diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c216518..87d8ccc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,16 +75,12 @@
     "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.1",
     "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
     "@types/bluebird": "^3.5.38",
-    "@types/chai": "^4.3.5",
-    "@types/chai-as-promised": "^7.1.5",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.196",
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^20.4.7",
-    "@types/sinon": "^17.0.0",
-    "@types/sinon-chai": "^3.2.9",
     "@types/teen_process": "^2.0.2",
-    "chai": "^4.1.2",
-    "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
+    "chai": "^5.1.1",
+    "chai-as-promised": "^8.0.0",
     "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^7.0.1",
     "mocha": "^10.0.0",
     "semantic-release": "^23.0.0",
diff --git a/test/functional/basic-e2e-specs.js b/test/functional/basic-e2e-specs.js
index 220bb7d..f20e0fb 100644
--- a/test/functional/basic-e2e-specs.js
+++ b/test/functional/basic-e2e-specs.js
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { remote } from 'webdriverio';
-import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
-import chai from 'chai';
 import { HOST, PORT, MOCHA_TIMEOUT, TEXT_EDIT_BUNDLE_ID } from '../utils';
 
-chai.should();
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
-
 const CAPS = {
   platformName: 'mac',
   'appium:automationName': 'mac2',
@@ -17,6 +12,16 @@ describe('Mac2Driver - basic', function () {
   this.timeout(MOCHA_TIMEOUT);
 
   let driver;
+  let chai;
+
+  before(async function () {
+    chai = await import('chai');
+    const chaiAsPromised = await import('chai-as-promised');
+
+    chai.should();
+    chai.use(chaiAsPromised.default);
+  });
+
   beforeEach(async function () {
     driver = await remote({
       hostname: HOST,
diff --git a/test/functional/caps-e2e-specs.js b/test/functional/caps-e2e-specs.js
index 5ef493e..b9f09dc 100644
--- a/test/functional/caps-e2e-specs.js
+++ b/test/functional/caps-e2e-specs.js
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 import { remote } from 'webdriverio';
-import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
-import chai from 'chai';
 import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import { fs } from 'appium/support';
 import { HOST, PORT, MOCHA_TIMEOUT, TEXT_EDIT_BUNDLE_ID } from '../utils';
 
-chai.should();
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
-
 const TEST_FILE = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'test.test');
 
 const CAPS = {
@@ -23,6 +18,16 @@ describe('Mac2Driver - caps', function () {
   this.timeout(MOCHA_TIMEOUT);
 
   let driver;
+  let chai;
+
+  before(async function () {
+    chai = await import('chai');
+    const chaiAsPromised = await import('chai-as-promised');
+
+    chai.should();
+    chai.use(chaiAsPromised.default);
+  });
+
   beforeEach(async function () {
     driver = await remote({
       hostname: HOST,
diff --git a/test/functional/find-e2e-specs.js b/test/functional/find-e2e-specs.js
index 5660867..0254721 100644
--- a/test/functional/find-e2e-specs.js
+++ b/test/functional/find-e2e-specs.js
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { remote } from 'webdriverio';
-import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
-import chai from 'chai';
 import { HOST, PORT, MOCHA_TIMEOUT, TEXT_EDIT_BUNDLE_ID } from '../utils';
 
-chai.should();
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
-
 const CAPS = {
   platformName: 'mac',
   'appium:automationName': 'mac2',
@@ -17,6 +12,16 @@ describe('Mac2Driver - find elements', function () {
   this.timeout(MOCHA_TIMEOUT);
 
   let driver;
+  let chai;
+
+  before(async function () {
+    chai = await import('chai');
+    const chaiAsPromised = await import('chai-as-promised');
+
+    chai.should();
+    chai.use(chaiAsPromised.default);
+  });
+
   beforeEach(async function () {
     driver = await remote({
       hostname: HOST,
diff --git a/test/functional/interaction-e2e-specs.js b/test/functional/interaction-e2e-specs.js
index c98a30b..5a976a9 100644
--- a/test/functional/interaction-e2e-specs.js
+++ b/test/functional/interaction-e2e-specs.js
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { remote } from 'webdriverio';
-import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
-import chai from 'chai';
 import { HOST, PORT, MOCHA_TIMEOUT, TEXT_EDIT_BUNDLE_ID } from '../utils';
 
-chai.should();
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
-
 const CAPS = {
   platformName: 'mac',
   'appium:automationName': 'mac2',
@@ -18,6 +13,16 @@ describe('Mac2Driver - elements interaction', function () {
   this.timeout(MOCHA_TIMEOUT);
 
   let driver;
+  let chai;
+
+  before(async function () {
+    chai = await import('chai');
+    const chaiAsPromised = await import('chai-as-promised');
+
+    chai.should();
+    chai.use(chaiAsPromised.default);
+  });
+
   beforeEach(async function () {
     driver = await remote({
       hostname: HOST,
diff --git a/test/unit/driver-specs.js b/test/unit/driver-specs.js
index 1cb7f2b..eeac67f 100644
--- a/test/unit/driver-specs.js
+++ b/test/unit/driver-specs.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import Mac2Driver from '../../lib/driver';
-import chai from 'chai';
-const should = chai.should();
 
 describe('Mac2Driver', function () {
+  let chai;
+  let should;
+
+  before(async function () {
+    chai = await import('chai');
+    should = chai.should();
+  });
+
   it('should exist', function () {
     should.exist(Mac2Driver);
   });
diff --git a/test/unit/utils-specs.js b/test/unit/utils-specs.js
index e950320..4be3f2d 100644
--- a/test/unit/utils-specs.js
+++ b/test/unit/utils-specs.js
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-import chai from 'chai';
-import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import * as teen_process from 'teen_process';
 import { listChildrenProcessIds } from '../../lib/utils';
 
 const sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
-chai.should();
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
 
 describe('listChildrenProcessIds', function () {
+  let chai;
+
+  before(async function () {
+    chai = await import('chai');
+    const chaiAsPromised = await import('chai-as-promised');
+
+    chai.should();
+    chai.use(chaiAsPromised.default);
+  });
+
   const EXAMPLE_PS_OUTPUT = `
   USER                PID  %CPU %MEM      VSZ    RSS   TT  STAT STARTED      TIME COMMAND           PPID
   _coreaudiod         236   3.1  0.0  4343236   4124   ??  Ss   Thu10AM  42:23.82 /usr/sbin/coreau     1
diff --git a/test/unit/wda-mac-specs.js b/test/unit/wda-mac-specs.js
index e8a486e..8856c3d 100644
--- a/test/unit/wda-mac-specs.js
+++ b/test/unit/wda-mac-specs.js
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
-import chai from 'chai';
-import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
 import WDA_MAC_SERVER from '../../lib/wda-mac';
 
-chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
-
 describe('WDAMacServer', function () {
+  let chai;
+
+  before(async function () {
+    chai = await import('chai');
+    const chaiAsPromised = await import('chai-as-promised');
+
+    chai.should();
+    chai.use(chaiAsPromised.default);
+  });
+
   describe('parseProxyProperties', function () {
     it('should default', function () {
       WDA_MAC_SERVER.parseProxyProperties({}).should.eql(