diff --git a/src/application.js b/src/application.js
index edb35d0..0b58f90 100644
--- a/src/application.js
+++ b/src/application.js
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ limitations under the License.
 const uWS = require("uWebSockets.js");
 const Router = require("./router.js");
 const { removeDuplicateSlashes, defaultSettings, compileTrust, createETagGenerator, fastQueryParse, NullObject } = require("./utils.js");
-const querystring = require("fast-querystring");
+const { parse } = require("fast-querystring");
 const ViewClass = require("./view.js");
-const path = require("path");
-const os = require("os");
+const { join, resolve } = require("path");
+const { cpus } = require("os");
 const { Worker } = require("worker_threads");
 
-const cpuCount = os.cpus().length;
+const cpuCount = cpus().length;
 
 let workers = [];
 let taskKey = 0;
 const workerTasks = new NullObject();
 
 function createWorker() {
-    const worker = new Worker(path.join(__dirname, 'worker.js'));
+    const worker = new Worker(join(__dirname, 'worker.js'));
     workers.push(worker);
 
     worker.on('message', (message) => {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Application extends Router {
             }
         }
         this.set('view', ViewClass);
-        this.set('views', path.resolve('views'));
+        this.set('views', resolve('views'));
     }
 
     createWorkerTask(resolve, reject) {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Application extends Router {
             if(value === 'extended') {
                 this.settings['query parser fn'] = fastQueryParse;
             } else if(value === 'simple') {
-                this.settings['query parser fn'] = querystring.parse;
+                this.settings['query parser fn'] = parse;
             } else if(typeof value === 'function') {
                 this.settings['query parser fn'] = value;
             } else {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class Application extends Router {
                 this.settings['view cache'] = undefined;
             }
         } else if(key === 'views') {
-            this.settings[key] = path.resolve(value);
+            this.settings[key] = resolve(value);
             return this;
         } else if(key === 'etag') {
             if(typeof value === 'function') {
diff --git a/src/declarative.js b/src/declarative.js
index 5678878..524cd25 100644
--- a/src/declarative.js
+++ b/src/declarative.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-const acorn = require("acorn");
+const { tokenizer, Parser } = require("acorn");
 const { stringify } = require("./utils.js");
 const uWS = require("uWebSockets.js");
 
-const parser = acorn.Parser;
+const parser = Parser;
 
 const allowedResMethods = ['set', 'header', 'setHeader', 'status', 'send', 'end', 'append'];
 const allowedIdentifiers = ['query', 'params', ...allowedResMethods];
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = function compileDeclarative(cb, app) {
             code = code.replace(/function *\(/, "function __cb(");
         }
 
-        const tokens = [...acorn.tokenizer(code, { ecmaVersion: "latest" })];
+        const tokens = [...tokenizer(code, { ecmaVersion: "latest" })];
 
         if(tokens.some(token => ['throw', 'new', 'await'].includes(token.value))) {
             return false;
diff --git a/src/middlewares.js b/src/middlewares.js
index d889176..b16a1b1 100644
--- a/src/middlewares.js
+++ b/src/middlewares.js
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
+const { statSync } = require('fs');
+const { resolve, join, extname } = require('path');
 const bytes = require('bytes');
-const zlib = require('fast-zlib');
+const { Inflate, Gunzip, BrotliDecompress } = require('fast-zlib');
 const typeis = require('type-is');
-const querystring = require('fast-querystring');
+const { parse } = require('fast-querystring');
 const { fastQueryParse, NullObject } = require('./utils.js');
 
 function static(root, options) {
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ function static(root, options) {
             } else return next();
         }
         let _path = url;
-        let fullpath = path.resolve(path.join(options.root, url));
-        if(options.root && !fullpath.startsWith(path.resolve(options.root))) {
+        let fullpath = resolve(join(options.root, url));
+        if(options.root && !fullpath.startsWith(resolve(options.root))) {
             if(!options.fallthrough) {
                 res.status(403);
                 return next(new Error('Forbidden'));
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ function static(root, options) {
 
         let stat;
         try {
-            stat = fs.statSync(fullpath);
+            stat = statSync(fullpath);
         } catch(err) {
-            const ext = path.extname(fullpath);
+            const ext = extname(fullpath);
             let i = 0;
             if(ext === '' && options.extensions) {
                 while(i < options.extensions.length) {
                     try {
-                        stat = fs.statSync(fullpath + '.' + options.extensions[i]);
+                        stat = statSync(fullpath + '.' + options.extensions[i]);
                         _path = url + '.' + options.extensions[i];
                         break;
                     } catch(err) {
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ function static(root, options) {
             }
             if(options.index) {
                 try {
-                    stat = fs.statSync(path.join(fullpath, options.index));
-                    _path = path.join(url, options.index);
+                    stat = statSync(join(fullpath, options.index));
+                    _path = join(url, options.index);
                 } catch(err) {
                     if(!options.fallthrough) {
                         res.status(404);
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ function createInflate(contentEncoding) {
         case 'identity':
             return;
         case 'deflate':
-            return new zlib.Inflate();
+            return new Inflate();
         case 'gzip':
-            return new zlib.Gunzip();
+            return new Gunzip();
         case 'br':
-            return new zlib.BrotliDecompress();
+            return new BrotliDecompress();
         default:
             return false;
     }
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ const urlencoded = createBodyParser('application/x-www-form-urlencoded', functio
         if(options.extended) {
             req.body = fastQueryParse(buf.toString(), options);
         } else {
-            req.body = querystring.parse(buf.toString());
+            req.body = parse(buf.toString());
         }
     } catch(e) {
         return next(e);
diff --git a/src/response.js b/src/response.js
index 39ae1d8..0022573 100644
--- a/src/response.js
+++ b/src/response.js
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-const cookie = require("cookie");
-const mime = require("mime-types");
+const { serialize } = require("cookie");
+const { lookup, contentType } = require("mime-types");
 const vary = require("vary");
 const encodeUrl = require("encodeurl");
 const { 
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ const {
 } = require("./utils.js");
 const { Writable } = require("stream");
 const { isAbsolute } = require("path");
-const fs = require("fs");
-const Path = require("path");
-const statuses = require("statuses");
+const { statSync, createReadStream } = require("fs");
+const { normalize, sep, resolve, join, basename } = require("path");
+const { message } = require("statuses");
 const { sign } = require("cookie-signature");
 // events is faster at init, tseep is faster at sending events
 // since we create a ton of objects and dont send a ton of events, its better to use events here
 const { EventEmitter } = require("events");
-const http = require("http");
+const { OutgoingMessage } = require("http");
 const ms = require('ms');   
 const etag = require("etag");
 
-const outgoingMessage = new http.OutgoingMessage();
+const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
 const symbols = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(outgoingMessage);
 const kOutHeaders = symbols.find(s => s.toString() === 'Symbol(kOutHeaders)');
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ module.exports = class Response extends Writable {
         return this;
     }
     sendStatus(code) {
-        return this.status(code).send(statuses.message[+code] ?? code.toString());
+        return this.status(code).send(message[+code] ?? code.toString());
     }
     end(data) {
         if(this.finished) {
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ module.exports = class Response extends Writable {
             this.status(403);
             return done(new Error('Forbidden'));
         }
-        const parts = Path.normalize(path).split(Path.sep);
-        const fullpath = options.root ? Path.resolve(Path.join(options.root, path)) : path;
-        if(options.root && !fullpath.startsWith(Path.resolve(options.root))) {
+        const parts = normalize(path).split(sep);
+        const fullpath = options.root ? resolve(join(options.root, path)) : path;
+        if(options.root && !fullpath.startsWith(resolve(options.root))) {
             this.status(403);
             return done(new Error('Forbidden'));
         }
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ module.exports = class Response extends Writable {
         let stat = options._stat;
         if(!stat) {
             try {
-                stat = fs.statSync(fullpath);
+                stat = statSync(fullpath);
             } catch(err) {
                 return done(err);
             }
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ module.exports = class Response extends Writable {
 
         // headers
         if(!this.headers['content-type']) {
-            const m = mime.lookup(fullpath);
+            const m = lookup(fullpath);
             if(m) this.type(m);
             else this.type('application/octet-stream');
         }
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ module.exports = class Response extends Writable {
                 opts.start = offset;
                 opts.end = Math.max(offset, offset + len - 1);
             }
-            const file = fs.createReadStream(fullpath, opts);
+            const file = createReadStream(fullpath, opts);
             pipeStreamOverResponse(this, file, len, callback);
         }
     }
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ module.exports = class Response extends Writable {
             opts = filename;
         }
         if(!name) {
-            name = Path.basename(path);
+            name = basename(path);
         }
         if(!opts.root && !isAbsolute(path)) {
             opts.root = process.cwd();
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ module.exports = class Response extends Writable {
             options.path = '/';
         }
 
-        this.append('Set-Cookie', cookie.serialize(name, val, options));
+        this.append('Set-Cookie', serialize(name, val, options));
         return this;
     }
     clearCookie(name, options) {
@@ -704,12 +704,12 @@ module.exports = class Response extends Writable {
         this.location(url);
         this.status(status);
         this.headers['content-type'] = 'text/plain; charset=utf-8';
-        return this.send(`${statuses.message[status] ?? status}. Redirecting to ${url}`);
+        return this.send(`${message[status] ?? status}. Redirecting to ${url}`);
     }
 
     type(type) {
         let ct = type.indexOf('/') === -1
-            ? (mime.contentType(type) || 'application/octet-stream')
+            ? (contentType(type) || 'application/octet-stream')
             : type;
 
         return this.set('content-type', ct);
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 056a52a..0e76d78 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-const mime = require("mime-types");
-const path = require("path");
-const proxyaddr = require("proxy-addr");
-const qs = require("qs");
-const querystring = require("fast-querystring");
+const { lookup } = require("mime-types");
+const { join } = require("path");
+const { compile } = require("proxy-addr");
+const parseQs = require("qs").parse;
+const parseFqs = require("fast-querystring").parse;
 const etag = require("etag");
 const { Stats } = require("fs");
 
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ function fastQueryParse(query, options) {
     if(len <= 128) {
         if(!query.includes('[') && !query.includes('%5B') && !query.includes('.') && !query.includes('%2E')) {
             // [Object: null prototype] issue
-            return {...querystring.parse(query)};
+            return {...parseFqs(query)};
         }
     }
     // [Object: null prototype] issue
-    return {...qs.parse(query, options)};
+    return {...parseQs(query, options)};
 }
 
 function removeDuplicateSlashes(path) {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function acceptParams(str) {
 function normalizeType(type) {
     return ~type.indexOf('/') ?
         acceptParams(type) :
-        { value: (mime.lookup(type) || 'application/octet-stream'), params: {} };
+        { value: (lookup(type) || 'application/octet-stream'), params: {} };
 }
 
 function stringify(value, replacer, spaces, escape) {
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ const defaultSettings = {
     'query parser fn': () => fastQueryParse,
     'subdomain offset': 2,
     'trust proxy': false,
-    'views': () => path.join(process.cwd(), 'views'),
+    'views': () => join(process.cwd(), 'views'),
     'view cache': () => process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production',
     'x-powered-by': true,
     'case sensitive routing': true,
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function compileTrust(val) {
             .map(function (v) { return v.trim() })
     }
   
-    return proxyaddr.compile(val || []);
+    return compile(val || []);
 }
 
 const shownWarnings = new Set();
diff --git a/src/worker.js b/src/worker.js
index 705f72c..c8ff170 100644
--- a/src/worker.js
+++ b/src/worker.js
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-const fs = require("fs");
+const { readFileSync } = require("fs");
 const { parentPort } = require("worker_threads");
 
 parentPort.on('message', (message) => {
     if(message.type === 'readFile') {
         try {
-            const data = fs.readFileSync(message.path);
+            const data = readFileSync(message.path);
             const ab = data.buffer.slice(data.byteOffset, data.byteOffset + data.byteLength);
             parentPort.postMessage({ key: message.key, data: ab }, [ab]);
         } catch(err) {