diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d81e5d7..572ea12 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ the tests subdirectory.
 #### Setup a basic stand-alone proxy server
 
 ```js
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import { createProxyServer } from "http-proxy-3";
 
 // Create your proxy server and set the target in the options.
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ This example shows how you can proxy a request using your own HTTP server
 and also you can put your own logic to handle the request.
 
 ```js
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import { createProxyServer } from "http-proxy-3";
 
 // Create a proxy server with custom application logic
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ This example shows how you can proxy a request using your own HTTP server that
 modifies the outgoing proxy request by adding a special header.
 
 ```js
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import { createProxyServer } from "http-proxy-3";
 
 // Create a proxy server with custom application logic
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Sometimes when you have received a HTML/XML document from the server of origin y
 #### Setup a stand-alone proxy server with latency
 
 ```js
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import { createProxyServer } from "http-proxy-3";
 
 // Create a proxy server with latency
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ httpProxy
 Also you can proxy the websocket requests just calling the `ws(req, socket, head)` method.
 
 ```js
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import { createProxyServer } from "http-proxy-3";
 
 // Setup our server to proxy standard HTTP requests
diff --git a/lib/http-proxy/common.ts b/lib/http-proxy/common.ts
index 5ae4f62..47a5478 100644
--- a/lib/http-proxy/common.ts
+++ b/lib/http-proxy/common.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { NormalizedServerOptions, ProxyTargetDetailed, ServerOptions } from "./index";
-import { type IncomingMessage as Request } from "http";
-import { TLSSocket } from "tls";
-import type { Socket } from "net";
-import * as urllib from "url";
+import { type IncomingMessage as Request } from "node:http";
+import { TLSSocket } from "node:tls";
+import type { Socket } from "node:net";
+import * as urllib from "node:url";
 
 const upgradeHeader = /(^|,)\s*upgrade\s*($|,)/i;
 
@@ -149,16 +149,16 @@ export function setupSocket(socket: Socket): Socket {
 export function getPort(
   // Incoming HTTP request.
   req: Request,
-): // Retjurn the port number, as a string.
-string {
+  // Return the port number, as a string.
+): string {
   const res = req.headers.host ? req.headers.host.match(/:(\d+)/) : "";
   return res ? res[1] : hasEncryptedConnection(req) ? "443" : "80";
 }
 
 // Check if the request has an encrypted connection.
 export function hasEncryptedConnection(
-  req: // Incoming HTTP request.
-  Request,
+  // Incoming HTTP request.
+  req: Request,
 ): boolean {
   const conn = req.connection;
   return (
diff --git a/lib/http-proxy/index.ts b/lib/http-proxy/index.ts
index 8d43984..75fa5ee 100644
--- a/lib/http-proxy/index.ts
+++ b/lib/http-proxy/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import * as http from "http";
-import * as https from "https";
-import * as net from "net";
+import * as http from "node:http";
+import * as https from "node:https";
+import * as net from "node:net";
 import { WEB_PASSES } from "./passes/web-incoming";
 import { WS_PASSES } from "./passes/ws-incoming";
-import { EventEmitter } from "events";
-import type { Stream } from "stream";
+import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
+import type { Stream } from "node:stream";
 import debug from "debug";
 import { toURL } from "./common";
 
diff --git a/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.ts b/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.ts
index 5415a6d..dd8cc81 100644
--- a/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.ts
+++ b/lib/http-proxy/passes/web-incoming.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ The names of passes are exported as WEB_PASSES from this module.
 
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
-import * as https from "https";
+import * as http from "node:http";
+import * as https from "node:https";
 import { OUTGOING_PASSES } from "./web-outgoing";
 import * as common from "../common";
 import * as followRedirects from "follow-redirects";
 import {
   type IncomingMessage as Request,
   type ServerResponse as Response,
-} from "http";
-import { type Socket } from "net";
+} from "node:http";
+import { type Socket } from "node:net";
 import type { ErrorCallback, NormalizedServerOptions, NormalizeProxyTarget, ProxyServer, ProxyTarget, ProxyTargetUrl, ServerOptions } from "..";
 
 export type ProxyResponse = Request & {
diff --git a/lib/http-proxy/passes/ws-incoming.ts b/lib/http-proxy/passes/ws-incoming.ts
index 2397860..fd99fa4 100644
--- a/lib/http-proxy/passes/ws-incoming.ts
+++ b/lib/http-proxy/passes/ws-incoming.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ flexible.
 The names of passes are exported as WS_PASSES from this module.
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
-import * as https from "https";
+import * as http from "node:http";
+import * as https from "node:https";
 import * as common from "../common";
 import type { Request } from "./web-incoming";
-import type { Socket } from "net";
+import type { Socket } from "node:net";
 import debug from "debug";
 import type { NormalizedServerOptions, ProxyServer } from "..";
 
diff --git a/lib/test/balancer/simple-balancer-with-websockets.test.ts b/lib/test/balancer/simple-balancer-with-websockets.test.ts
index d8d7bbc..4bccebd 100644
--- a/lib/test/balancer/simple-balancer-with-websockets.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/balancer/simple-balancer-with-websockets.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Simple round robin load balancer for websockets
 pnpm test ./simple-balancer-with-websockets.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import { once } from "events";
+import { once } from "node:events";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
 
 describe("A simple round-robin load balancer that supports websockets", () => {
diff --git a/lib/test/balancer/simple-balancer.test.ts b/lib/test/balancer/simple-balancer.test.ts
index e17bc3e..27b771c 100644
--- a/lib/test/balancer/simple-balancer.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/balancer/simple-balancer.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ simple-balancer.test.ts: Example of a simple round robin HTTP load balancer
 pnpm test simple-balancer.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
diff --git a/lib/test/get-port.ts b/lib/test/get-port.ts
index 31e8c1d..b775736 100644
--- a/lib/test/get-port.ts
+++ b/lib/test/get-port.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createServer } from "http";
+import { createServer } from "node:http";
 
 export default async function getPort(): Promise<number> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ export default async function getPort(): Promise<number> {
     });
     server.on("error", reject);
   });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lib/test/http/basic-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/http/basic-proxy.test.ts
index 44b929a..51b4070 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/basic-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/basic-proxy.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DEVELOPMENT:
 pnpm test basic-proxy.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import log from "../log";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
diff --git a/lib/test/http/custom-proxy-error.test.ts b/lib/test/http/custom-proxy-error.test.ts
index a44d492..8d28a09 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/custom-proxy-error.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/custom-proxy-error.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pnpm test ./custom-proxy-error.test.ts
 */
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
 
diff --git a/lib/test/http/double-slashes.test.ts b/lib/test/http/double-slashes.test.ts
index 7ef9830..71089fb 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/double-slashes.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/double-slashes.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import express from "express";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import ProxyServer, { createServer } from "../..";
-import http from "http";
+import http from "node:http";
 
 // See https://github.com/sagemathinc/http-proxy-3/issues/6
 
diff --git a/lib/test/http/error-handling.test.ts b/lib/test/http/error-handling.test.ts
index 4e02a8c..2fbf969 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/error-handling.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/error-handling.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 */
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import log from "../log";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
diff --git a/lib/test/http/forward-and-target-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/http/forward-and-target-proxy.test.ts
index 4731abd..a16c807 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/forward-and-target-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/forward-and-target-proxy.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   pnpm test forward-and-target-proxy.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import log from "../log";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
diff --git a/lib/test/http/forward-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/http/forward-proxy.test.ts
index 0e10af3..8478d69 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/forward-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/forward-proxy.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEVELOPMENT:
 pnpm test forward-proxy.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import log from "../log";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
diff --git a/lib/test/http/latent-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/http/latent-proxy.test.ts
index d138d2d..5114a2a 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/latent-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/latent-proxy.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pnpm test latent-proxy.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 
diff --git a/lib/test/http/proxy-http-to-https.test.ts b/lib/test/http/proxy-http-to-https.test.ts
index b26148e..bfa7a2f 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/proxy-http-to-https.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/proxy-http-to-https.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pnpm test proxy-http-to-https.test.ts
 We proxy https://google.com via a local non-https http server.
 */
 
-import * as https from "https";
+import * as https from "node:https";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
diff --git a/lib/test/http/proxy-https-to-http.test.ts b/lib/test/http/proxy-https-to-http.test.ts
index 646c7bb..bec2751 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/proxy-https-to-http.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/proxy-https-to-http.test.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 pnpm test proxy-https-to-http.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import { join } from "path";
-import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
 
 const fixturesDir = join(__dirname, "..", "fixtures");
diff --git a/lib/test/http/proxy-https-to-https.test.ts b/lib/test/http/proxy-https-to-https.test.ts
index ed011b4..dd179a8 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/proxy-https-to-https.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/proxy-https-to-https.test.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ pnpm test proxy-https-to-https.test.ts
 
 */
 
-import * as https from "https";
+import * as https from "node:https";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import { join } from "path";
-import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
 
 const fixturesDir = join(__dirname, "..", "fixtures");
diff --git a/lib/test/http/reverse-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/http/reverse-proxy.test.ts
index 2215ef5..06f5f7b 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/reverse-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/reverse-proxy.test.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ reverse-proxy.test.ts: Example of reverse proxying (with HTTPS support)
 pnpm test ./reverse-proxy.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import * as net from "net";
+import * as net from "node:net";
 import log from "../log";
 import { HttpsProxyAgent } from "https-proxy-agent";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
diff --git a/lib/test/http/server-sent-events.test.ts b/lib/test/http/server-sent-events.test.ts
index cab24b4..ba0f685 100644
--- a/lib/test/http/server-sent-events.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/http/server-sent-events.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pnpm test ./server-sent-events.test.ts
 */
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import { createSession } from "better-sse";
 import { EventSource } from "eventsource";
diff --git a/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-passes-web-incoming.test.ts b/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-passes-web-incoming.test.ts
index 7fc59fc..e1592bd 100644
--- a/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-passes-web-incoming.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-passes-web-incoming.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   XHeaders,
 } from "../../http-proxy/passes/web-incoming";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import concat from "concat-stream";
 import * as async from "async";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
diff --git a/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-passes-web-outgoing.test.ts b/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-passes-web-outgoing.test.ts
index 8497619..c953534 100644
--- a/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-passes-web-outgoing.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/lib/http-proxy-passes-web-outgoing.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   writeHeaders as writeHeaders0,
 } from "../../http-proxy/passes/web-outgoing";
 import * as url from "url";
-import http from "http";
+import http from "node:http";
 
 const state: any = { headers: {} };
 
diff --git a/lib/test/lib/http-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/lib/http-proxy.test.ts
index 4b73a35..5af3cb2 100644
--- a/lib/test/lib/http-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/lib/http-proxy.test.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ pnpm test ./http-proxy.test.ts
 */
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import * as net from "net";
+import * as net from "node:net";
 import WebSocket, { WebSocketServer } from "ws";
 import { Server } from "socket.io";
 import { io as socketioClient } from "socket.io-client";
 import wait from "../wait";
-import { once } from "events";
+import { once } from "node:events";
 
 const ports: { [port: string]: number } = {};
 let portIndex = -1;
diff --git a/lib/test/lib/https-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/lib/https-proxy.test.ts
index 786f344..718d5af 100644
--- a/lib/test/lib/https-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/lib/https-proxy.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
-import * as https from "https";
+import * as http from "node:http";
+import * as https from "node:https";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import { join } from "path";
-import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 
 const ports: { [port: string]: number } = {};
 let portIndex = -1;
diff --git a/lib/test/middleware/body-decoder-middleware.test.ts b/lib/test/middleware/body-decoder-middleware.test.ts
index 572fe53..b1ffd6e 100644
--- a/lib/test/middleware/body-decoder-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/middleware/body-decoder-middleware.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pnpm test body-decoder-middleware.test.ts
 */
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import connect from "connect";
 import bodyParser from "body-parser";
diff --git a/lib/test/middleware/gzip-middleware.test.ts b/lib/test/middleware/gzip-middleware.test.ts
index c2041dc..3369523 100644
--- a/lib/test/middleware/gzip-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/middleware/gzip-middleware.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pnpm test ./gzip-middleware.test.ts
 */
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import connect from "connect";
 import compression from "compression";
diff --git a/lib/test/middleware/modify-response-middleware.test.ts b/lib/test/middleware/modify-response-middleware.test.ts
index e73c9a0..cd0d54f 100644
--- a/lib/test/middleware/modify-response-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/middleware/modify-response-middleware.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pnpm test modify-response-middleware.test.ts
 */
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import connect, { type NextFunction } from "connect";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
diff --git a/lib/test/security/blacklist-headers.test.ts b/lib/test/security/blacklist-headers.test.ts
index 7b8e734..3cbf8b4 100644
--- a/lib/test/security/blacklist-headers.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/security/blacklist-headers.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pnpm test ./blacklist-headers.test.ts
 */
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 
 describe("blacklisting the Trailer header", () => {
diff --git a/lib/test/websocket/latent-websocket-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/websocket/latent-websocket-proxy.test.ts
index 2b9eb6f..a963b08 100644
--- a/lib/test/websocket/latent-websocket-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/websocket/latent-websocket-proxy.test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ pnpm test latent-websocket-proxy.test.ts
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import { once } from "events";
-import http, { createServer } from "http";
+import { once } from "node:events";
+import http, { createServer } from "node:http";
 import { Server } from "socket.io";
 import { io as socketioClient } from "socket.io-client";
 
diff --git a/lib/test/websocket/simple-websocket-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/websocket/simple-websocket-proxy.test.ts
index 810302d..6379e20 100644
--- a/lib/test/websocket/simple-websocket-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/websocket/simple-websocket-proxy.test.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ DEVELOPMENT:
  pnpm test simple-websocket-proxy.test.ts
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import log from "../log";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import { once } from "events";
+import { once } from "node:events";
 
 describe("Example of simple proxying of a WebSocket", () => {
   let ports: Record<'ws' | 'proxy', number>;
diff --git a/lib/test/websocket/standalone-websocket-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/websocket/standalone-websocket-proxy.test.ts
index 6ac13ce..43106a4 100644
--- a/lib/test/websocket/standalone-websocket-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/websocket/standalone-websocket-proxy.test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ pnpm test ./standalone-websocket-proxy.test.ts
 
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
-import { once } from "events";
-import http, { createServer } from "http";
+import { once } from "node:events";
+import http, { createServer } from "node:http";
 import { Server } from "socket.io";
 import { io as socketioClient } from "socket.io-client";
 
diff --git a/lib/test/websocket/websocket-load.test.ts b/lib/test/websocket/websocket-load.test.ts
index b329348..c7a4441 100644
--- a/lib/test/websocket/websocket-load.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/websocket/websocket-load.test.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ pnpm test websocket-load.test.ts
 
 */
 
-import * as http from "http";
+import * as http from "node:http";
 import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import wait from "../wait";
-import { once } from "events";
+import { once } from "node:events";
 
 describe("Load testing proxying a WebSocket", () => {
   let ports: Record<'ws' | 'proxy', number>;
diff --git a/lib/test/websocket/websocket-proxy-websocket.test.ts b/lib/test/websocket/websocket-proxy-websocket.test.ts
index 5308e68..957efcb 100644
--- a/lib/test/websocket/websocket-proxy-websocket.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/websocket/websocket-proxy-websocket.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import { Server } from "socket.io";
 import { io as socketioClient } from "socket.io-client";
-import { once } from "events";
+import { once } from "node:events";
 
 describe("Multilevel Proxying of a Websocket using Socket.io", () => {
   let ports: Record<'socketio' | 'inner' | 'outer', number>;
diff --git a/lib/test/websocket/websocket-proxy.test.ts b/lib/test/websocket/websocket-proxy.test.ts
index 24616ba..d6774b8 100644
--- a/lib/test/websocket/websocket-proxy.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/websocket/websocket-proxy.test.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import * as httpProxy from "../..";
 import log from "../log";
 import getPort from "../get-port";
 import wait from "../wait";
-import { once } from "events";
-import { createServer } from "http";
+import { once } from "node:events";
+import { createServer } from "node:http";
 import { Server } from "socket.io";
 import { io as socketioClient } from "socket.io-client";