diff --git a/lib/content/read.js b/lib/content/read.js
index 5f6192c3..98007081 100644
--- a/lib/content/read.js
+++ b/lib/content/read.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const fs = require('fs/promises')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const fsm = require('fs-minipass')
 const ssri = require('ssri')
 const contentPath = require('./path')
diff --git a/lib/content/rm.js b/lib/content/rm.js
index ce58d679..c583ef02 100644
--- a/lib/content/rm.js
+++ b/lib/content/rm.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const fs = require('fs/promises')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const contentPath = require('./path')
 const { hasContent } = require('./read')
 
diff --git a/lib/content/write.js b/lib/content/write.js
index e7187abc..2e22434e 100644
--- a/lib/content/write.js
+++ b/lib/content/write.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const events = require('events')
 
 const contentPath = require('./path')
-const fs = require('fs/promises')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const { moveFile } = require('@npmcli/fs')
 const { Minipass } = require('minipass')
 const Pipeline = require('minipass-pipeline')
diff --git a/lib/entry-index.js b/lib/entry-index.js
index 0e09b108..a5c7a2a0 100644
--- a/lib/entry-index.js
+++ b/lib/entry-index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const {
   readdir,
   rm,
   writeFile,
-} = require('fs/promises')
+} = require('fs-extra')
 const { Minipass } = require('minipass')
 const path = require('path')
 const ssri = require('ssri')
diff --git a/lib/rm.js b/lib/rm.js
index a94760c7..d73dda42 100644
--- a/lib/rm.js
+++ b/lib/rm.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { rm } = require('fs/promises')
+const { rm } = require('fs-extra')
 const glob = require('./util/glob.js')
 const index = require('./entry-index')
 const memo = require('./memoization')
diff --git a/lib/util/tmp.js b/lib/util/tmp.js
index 0bf53021..98d1bb37 100644
--- a/lib/util/tmp.js
+++ b/lib/util/tmp.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { withTempDir } = require('@npmcli/fs')
-const fs = require('fs/promises')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
 
 module.exports.mkdir = mktmpdir
diff --git a/lib/verify.js b/lib/verify.js
index dcff3aa7..9176a39c 100644
--- a/lib/verify.js
+++ b/lib/verify.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const {
   stat,
   truncate,
   writeFile,
-} = require('fs/promises')
+} = require('fs-extra')
 const contentPath = require('./content/path')
 const fsm = require('fs-minipass')
 const glob = require('./util/glob.js')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 15432301..a4a1cec0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "@npmcli/fs": "^4.0.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "fs-minipass": "^3.0.0",
     "glob": "^10.2.2",
     "lru-cache": "^10.0.1",
diff --git a/test/content/read.js b/test/content/read.js
index 5b103f04..29f8003b 100644
--- a/test/content/read.js
+++ b/test/content/read.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const getReadStatFailure = (t, err) => getRead(t, {
       throw err
     },
   },
-  'fs/promises': {
+  'fs-extra': {
     ...fs.promises,
     stat: async () => {
       throw err
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ t.test('read: returns only first result if other hashes fails', function (t) {
 t.test('read: opening large files', function (t) {
   const CACHE = t.testdir()
   const mockedRead = getRead(t, {
-    'fs/promises': {
+    'fs-extra': {
       ...fs.promises,
       stat: async () => {
         return { size: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER }
diff --git a/test/entry-index.insert.js b/test/entry-index.insert.js
index fb548206..0fc8e20e 100644
--- a/test/entry-index.insert.js
+++ b/test/entry-index.insert.js
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ t.test('ENOENT from appendFile is ignored', async (t) => {
   const cache = t.testdir()
 
   const indexMocked = t.mock('../lib/entry-index.js', {
-    'fs/promises': {
+    'fs-extra': {
       ...fs,
       appendFile: async () => {
         throw Object.assign(new Error('fake enoent'), { code: 'ENOENT' })
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ t.test('generic error from appendFile rejects', async (t) => {
   const cache = t.testdir()
 
   const indexMocked = t.mock('../lib/entry-index.js', {
-    'fs/promises': {
+    'fs-extra': {
       ...fs,
       appendFile: async () => {
         throw Object.assign(new Error('fake eperm'), { code: 'EPERM' })
diff --git a/test/entry-index.js b/test/entry-index.js
index 07a5fab9..cda125c9 100644
--- a/test/entry-index.js
+++ b/test/entry-index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ missingFileError.code = 'ENOENT'
 
 const getEntryIndex = (t, opts) => t.mock('../lib/entry-index', opts)
 const getEntryIndexReadFileFailure = (t, err) => getEntryIndex(t, {
-  'fs/promises': {
+  'fs-extra': {
     ...fs.promises,
     readFile: async () => {
       throw err
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ t.test('lsStream: missing files error', async (t) => {
 t.test('lsStream: unknown error reading dirs', (t) => {
   const cache = t.testdir(cacheContent)
   const { lsStream } = getEntryIndex(t, {
-    'fs/promises': {
+    'fs-extra': {
       ...fs.promises,
       readdir: async () => {
         throw genericError
diff --git a/test/verify.js b/test/verify.js
index 72627e3e..ef5def65 100644
--- a/test/verify.js
+++ b/test/verify.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ t.test('missing file error when validating cache content', async t => {
   const missingFileError = new Error('ENOENT')
   missingFileError.code = 'ENOENT'
   const mockVerify = getVerify(t, {
-    'fs/promises': Object.assign({}, fs, {
+    'fs-extra': Object.assign({}, fs, {
       stat: async () => {
         throw missingFileError
       },
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ t.test('missing file error when validating cache content', async t => {
 
 t.test('unknown error when validating content', async t => {
   const mockVerify = getVerify(t, {
-    'fs/promises': Object.assign({}, fs, {
+    'fs-extra': Object.assign({}, fs, {
       stat: async () => {
         throw genericError
       },
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ t.test('unknown error when rebuilding bucket', async t => {
   // shouldFail controls the right time to mock the error
   let shouldFail = false
   const mockVerify = getVerify(t, {
-    'fs/promises': Object.assign({}, fs, {
+    'fs-extra': Object.assign({}, fs, {
       stat: async (path) => {
         if (shouldFail) {
           throw genericError