diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3032b5608af..5200f436a9b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
     "@sinonjs/fake-timers": "^11.1.0",
     "@types/node": "^18.0.3",
     "abort-controller": "^3.0.0",
-    "atomic-sleep": "^1.0.0",
     "borp": "^0.5.0",
     "chai": "^4.3.4",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
diff --git a/test/connect-timeout.js b/test/connect-timeout.js
index a736a540170..d998321da82 100644
--- a/test/connect-timeout.js
+++ b/test/connect-timeout.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 const { test } = require('tap')
 const { Client, Pool, errors } = require('..')
 const net = require('net')
-const sleep = require('atomic-sleep')
+const sleep = ms => Atomics.wait(new Int32Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(4)), 0, 0, Number(ms))
 
-test('priotorise socket errors over timeouts', (t) => {
+test('prioritize socket errors over timeouts', (t) => {
   t.plan(1)
   const connectTimeout = 1000
   const client = new Pool('http://foobar.bar:1234', { connectTimeout: 2 })