diff --git a/.changeset/tame-lions-jump.md b/.changeset/tame-lions-jump.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84ddf47767ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tame-lions-jump.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/adapter-node': patch
+---
+
+[fix] upgrade polka and sirv. fixes handling of URLs with unicode characters
diff --git a/packages/adapter-node/package.json b/packages/adapter-node/package.json
index ffe1617692c9..88c9ea06306e 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/adapter-node/package.json
@@ -25,15 +25,14 @@
 		"tiny-glob": "^0.2.9"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@polka/url": "^1.0.0-next.15",
 		"@rollup/plugin-json": "^4.1.0",
 		"@sveltejs/kit": "workspace:*",
 		"c8": "^7.7.2",
 		"compression": "^1.7.4",
 		"node-fetch": "^3.0.0-beta.9",
-		"polka": "^1.0.0-next.15",
+		"polka": "^1.0.0-next.16",
 		"rollup": "^2.55.0",
-		"sirv": "^1.0.12",
+		"sirv": "^1.0.13",
 		"uvu": "^0.5.1"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/adapter-node/src/server.js b/packages/adapter-node/src/server.js
index 0e538042935c..4dc6c69aa209 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-node/src/server.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-node/src/server.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import compression from 'compression';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
 import polka from 'polka';
-import { parse } from '@polka/url';
 import sirv from 'sirv';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
@@ -39,14 +38,7 @@ export function createServer({ render }) {
 		  })
 		: noop_handler;
 
-	const server = polka();
-	// Polka has a non-standard behavior of decoding the request path
-	// Disable it so that adapter-node works just like the rest
-	// SvelteKit will handle decoding URI components into req.params
-	server.parse = (req) => {
-		return parse(req, false);
-	};
-	server.use(
+	const server = polka().use(
 		compression({ threshold: 0 }),
 		assets_handler,
 		prerendered_handler,
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 81ac37d79b99..e0daea9adf4a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -88,31 +88,29 @@ importers:
 
   packages/adapter-node:
     specifiers:
-      '@polka/url': ^1.0.0-next.15
       '@rollup/plugin-json': ^4.1.0
       '@sveltejs/kit': workspace:*
       c8: ^7.7.2
       compression: ^1.7.4
       esbuild: ^0.12.5
       node-fetch: ^3.0.0-beta.9
-      polka: ^1.0.0-next.15
+      polka: ^1.0.0-next.16
       rollup: ^2.55.0
-      sirv: ^1.0.12
+      sirv: ^1.0.13
       tiny-glob: ^0.2.9
       uvu: ^0.5.1
     dependencies:
       esbuild: 0.12.5
       tiny-glob: 0.2.9
     devDependencies:
-      '@polka/url': 1.0.0-next.15
       '@rollup/plugin-json': 4.1.0_rollup@2.55.0
       '@sveltejs/kit': link:../kit
       c8: 7.7.2
       compression: 1.7.4
       node-fetch: 3.0.0-beta.9
-      polka: 1.0.0-next.15
+      polka: 1.0.0-next.16
       rollup: 2.55.0
-      sirv: 1.0.12
+      sirv: 1.0.13
       uvu: 0.5.1
 
   packages/adapter-static:
@@ -3015,8 +3013,8 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=10.13.0'}
     dev: true
 
-  /polka/1.0.0-next.15:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-zBCZO40+USkSj0GDHMqufthqk4TIRc9xVGd50LbMvYNEwGHK8dZczLBQtw9pPHBM+i/Xg7ed7+c+r6J68XkWLg==}
+  /polka/1.0.0-next.16:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-oTipKVQSdyugiPpU13pliPkjrycwfiiUf3y9qKCZ2oQlxb1GEkJ3lGqSDFNGF8B2x58bPrW1Lef7IYwE9iu4IQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
     dependencies:
       '@polka/url': 1.0.0-next.15
@@ -3356,6 +3354,15 @@ packages:
       totalist: 1.1.0
     dev: true
 
+  /sirv/1.0.13:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-J6AeSdfF0+QBqkuLb8IKv93bOn57U/YjVqlFLQITwgHZF27Asgbuu8Vyx4RM3TPUnTojCLh8C2krFe6xTfxRjA==}
+    engines: {node: '>= 10'}
+    dependencies:
+      '@polka/url': 1.0.0-next.15
+      mime: 2.5.2
+      totalist: 1.1.0
+    dev: true
+
   /sisteransi/1.0.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-bLGGlR1QxBcynn2d5YmDX4MGjlZvy2MRBDRNHLJ8VI6l6+9FUiyTFNJ0IveOSP0bcXgVDPRcfGqA0pjaqUpfVg==}
     dev: false