Error while running Cypress 9.1.0 on node 18.12.0

[phillmund]

After upgrading to the new node lts version I get the following error while running the existing tests via the open command:

Error: The following error was thrown by a plugin. We stopped running your tests because a plugin crashed. Please check your plugins file (/***/cypress/plugins/index.js) at Object.get (/***/Library/Caches/Cypress/9.1.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/errors.js:1043:15) at EventEmitter.handleError (/***/Library/Caches/Cypress/9.1.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/index.js:189:20) at EventEmitter.emit (node:events:394:28) at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/***/Library/Caches/Cypress/9.1.0/Cypress.app/Contents/Resources/app/packages/server/lib/plugins/util.js:19:22) at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:394:28) at emit (node:internal/child_process:920:12) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:84:21)

My plugins file is empty:

`///
// ***********************************************************
// This example plugins/index.js can be used to load plugins
//
// You can change the location of this file or turn off loading
// the plugins file with the 'pluginsFile' configuration option.
//
// You can read more here:
// https://on.cypress.io/plugins-guide
// ***********************************************************

// This function is called when a project is opened or re-opened (e.g. due to
// the project's config changing)

/**

• @type {Cypress.PluginConfig}
  */
  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
  module.exports = (on, config) => {
  // "on" is used to hook into various events Cypress emits
  // "config" is the resolved Cypress config
  }
  `

Did anyone have this issue before? How can I solve it? Thanks in advance!