diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e0e43941..007aac80e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 		"karma-coverage": "^2.2.1",
 		"karma-ui5": "^3.0.3",
 		"local-web-server": "^5.3.0",
-		"rimraf": "^5.0.1"
+		"rimraf": "^5.0.1",
+		"sinon": "^15.2.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ui5.yaml b/ui5.yaml
index 89be6f667..8beaa5885 100644
--- a/ui5.yaml
+++ b/ui5.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,20 @@ server:
   customMiddleware:
     - name: "@ui5/middleware-code-coverage"
       afterMiddleware: compression
+---
+specVersion: '2.0'
+metadata:
+  name: sinon-shim
+kind: extension
+type: project-shim
+shims:
+  configurations:
+    sinon:
+      specVersion: '2.0'
+      metadata:
+        name: sinon
+      type: module
+      resources:
+        configuration:
+          paths:
+            "/resources/node_modules/sinon/": "."
diff --git a/webapp/test/unit/unitTests.qunit.html b/webapp/test/unit/unitTests.qunit.html
index 3fc5e2b5e..b1f82332a 100644
--- a/webapp/test/unit/unitTests.qunit.html
+++ b/webapp/test/unit/unitTests.qunit.html
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 	<script src="../../resources/sap/ui/thirdparty/qunit-2.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../resources/sap/ui/qunit/qunit-junit.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../resources/sap/ui/qunit/qunit-coverage-istanbul.js" data-sap-ui-cover-only="sap/ui/demo/todo/" data-sap-ui-cover-never="sap/ui/demo/todo/test/"></script>
-	<script src="../../resources/sap/ui/thirdparty/sinon.js"></script>
-	<script src="../../resources/sap/ui/thirdparty/sinon-qunit.js"></script>
+	<script src="../../resources/sap/ui/qunit/qunit-coverage.js"></script>
+	<script src="../../resources/node_modules/sinon/pkg/sinon.js"></script>
 
 	<script src="unitTests.qunit.js"></script>
 </head>