diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad692794a..73102ac0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     "fork-awesome": "1.2.0",
     "highlight.js": "11.3.1",
     "http-server": "14.0.0",
-    "i18next": "21.4.2",
+    "i18next": "21.5.2",
     "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "6.1.2",
     "i18next-resources-to-backend": "1.0.0",
     "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
diff --git a/src/components/application-loader/initializers/i18n/i18n.ts b/src/components/application-loader/initializers/i18n/i18n.ts
index f16dc0a7b..019452125 100644
--- a/src/components/application-loader/initializers/i18n/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/components/application-loader/initializers/i18n/i18n.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
  */
 
 import type { ResourceKey } from 'i18next'
-import i18n from 'i18next'
+import i18n, { use as i18nUse }  from 'i18next'
 import LanguageDetector from 'i18next-browser-languagedetector'
 import resourcesToBackend from 'i18next-resources-to-backend'
 import { Settings } from 'luxon'
 import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next'
 
 export const setUpI18n = async (): Promise<void> => {
-  await i18n
-    .use(
+  await i18nUse(
       resourcesToBackend((language, namespace, callback) => {
         import(`../../../../../locales/${language}.json`)
           .then((resources: ResourceKey) => {
diff --git a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/upload-handler.ts b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/upload-handler.ts
index a9f90da5d..7a63eaa0e 100644
--- a/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/upload-handler.ts
+++ b/src/components/editor-page/editor-pane/upload-handler.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { Editor } from 'codemirror'
-import i18n from 'i18next'
+import { t } from 'i18next'
 import { uploadFile } from '../../../api/media'
 import { store } from '../../../redux'
 import { supportedMimeTypes } from '../../common/upload-image-mimetypes'
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const handleUpload = (file: File, editor: Editor): void => {
     return
   }
   const cursor = editor.getCursor()
-  const uploadPlaceholder = `![${i18n.t('editor.upload.uploadFile', { fileName: file.name })}]()`
+  const uploadPlaceholder = `![${t('editor.upload.uploadFile', { fileName: file.name })}]()`
   const noteId = store.getState().noteDetails.id
   const insertCode = (replacement: string) => {
     editor.replaceRange(replacement, cursor, { line: cursor.line, ch: cursor.ch + uploadPlaceholder.length }, '+input')
diff --git a/src/redux/ui-notifications/methods.ts b/src/redux/ui-notifications/methods.ts
index 9f3dd95c1..f9ce61bb7 100644
--- a/src/redux/ui-notifications/methods.ts
+++ b/src/redux/ui-notifications/methods.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { TOptions } from 'i18next'
-import i18n from 'i18next'
+import { t } from 'i18next'
 import { store } from '../index'
 import type { DismissUiNotificationAction, DispatchOptions } from './types'
 import { UiNotificationActionType } from './types'
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const dismissUiNotification = (notificationId: number): void => {
 export const showErrorNotification =
   (messageI18nKey: string, messageI18nOptions?: TOptions | string) =>
   (error: Error): void => {
-    log.error(i18n.t(messageI18nKey, messageI18nOptions), error)
+    log.error(t(messageI18nKey, messageI18nOptions), error)
     void dispatchUiNotification('common.errorOccurred', messageI18nKey, {
       contentI18nOptions: messageI18nOptions,
       icon: 'exclamation-triangle'
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b7e0d4866..d2861cd36 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8056,10 +8056,10 @@ i18next-resources-to-backend@1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "7.14.0"
 
-i18next@21.4.2:
-  version "21.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-21.4.2.tgz#10d10e07c9d1d589d71ac031f8ae755a37fcd0fc"
-  integrity sha512-vVWsmTnZNdYHPLt01MvT5YNM2lxec2R6r5T72J89eaazp8XQnGSqA66O+a918qqmjHZGB6HHRSs02xp753he9g==
+i18next@21.5.2:
+  version "21.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i18next/-/i18next-21.5.2.tgz#ababe6fb0a769360035ebf06a36751e0b810cdfa"
+  integrity sha512-Iuztr2+7CPCh5SYQV0utw2HXMx1za18xfznrw/PmgX+98oIpm84bhIM7VUPODjLycwIZ299oP7sEVQ9oCgmzfg==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.0"