diff --git a/lib/fs.cjs b/lib/fs.cjs
index 76d16ee..cd4e878 100644
--- a/lib/fs.cjs
+++ b/lib/fs.cjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 if (typeof require !== 'undefined') {
   var f = require('fs')
-  if (f.default) f = f.default
+  if (f && f.default) f = f.default
   exports.default = f
   module.exports = exports.default
 }
diff --git a/lib/path.cjs b/lib/path.cjs
index 0f881bd..e5164b6 100644
--- a/lib/path.cjs
+++ b/lib/path.cjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 if (typeof require !== 'undefined') {
   var path = require('path')
-  if (path.default) path = path.default
+  if (path && path.default) path = path.default
   exports.default = path
   module.exports = exports.default
 }
diff --git a/licence b/licence
index d520788..6b08763 100644
--- a/licence
+++ b/licence
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2023 i18next
+Copyright (c) 2024 i18next
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff2e7fe..44ca5e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,27 +28,27 @@
   "module": "./esm/index.js",
   "types": "./index.d.mts",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/cli": "7.23.4",
-    "@babel/core": "7.23.5",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "7.23.5",
+    "@babel/cli": "7.24.8",
+    "@babel/core": "7.25.2",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "7.25.2",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "1.0.4",
     "dtslint": "4.2.1",
     "eslint": "8.55.0",
     "eslint-config-standard": "17.1.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.29.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.29.1",
     "eslint-plugin-n": "16.3.1",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "6.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-require-path-exists": "1.1.9",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "5.0.0",
     "expect.js": "0.3.1",
-    "i18next": "23.7.8",
+    "i18next": "23.12.2",
     "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
     "json5": "2.2.3",
-    "mocha": "10.2.0",
+    "mocha": "10.7.0",
     "tslint": "5.20.1",
-    "tsd": "0.29.0",
-    "typescript": "5.3.3",
-    "uglify-js": "3.17.4"
+    "tsd": "0.31.1",
+    "typescript": "5.5.4",
+    "uglify-js": "3.19.1"
   },
   "description": "i18next-fs-backend is a backend layer for i18next using in Node.js and for Deno to load translations from the filesystem.",
   "keywords": [