diff --git a/lib/core/reed-solomon-encoder.js b/lib/core/reed-solomon-encoder.js
index a313e644..b7210b18 100644
--- a/lib/core/reed-solomon-encoder.js
+++ b/lib/core/reed-solomon-encoder.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var BufferUtil = require('../utils/buffer')
 var Polynomial = require('./polynomial')
-var Buffer = require('buffer')
+var Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer
 
 function ReedSolomonEncoder (degree) {
   this.genPoly = undefined
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 41189b59..6b232378 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -279,10 +279,9 @@
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     },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base64-js/-/base64-js-1.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ccav/yGvoa80BQDljCxsmmQ3Xvx60/UpBIij5QN21W3wBi/hhIC9OoO+KLpu9IJTS9j4DRVJ3aDDF9cMSoa2lw==",
-      "dev": true
+      "version": "1.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base64-js/-/base64-js-1.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-mLQ4i2QO1ytvGWFWmcngKO//JXAQueZvwEKtjgQFM4jIK0kU+ytMfplL8j+n5mspOfjHwoAg+9yhb7BwAHm36g=="
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     "bcrypt-pbkdf": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -539,10 +538,9 @@
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     "buffer": {
-      "version": "5.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer/-/buffer-5.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-c+Ko0loDaFfuPWiL02ls9Xd3GO3cPVmUobQ6t3rXNUk304u6hGq+8N/kFi+QEIKhzK3uwolVhLzszmfLmMLnqg==",
-      "dev": true,
+      "version": "5.4.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer/-/buffer-5.4.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zvj65TkFeIt3i6aj5bIvJDzjjQQGs4o/sNoezg1F1kYap9Nu2jcUdpwzRSJTHMMzG0H7bZkn4rNQpImhuxWX2A==",
       "requires": {
         "base64-js": "^1.0.2",
         "ieee754": "^1.1.4"
@@ -2103,10 +2101,9 @@
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-      "version": "1.1.12",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.1.12.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-GguP+DRY+pJ3soyIiGPTvdiVXjZ+DbXOxGpXn3eMvNW4x4irjqXm4wHKscC+TfxSJ0yw/S1F24tqdMNsMZTiLA==",
-      "dev": true
+      "version": "1.1.13",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.1.13.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4vf7I2LYV/HaWerSo3XmlMkp5eZ83i+/CDluXi/IGTs/O1sejBNhTtnxzmRZfvOUqj7lZjqHkeTvpgSFDlWZTg=="
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     "ignore": {
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1bd7fc93..dd6fc4c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "qrcode": "./bin/qrcode"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "buffer": "^5.4.3",
     "buffer-alloc": "^1.2.0",
     "buffer-from": "^1.1.1",
     "dijkstrajs": "^1.0.1",