diff --git a/packages/vc-api-issuer/src/agent/VcApiIssuer.ts b/packages/vc-api-issuer/src/agent/VcApiIssuer.ts
index a9d953900..cb267c360 100644
--- a/packages/vc-api-issuer/src/agent/VcApiIssuer.ts
+++ b/packages/vc-api-issuer/src/agent/VcApiIssuer.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { schema } from '../index'
 import { events, IIssueCredentialArgs, IRequiredContext, IVcApiIssuer, IVcApiIssuerArgs } from '../types/IVcApiIssuer'
 import { VerifiableCredentialSP } from '@sphereon/ssi-sdk-core'
 
-const fetch = require('cross-fetch')
+import { fetch } from 'cross-fetch'
 
 /**
  * {@inheritDoc IVcApiIssuer}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class VcApiIssuer implements IAgentPlugin {
         Authorization: `bearer ${this.authorizationToken}`,
       },
       body: JSON.stringify({ credential: args.credential }),
-    }).then(async (response: { status: number; text: () => string | PromiseLike<string | undefined> | undefined; json: () => string }) => {
+    }).then(async (response) => {
       if (response.status >= 400) {
         throw new Error(await response.text())
       } else {
diff --git a/packages/vc-api-verifier/src/agent/VcApiVerifier.ts b/packages/vc-api-verifier/src/agent/VcApiVerifier.ts
index 630598c75..0eb4af56d 100644
--- a/packages/vc-api-verifier/src/agent/VcApiVerifier.ts
+++ b/packages/vc-api-verifier/src/agent/VcApiVerifier.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { IAgentPlugin } from '@veramo/core'
 import { schema } from '../index'
 import { events, IRequiredContext, IVcApiVerifier, IVcApiVerifierArgs, IVerifyCredentialArgs, IVerifyCredentialResult } from '../types/IVcApiVerifier'
 
-const fetch = require('cross-fetch')
+import { fetch } from 'cross-fetch'
 
 /**
  * {@inheritDoc IVcApiVerifier}
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ export class VcApiVerifier implements IAgentPlugin {
       },
       body: JSON.stringify({ verifiableCredential: args.credential }),
     })
-      .then(async (response: { status: number; text: () => string | PromiseLike<string | undefined> | undefined; json: () => string }) => {
+      .then(async (response) => {
         if (response.status >= 400) {
           throw new Error(await response.text())
         } else {
           return response.json()
         }
       })
-      .then(async (verificationResult: string) => {
+      .then(async (verificationResult) => {
         await context.agent.emit(events.CREDENTIAL_VERIFIED, verificationResult)
         return verificationResult
       })