diff --git a/src/node/utils/MinifyWorker.ts b/src/node/utils/MinifyWorker.ts
index b6ec29e57..9c3419a33 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/MinifyWorker.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/MinifyWorker.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
  * Worker thread to minify JS & CSS files out of the main NodeJS thread
  */
 
-import Terser from 'terser'
 const fsp = require('fs').promises;
 import path from 'node:path'
-import Threads from 'threads'
+import {expose} from 'threads'
 import lightminify from 'lightningcss'
+import {transform} from 'esbuild';
 
-const compressJS = (content: string) => Terser.minify(content);
+const compressJS = async (content: string) => {
+  return await transform(content, {minify: true});
+}
 
 const compressCSS = async (filename: string, ROOT_DIR: string) => {
   const absPath = path.resolve(ROOT_DIR, filename);
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ const compressCSS = async (filename: string, ROOT_DIR: string) => {
   }
 };
 
-Threads.expose({
-  compressJS,
+expose({
+  compressJS: compressJS,
   compressCSS,
 });
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index d6de6cc47..2d0bc6800 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
     "socket.io": "^4.7.5",
     "socket.io-client": "^4.7.5",
     "superagent": "^9.0.2",
-    "terser": "^5.30.3",
     "threads": "^1.7.0",
     "tinycon": "0.6.8",
     "tsx": "^4.11.2",
@@ -97,6 +96,7 @@
     "@types/sinon": "^17.0.3",
     "@types/supertest": "^6.0.2",
     "@types/underscore": "^1.11.15",
+    "esbuild": "^0.21.4",
     "eslint": "^9.2.0",
     "eslint-config-etherpad": "^4.0.4",
     "etherpad-cli-client": "^3.0.2",