diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b1e98b1..ed91ca10 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"camelcase": "^6.3.0",
-		"semver": "^7.6.3",
-		"upath": "^2.0.1"
+		"semver": "^7.6.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/scripts/license-checker.js b/scripts/license-checker.js
index a36cc25e..d06cf7c2 100644
--- a/scripts/license-checker.js
+++ b/scripts/license-checker.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const { init } = require("license-checker");
 /** @type {string[]} */
 // @ts-ignore: module is a JSON file
 const copyLeftLicenses = require("spdx-copyleft");
-const { joinSafe } = require("upath");
+const { join } = require("node:path");
 
 const check = promisify(init);
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async function checkLicenses() {
 	const licenses = await check({
 		direct: true,
 		production: true,
-		start: joinSafe(__dirname, ".."),
+		start: join(__dirname, ".."),
 	});
 
 	const copyLeftLicensesList = Object.keys(licenses).filter((license) => {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 215e9b78..76b84f45 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const { execFile, spawn, spawnSync } = require("node:child_process");
 const { promisify } = require("node:util");
 const camelCase = require("camelcase");
 const { lt } = require("semver");
-const { joinSafe, normalizeTrim } = require("upath");
+const { normalize, resolve: pathResolve } = require("node:path");
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				this.popplerPath = popplerPath;
 			}
 			if (platform === "win32" && !popplerPath) {
-				this.popplerPath = joinSafe(
+				this.popplerPath = pathResolve(
 					__dirname,
 					"lib",
 					"win32",
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				`Unable to find ${process.platform} Poppler binaries, please pass the installation directory as a parameter to the Poppler instance.`
 			);
 		}
-		this.popplerPath = normalizeTrim(this.popplerPath);
+		this.popplerPath = normalize(this.popplerPath);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class Poppler {
 			args.push(file, fileToAttach, outputFile);
 
 			const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfattach"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfattach"),
 				args
 			);
 			return Promise.resolve(stdout);
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class Poppler {
 			args.push(file);
 
 			const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfdetach"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfdetach"),
 				args
 			);
 			return Promise.resolve(stdout);
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdffonts"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdffonts"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				args.push(Buffer.isBuffer(file) ? "-" : file);
 
 				const child = spawn(
-					joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdffonts"),
+					pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdffonts"),
 					args
 				);
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfimages"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfimages"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				}
 
 				const child = spawn(
-					joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfimages"),
+					pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfimages"),
 					args
 				);
 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfinfo"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfinfo"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				}
 
 				const child = spawn(
-					joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfinfo"),
+					pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfinfo"),
 					args
 				);
 
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfseparate"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfseparate"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class Poppler {
 			args.push(file, outputPattern);
 
 			const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfseparate"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfseparate"),
 				args
 			);
 			return Promise.resolve(stdout);
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftocairo"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftocairo"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				);
 
 				const child = spawn(
-					joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftocairo"),
+					pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftocairo"),
 					args
 				);
 
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftohtml"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftohtml"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				}
 
 				const child = spawn(
-					joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftohtml"),
+					pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftohtml"),
 					args
 				);
 
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftoppm"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftoppm"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				args.push(Buffer.isBuffer(file) ? "-" : file, outputPath);
 
 				const child = spawn(
-					joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftoppm"),
+					pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftoppm"),
 					args
 				);
 
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftops"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftops"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				);
 
 				const child = spawn(
-					joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftops"),
+					pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftops"),
 					args
 				);
 
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftotext"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftotext"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ class Poppler {
 				);
 
 				const child = spawn(
-					joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdftotext"),
+					pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdftotext"),
 					args
 				);
 
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ class Poppler {
 
 		try {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfunite"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfunite"),
 				["-v"]
 			);
 
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ class Poppler {
 			args.push(outputFile);
 
 			const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(this.popplerPath, "pdfunite"),
+				pathResolve(this.popplerPath, "pdfunite"),
 				args
 			);
 			return Promise.resolve(stdout);
diff --git a/src/index.test.js b/src/index.test.js
index 3325b359..8ad0f772 100644
--- a/src/index.test.js
+++ b/src/index.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { access, readFile, unlink } = require("node:fs/promises");
 const { promisify } = require("node:util");
 const { glob } = require("glob");
 const { lt } = require("semver");
-const { joinSafe, normalizeTrim } = require("upath");
+const { join, normalize } = require("node:path");
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 const { Poppler } = require("./index");
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function getTestBinaryPath() {
 	let popplerPath = /(.+)pdfinfo/u.exec(which)?.[1];
 
 	if (platform === "win32" && !popplerPath) {
-		popplerPath = joinSafe(
+		popplerPath = join(
 			__dirname,
 			"lib",
 			"win32",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function getTestBinaryPath() {
 		);
 	}
 
-	return normalizeTrim(popplerPath);
+	return normalize(popplerPath);
 }
 
 const testBinaryPath = getTestBinaryPath();
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ describe("Node-Poppler module", () => {
 
 		beforeAll(async () => {
 			const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
-				joinSafe(testBinaryPath, "pdftoppm"),
+				join(testBinaryPath, "pdftoppm"),
 				["-v"]
 			);