diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4224d4eb..3cb3d242 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
         "c8": "7.13.0",
         "clear-module": "4.1.2",
         "codecov": "3.8.3",
-        "delay": "6.0.0",
         "dockerode": "3.3.5",
         "file-url": "4.0.0",
         "fs-extra": "11.1.1",
@@ -2000,18 +1999,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/delay": {
-      "version": "6.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/delay/-/delay-6.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2NJozoOHQ4NuZuVIr5CWd0iiLVIRSDepakaovIN+9eIDHEhdCAEvSy2cuf1DCrPPQLvHmbqTHODlhHg8UCy4zw==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/deprecation": {
       "version": "2.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/deprecation/-/deprecation-2.3.1.tgz",
@@ -10838,12 +10825,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "delay": {
-      "version": "6.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/delay/-/delay-6.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2NJozoOHQ4NuZuVIr5CWd0iiLVIRSDepakaovIN+9eIDHEhdCAEvSy2cuf1DCrPPQLvHmbqTHODlhHg8UCy4zw==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "deprecation": {
       "version": "2.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/deprecation/-/deprecation-2.3.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d2fa7f0..eba7ce99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     "c8": "7.13.0",
     "clear-module": "4.1.2",
     "codecov": "3.8.3",
-    "delay": "6.0.0",
     "dockerode": "3.3.5",
     "file-url": "4.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "11.1.1",
diff --git a/test/helpers/npm-registry.js b/test/helpers/npm-registry.js
index 70616f12..5839fabf 100644
--- a/test/helpers/npm-registry.js
+++ b/test/helpers/npm-registry.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import path, { dirname } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { setTimeout } from "node:timers/promises";
 import Docker from "dockerode";
 import getStream from "get-stream";
 import got from "got";
-import delay from "delay";
 import pRetry from "p-retry";
 
 const IMAGE = "verdaccio/verdaccio:5";
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export async function start() {
   });
 
   await container.start();
-  await delay(4000);
+  await setTimeout(4000);
 
   try {
     // Wait for the registry to be ready
diff --git a/test/integration.test.js b/test/integration.test.js
index ea93f264..e64c50ac 100644
--- a/test/integration.test.js
+++ b/test/integration.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import path from "path";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { setTimeout } from "node:timers/promises";
 import test from "ava";
 import * as td from "testdouble";
 import { escapeRegExp } from "lodash-es";
 import fsExtra from "fs-extra";
 import { execa } from "execa";
 import { WritableStreamBuffer } from "stream-buffers";
-import delay from "delay";
 
 import getAuthUrl from "../lib/get-git-auth-url.js";
 import { SECRET_REPLACEMENT } from "../lib/definitions/constants.js";
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ test("Release patch, minor and major versions", async (t) => {
   t.is(exitCode, 0);
 
   // Wait for 3s as the change of dist-tag takes time to be reflected in the registry
-  await delay(3000);
+  await setTimeout(3000);
   // Retrieve the published package from the registry and check version and gitHead
   ({
     "dist-tags": { latest: releasedVersion },