diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1eea4db98c5..041bd1d7d25 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13737,10 +13737,16 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/cookie": {
-      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cookie/-/cookie-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ei8Aos7ja0weRpFzJnEA9UHJ/7XQmqglbRwnf2ATjcB9Wq874VKH9kfjjirM6UhU2/E5fFYadylyhFldcqSidQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 0.6"
+        "node": ">=18"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/express"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/cookie-signature": {
@@ -36816,7 +36822,7 @@
         "bowser": "1.9.4",
         "classnames": "2.5.1",
         "computed-style-to-inline-style": "3.0.0",
-        "cookie": "0.6.0",
+        "cookie": "^1.1.1",
         "copy-webpack-plugin": "6.4.1",
         "core-js": "2.6.12",
         "css-loader": "5.2.7",
diff --git a/packages/scratch-gui/package.json b/packages/scratch-gui/package.json
index 5015593b41d..330127f7f83 100644
--- a/packages/scratch-gui/package.json
+++ b/packages/scratch-gui/package.json
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     "bowser": "1.9.4",
     "classnames": "2.5.1",
     "computed-style-to-inline-style": "3.0.0",
-    "cookie": "0.6.0",
+    "cookie": "^1.1.1",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "6.4.1",
     "core-js": "2.6.12",
     "css-loader": "5.2.7",
diff --git a/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/settings/color-mode/persistence.js b/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/settings/color-mode/persistence.js
index a26e79186d9..80550d1a61e 100644
--- a/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/settings/color-mode/persistence.js
+++ b/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/settings/color-mode/persistence.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import cookie from 'cookie';
+import {parse} from 'cookie';
 
 import {DEFAULT_MODE, HIGH_CONTRAST_MODE} from '.';
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const systemPreferencesColorMode = () => {
 };
 
 const detectColorMode = () => {
-    const obj = cookie.parse(document.cookie) || {};
+    const obj = parse(document.cookie) || {};
     const colorModeCookie = obj.scratchtheme;
 
     if (isValidColorMode(colorModeCookie)) return colorModeCookie;
diff --git a/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/settings/theme/persistence.js b/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/settings/theme/persistence.js
index 968ff504c7a..58053ab928a 100644
--- a/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/settings/theme/persistence.js
+++ b/packages/scratch-gui/src/lib/settings/theme/persistence.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import cookie from 'cookie';
+import {parse} from 'cookie';
 
 import {DEFAULT_THEME, CAT_BLOCKS_THEME} from '.';
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const isValidTheme = theme => [DEFAULT_THEME, CAT_BLOCKS_THEME].includes(theme);
 // For now, we'll take the user preference here as-is and switch to default theme if needed,
 // once we have the user info available.
 const detectTheme = () => {
-    const obj = cookie.parse(document.cookie) || {};
+    const obj = parse(document.cookie) || {};
     const themeCookie = obj[COOKIE_KEY];
 
     if (isValidTheme(themeCookie)) return themeCookie;