diff --git a/classes/publish/package/tasks/cleanup.js b/classes/publish/package/tasks/cleanup.js
index 4f478eeb..46e6e71c 100644
--- a/classes/publish/package/tasks/cleanup.js
+++ b/classes/publish/package/tasks/cleanup.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
+import { rimrafSync } from 'rimraf';
 import Task from './task.js';
 
 export default class Cleanup extends Task {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default class Cleanup extends Task {
         if (fs.existsSync(path)) {
             fs.readdirSync(path)
                 .filter((file) => file !== 'integrity.json')
-                .forEach((file) => rimraf.sync(join(path, file)));
+                .forEach((file) => rimrafSync(join(path, file)));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83b42895..dc4b9a90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "gzip-size": "7.0.0",
     "make-dir": "5.0.0",
     "ora": "8.0.1",
-    "rimraf": "3.0.2",
+    "rimraf": "6.0.1",
     "semver": "7.6.3",
     "ssri": "10.0.6",
     "tar": "7.4.3",
diff --git a/test/tasks/cleanup.test.mjs b/test/tasks/cleanup.test.mjs
index 45fa6b5c..902c2b49 100644
--- a/test/tasks/cleanup.test.mjs
+++ b/test/tasks/cleanup.test.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { test, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'tap';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
+import { rimrafSync } from 'rimraf';
 import CleanupTask from '../../classes/publish/package/tasks/cleanup.js';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { dirname } from 'path';
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ beforeEach(async (t) => {
 });
 
 afterEach((t) => {
-    rimraf.sync(t.context.path);
+    rimrafSync(t.context.path);
 });
 
 test('basic cleanup', async (t) => {