e81d1d8448270eeb3e4261f3"
@@ -6977,13 +6967,10 @@ read-cache@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     pify "^2.3.0"
 
-read-chunk@^3.2.0:
-  version "3.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/read-chunk/-/read-chunk-3.2.0.tgz#2984afe78ca9bfbbdb74b19387bf9e86289c16ca"
-  integrity sha512-CEjy9LCzhmD7nUpJ1oVOE6s/hBkejlcJEgLQHVnQznOSilOPb+kpKktlLfFDK3/WP43+F80xkUTM2VOkYoSYvQ==
-  dependencies:
-    pify "^4.0.1"
-    with-open-file "^0.1.6"
+read-chunk@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/read-chunk/-/read-chunk-5.0.0.tgz#ed653bb18d89029bc076f7b981717c1b8b5b066b"
+  integrity sha512-kEiU3Y6ET/R1CEpS29aupxwGd19P4y3Y50x0CNFI5j8jowtgHBlNVLH/z5KjjBT5pxixIb7eTeIMJVKTm200cw==
 
 read-package-json-fast@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
@@ -8566,15 +8553,6 @@ wildcard@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wildcard/-/wildcard-2.0.1.tgz#5ab10d02487198954836b6349f74fff961e10f67"
   integrity sha512-CC1bOL87PIWSBhDcTrdeLo6eGT7mCFtrg0uIJtqJUFyK+eJnzl8A1niH56uu7KMa5XFrtiV+AQuHO3n7DsHnLQ==
 
-with-open-file@^0.1.6:
-  version "0.1.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/with-open-file/-/with-open-file-0.1.7.tgz#e2de8d974e8a8ae6e58886be4fe8e7465b58a729"
-  integrity sha512-ecJS2/oHtESJ1t3ZfMI3B7KIDKyfN0O16miWxdn30zdh66Yd3LsRFebXZXq6GU4xfxLf6nVxp9kIqElb5fqczA==
-  dependencies:
-    p-finally "^1.0.0"
-    p-try "^2.1.0"
-    pify "^4.0.1"
-
 word-wrap@^1.2.5:
   version "1.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/word-wrap/-/word-wrap-1.2.5.tgz#d2c45c6dd4fbce621a66f136cbe328afd0410b34"