diff --git a/packages/cli/src/GenericHelpers.ts b/packages/cli/src/GenericHelpers.ts
index 74e9578fec..8dba633baa 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/GenericHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/GenericHelpers.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@ import * as express from 'express';
 import { join as pathJoin } from 'path';
 import {
 	readFile as fsReadFile,
-} from 'fs';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
+} from 'fs/promises';
 import { IDataObject } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 import { IPackageVersions } from './';
 
-const fsReadFileAsync = promisify(fsReadFile);
-
 let versionCache: IPackageVersions | undefined;
 
 
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ export async function getVersions(): Promise<IPackageVersions> {
 		return versionCache;
 	}
 
-	const packageFile = await fsReadFileAsync(pathJoin(__dirname, '../../package.json'), 'utf8') as string;
+	const packageFile = await fsReadFile(pathJoin(__dirname, '../../package.json'), 'utf8') as string;
 	const packageData = JSON.parse(packageFile);
 
 	versionCache = {
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ export async function getConfigValue(configKey: string): Promise<string | boolea
 
 	let data;
 	try {
-		data = await fsReadFileAsync(fileEnvironmentVariable, 'utf8') as string;
+		data = await fsReadFile(fileEnvironmentVariable, 'utf8') as string;
 	} catch (error) {
 		if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
 			throw new Error(`The file "${fileEnvironmentVariable}" could not be found.`);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/LoadNodesAndCredentials.ts b/packages/cli/src/LoadNodesAndCredentials.ts
index 5399b24932..a69c6be33f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/LoadNodesAndCredentials.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/LoadNodesAndCredentials.ts
@@ -14,15 +14,9 @@ import {
 	readdir as fsReaddir,
 	readFile as fsReadFile,
 	stat as fsStat,
- } from 'fs';
+ } from 'fs/promises';
 import * as glob from 'glob-promise';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
-
-const fsAccessAsync = promisify(fsAccess);
-const fsReaddirAsync = promisify(fsReaddir);
-const fsReadFileAsync = promisify(fsReadFile);
-const fsStatAsync = promisify(fsStat);
 
 
 class LoadNodesAndCredentialsClass {
@@ -49,7 +43,7 @@ class LoadNodesAndCredentialsClass {
 		];
 		for (const checkPath of checkPaths) {
 			try {
-				await fsAccessAsync(checkPath);
+				await fsAccess(checkPath);
 				// Folder exists, so use it.
 				this.nodeModulesPath = path.dirname(checkPath);
 				break;
@@ -102,13 +96,13 @@ class LoadNodesAndCredentialsClass {
 		const getN8nNodePackagesRecursive = async (relativePath: string): Promise<string[]> => {
 			const results: string[] = [];
 			const nodeModulesPath = `${this.nodeModulesPath}/${relativePath}`;
-			for (const file of await fsReaddirAsync(nodeModulesPath)) {
+			for (const file of await fsReaddir(nodeModulesPath)) {
 				const isN8nNodesPackage = file.indexOf('n8n-nodes-') === 0;
 				const isNpmScopedPackage = file.indexOf('@') === 0;
 				if (!isN8nNodesPackage && !isNpmScopedPackage) {
 					continue;
 				}
-				if (!(await fsStatAsync(nodeModulesPath)).isDirectory()) {
+				if (!(await fsStat(nodeModulesPath)).isDirectory()) {
 					continue;
 				}
 				if (isN8nNodesPackage) { results.push(`${relativePath}${file}`); }
@@ -234,7 +228,7 @@ class LoadNodesAndCredentialsClass {
 		const packagePath = path.join(this.nodeModulesPath, packageName);
 
 		// Read the data from the package.json file to see if any n8n data is defiend
-		const packageFileString = await fsReadFileAsync(path.join(packagePath, 'package.json'), 'utf8');
+		const packageFileString = await fsReadFile(path.join(packagePath, 'package.json'), 'utf8');
 		const packageFile = JSON.parse(packageFileString);
 		if (!packageFile.hasOwnProperty('n8n')) {
 			return;
diff --git a/packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts b/packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts
index ce2f16a263..4b470a6ff1 100644
--- a/packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts
+++ b/packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import { ChildProcess, spawn } from 'child_process';
 const copyfiles = require('copyfiles');
+
 import {
 	readFile as fsReadFile,
+} from 'fs/promises';
+import {
 	write as fsWrite,
 } from 'fs';
+
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { file } from 'tmp-promise';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ export async function createCustomTsconfig () {
 	const tsconfigPath = join(__dirname, '../../src/tsconfig-build.json');
 
 	// Read the tsconfi file
-	const tsConfigString = await fsReadFileAsync(tsconfigPath, { encoding: 'utf8'}) as string;
+	const tsConfigString = await fsReadFile(tsconfigPath, { encoding: 'utf8'}) as string;
 	const tsConfig = JSON.parse(tsConfigString);
 
 	// Set absolute include paths
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ExecuteWorkflow.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ExecuteWorkflow.node.ts
index e4883cd4e8..7ca01e8327 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ExecuteWorkflow.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ExecuteWorkflow.node.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import {
 	readFile as fsReadFile,
-} from 'fs';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
-
-const fsReadFileAsync = promisify(fsReadFile);
+} from 'fs/promises';
 
 import { IExecuteFunctions } from 'n8n-core';
 import {
@@ -162,7 +159,7 @@ export class ExecuteWorkflow implements INodeType {
 
 			let workflowJson;
 			try {
-				workflowJson = await fsReadFileAsync(workflowPath, { encoding: 'utf8' }) as string;
+				workflowJson = await fsReadFile(workflowPath, { encoding: 'utf8' }) as string;
 			} catch (error) {
 				if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
 					throw new NodeOperationError(this.getNode(), `The file "${workflowPath}" could not be found.`);
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFile.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFile.node.ts
index 6b595d3b10..fe5a3d8bce 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFile.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFile.node.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ import {
 
 import {
 	readFile as fsReadFile,
-} from 'fs';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
-
-const fsReadFileAsync = promisify(fsReadFile);
+} from 'fs/promises';
 
 
 export class ReadBinaryFile implements INodeType {
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ export class ReadBinaryFile implements INodeType {
 
 			let data;
 			try {
-				data = await fsReadFileAsync(filePath) as Buffer;
+				data = await fsReadFile(filePath) as Buffer;
 			} catch (error) {
 				if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
 					throw new NodeOperationError(this.getNode(), `The file "${filePath}" could not be found.`);
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
index 7a42764f35..509402bb21 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 
 import {
 	readFile as fsReadFile,
-} from 'fs';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
-
-const fsReadFileAsync = promisify(fsReadFile);
+} from 'fs/promises';
 
 
 export class ReadBinaryFiles implements INodeType {
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ export class ReadBinaryFiles implements INodeType {
 		let item: INodeExecutionData;
 		let data: Buffer;
 		for (const filePath of files) {
-			data = await fsReadFileAsync(filePath) as Buffer;
+			data = await fsReadFile(filePath) as Buffer;
 
 			item = {
 				binary: {
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.ts
index 6c6f9a83ad..5796110119 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ import {
 
 import {
 	writeFile as fsWriteFile,
-} from 'fs';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
-
-const fsWriteFileAsync = promisify(fsWriteFile);
+} from 'fs/promises';
 
 
 export class WriteBinaryFile implements INodeType {
@@ -80,7 +77,7 @@ export class WriteBinaryFile implements INodeType {
 			}
 
 			// Write the file to disk
-			await fsWriteFileAsync(fileName, Buffer.from(item.binary[dataPropertyName].data, BINARY_ENCODING), 'binary');
+			await fsWriteFile(fileName, Buffer.from(item.binary[dataPropertyName].data, BINARY_ENCODING), 'binary');
 
 			const newItem: INodeExecutionData = {
 				json: {},