diff --git a/packages/core/.eslintrc.json b/packages/core/.eslintrc.json
index 1b3607b2c..8523d5b81 100644
--- a/packages/core/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/packages/core/.eslintrc.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   // temporarily disable failing rules so `nx lint` passes
   // number of errors/warnings per rule recorded at Tue Nov 28 2023 15:38:21 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)
   "rules": {
-    "arrow-body-style": "off", // 3 warnings
     "max-lines-per-function": "off", // 1 warning
     "prefer-template": "off", // 3 warnings
     "@typescript-eslint/no-confusing-void-expression": "off", // 2 warnings
@@ -12,15 +11,12 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition": "off", // 4 warnings
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return": "off", // 1 error
     "@typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing": "off", // 2 warnings
-    "@typescript-eslint/require-await": "off", // 13 warnings
     "functional/immutable-data": "off", // 1 error, 2 warnings
     "functional/no-let": "off", // 2 warnings
-    "n/no-sync": "off", // 21 warnings
+    "n/no-sync": "off", // 6 warnings
     "unicorn/catch-error-name": "off", // 3 warnings
     "unicorn/explicit-length-check": "off", // 2 warnings
     "unicorn/import-style": "off", // 6 warnings
-    "unicorn/numeric-separators-style": "off", // 2 warnings
-    "unicorn/prefer-node-protocol": "off", // 12 warnings
     "unicorn/prefer-spread": "off", // 2 warnings
     "unicorn/prefer-ternary": "off" // 1 warning
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/execute-plugin.unit.test.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/execute-plugin.unit.test.ts
index 92adf3620..e91814d33 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/execute-plugin.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/execute-plugin.unit.test.ts
@@ -173,16 +173,15 @@ describe('executePlugins', () => {
             command: 'node',
             args: ['-v'],
             outputFile: 'output.json',
-            outputTransform: (outputs: unknown): Promise<AuditOutputs> => {
-              return Promise.resolve([
+            outputTransform: (outputs: unknown): Promise<AuditOutputs> =>
+              Promise.resolve([
                 {
                   slug: (outputs as AuditOutputs)[0]!.slug,
                   score: 0.3,
                   value: 16,
                   displayValue: '16.0.0',
                 },
-              ]);
-            },
+              ]),
           },
         },
       ],
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/persist.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/persist.ts
index e3062b0e3..9fd167297 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/persist.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/persist.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs';
-import { stat, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { stat, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { PersistConfig, Report } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import {
   MultipleFileResults,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/persist.unit.test.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/persist.unit.test.ts
index 3ac8b6555..2d95c1f65 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/persist.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/persist.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { vol } from 'memfs';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { Report } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { MEMFS_VOLUME, MINIMAL_REPORT_MOCK } from '@code-pushup/testing-utils';
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('persistReport', () => {
     });
 
     const jsonReport: Report = JSON.parse(
-      readFileSync(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.json')).toString(),
+      await readFile(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.json'), 'utf8'),
     );
     expect(jsonReport).toEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ describe('persistReport', () => {
       }),
     );
 
-    expect(() => readFileSync(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.md'))).toThrow(
-      'no such file or directory',
-    );
+    await expect(() =>
+      readFile(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.md')),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('no such file or directory');
   });
 
   it('should create a report in md format', async () => {
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ describe('persistReport', () => {
       format: ['md'],
     });
 
-    const mdReport = readFileSync(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.md')).toString();
+    const mdReport = await readFile(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.md'), 'utf8');
     expect(mdReport).toContain('Code PushUp Report');
 
-    expect(() => readFileSync(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.json'))).toThrow(
-      'no such file or directory',
-    );
+    await expect(() =>
+      readFile(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.json'), 'utf8'),
+    ).rejects.toThrow('no such file or directory');
   });
 
   it('should create a report in all formats', async () => {
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ describe('persistReport', () => {
       filename: 'report',
     });
 
-    const mdReport = readFileSync(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.md')).toString();
+    const mdReport = await readFile(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.md'), 'utf8');
     expect(mdReport).toContain('Code PushUp Report');
     expect(mdReport).toContain('|🏷 Category|⭐ Score|🛡 Audits|');
 
     const jsonReport: Report = JSON.parse(
-      readFileSync(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.json')).toString(),
+      await readFile(join(MEMFS_VOLUME, 'report.json'), 'utf8'),
     );
     expect(jsonReport).toEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ describe('persistReport', () => {
 });
 
 describe('logPersistedResults', () => {
-  it('should log report sizes correctly`', async () => {
-    logPersistedResults([{ status: 'fulfilled', value: ['out.json', 10000] }]);
+  it('should log report sizes correctly`', () => {
+    logPersistedResults([{ status: 'fulfilled', value: ['out.json', 10_000] }]);
     expect(console.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
       1,
       'Generated reports successfully: ',
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe('logPersistedResults', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should log fails correctly`', async () => {
+  it('should log fails correctly`', () => {
     logPersistedResults([{ status: 'rejected', reason: 'fail' }]);
 
     expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ describe('logPersistedResults', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should log report sizes and fails correctly`', async () => {
+  it('should log report sizes and fails correctly`', () => {
     logPersistedResults([
-      { status: 'fulfilled', value: ['out.json', 10000] },
+      { status: 'fulfilled', value: ['out.json', 10_000] },
       { status: 'rejected', reason: 'fail' },
     ]);
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/read-code-pushup-config.integration.test.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/read-code-pushup-config.integration.test.ts
index ac5bd6df6..d69d931fe 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/read-code-pushup-config.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/read-code-pushup-config.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { describe, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { readCodePushupConfig } from './read-code-pushup-config';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/runner.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/runner.ts
index 359d6dc70..2eb4bbfeb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/runner.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import {
   AuditOutputs,
   OnProgress,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/runner.unit.test.ts b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/runner.unit.test.ts
index d8d3d97b1..f1c5c8149 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/runner.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lib/implementation/runner.unit.test.ts
@@ -49,16 +49,15 @@ describe('executeRunnerConfig', () => {
       command: 'node',
       args: ['-v'],
       outputFile: 'output.json',
-      outputTransform: (outputs: unknown): Promise<AuditOutputs> => {
-        return Promise.resolve([
+      outputTransform: (outputs: unknown): Promise<AuditOutputs> =>
+        Promise.resolve([
           {
             slug: (outputs as AuditOutputs)[0]!.slug,
             score: 0.3,
             value: 16,
             displayValue: '16.0.0',
           },
-        ]);
-      },
+        ]),
     });
 
     expect(runnerResult.audits[0]?.slug).toBe('node-version');
@@ -71,11 +70,8 @@ describe('executeRunnerConfig', () => {
         command: 'node',
         args: ['-v'],
         outputFile: 'output.json',
-        outputTransform: () => {
-          return Promise.reject(
-            new Error('Error: outputTransform has failed.'),
-          );
-        },
+        outputTransform: () =>
+          Promise.reject(new Error('Error: outputTransform has failed.')),
       }),
     ).rejects.toThrow('Error: outputTransform has failed.');
   });
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/.eslintrc.json b/packages/plugin-eslint/.eslintrc.json
index e5f7e26b3..089e45537 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/.eslintrc.json
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return": "off", // 2 errors
     "functional/immutable-data": "off", // 2 errors
     "sonarjs/no-nested-template-literals": "off", // 1 error
-    "unicorn/better-regex": "off", // 1 warning
     "unicorn/explicit-length-check": "off", // 1 warning
     "unicorn/import-style": "off", // 5 warnings
-    "unicorn/prefer-node-protocol": "off", // 14 warnings
     "unicorn/prefer-top-level-await": "off" // 1 warning
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.integration.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.integration.test.ts
index 483c5297b..df18ef27b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import os from 'os';
-import { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import type { SpyInstance } from 'vitest';
 import type { Audit, PluginConfig, RunnerConfig } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { toUnixPath } from '@code-pushup/utils';
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
index ad0a48444..aa066a1fe 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/eslint-plugin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
-import { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { PluginConfig } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { name, version } from '../../package.json';
 import { ESLintPluginConfig, eslintPluginConfigSchema } from './config';
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/hash.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/hash.ts
index 4f1db827c..cdddace2c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/hash.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/hash.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createHash } from 'crypto';
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { slugify } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 
 export function ruleIdToSlug(
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/hash.unit.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/hash.unit.test.ts
index f6ec28888..f04377202 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/hash.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/hash.unit.test.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ describe('jsonHash', () => {
   ])('should produce short hexadecimal hash for rule options: %j', options => {
     const hash = jsonHash(options);
     expect(hash).toHaveLength(16);
-    expect(hash).toMatch(/^[0-9a-f]+$/);
+    expect(hash).toMatch(/^[\da-f]+$/);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/rules.unit.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/rules.unit.test.ts
index 2c0b6cfd8..48612610d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/rules.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/meta/rules.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ESLint } from 'eslint';
-import { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import type { SpyInstance } from 'vitest';
 import { RuleData, listRules, parseRuleId } from './rules';
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/nx.integration.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/nx.integration.test.ts
index f8fbcafc8..dc77b35bb 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/nx.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/nx.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { setWorkspaceRoot } from 'nx/src/utils/workspace-root';
-import { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import type { SpyInstance } from 'vitest';
 import { ESLintPluginConfig } from './config';
 import { eslintConfigFromNxProject, eslintConfigFromNxProjects } from './nx';
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.integration.test.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.integration.test.ts
index f79682521..c0230c660 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { ESLint } from 'eslint';
-import { mkdir, rm, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
-import os from 'os';
-import { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import type { SpyInstance } from 'vitest';
+import { mkdir, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { SpyInstance, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import type { AuditOutput, Issue } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { readJsonFile } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 import { listAuditsAndGroups } from './meta';
diff --git a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
index e5fe227bd..88a5aa392 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-eslint/src/lib/runner/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
-import { platform } from 'os';
-import { dirname, join } from 'path';
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { platform } from 'node:os';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
 import type { Audit, AuditOutput, RunnerConfig } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { pluginWorkDir, readJsonFile, toArray } from '@code-pushup/utils';
 import { lint } from './lint';
diff --git a/packages/utils/.eslintrc.json b/packages/utils/.eslintrc.json
index 024f385a9..feeb3e935 100644
--- a/packages/utils/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/packages/utils/.eslintrc.json
@@ -14,32 +14,29 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/naming-convention": "off", // 8 warnings
     "@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises": "off", // 2 errors
     "@typescript-eslint/no-shadow": "off", // 8 warnings
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition": "off", // 25 warnings
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition": "off", // 18 warnings
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion": "off", // 1 error
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument": "off", // 1 error
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment": "off", // 15 errors
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call": "off", // 8 errors
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call": "off", // 2 errors
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access": "off", // 12 errors
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return": "off", // 13 errors
     "@typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing": "off", // 11 warnings
-    "@typescript-eslint/require-await": "off", // 23 warnings
     "@typescript-eslint/restrict-plus-operands": "off", // 1 error
     "@typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions": "off", // 2 errors
-    "functional/immutable-data": "off", // 22 errors, 4 warnings
+    "functional/immutable-data": "off", // 25 errors
     "functional/no-let": "off", // 12 warnings
     "import/no-cycle": "off", // 2 errors
     "import/no-named-as-default": "off", // 2 warnings
     "import/no-useless-path-segments": "off", // 1 warning
     "sonarjs/cognitive-complexity": "off", // 1 error
     "sonarjs/no-duplicate-string": "off", // 1 warning
-    "unicorn/better-regex": "off", // 2 warnings
     "unicorn/consistent-destructuring": "off", // 31 warnings
     "unicorn/explicit-length-check": "off", // 2 warnings
     "unicorn/import-style": "off", // 3 warnings
     "unicorn/no-negated-condition": "off", // 1 warning
     "unicorn/no-new-array": "off", // 6 warnings
     "unicorn/numeric-separators-style": "off", // 12 warnings
-    "unicorn/prefer-node-protocol": "off", // 7 warnings
     "unicorn/prefer-number-properties": "off", // 4 warnings
     "unicorn/prefer-spread": "off", // 7 warnings
     "unicorn/prefer-ternary": "off" // 1 warning
diff --git a/packages/utils/perf/crawl-file-system/index.ts b/packages/utils/perf/crawl-file-system/index.ts
index 4e10c458b..1524634a8 100644
--- a/packages/utils/perf/crawl-file-system/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/perf/crawl-file-system/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as Benchmark from 'benchmark';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import {
   CrawlFileSystemOptions,
   crawlFileSystem,
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.ts
index d1fce5fc1..46a267d87 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { calcDuration } from './report';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.unit.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.unit.test.ts
index a85ddb1af..220acfd91 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/execute-process.unit.test.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ describe('executeProcess', () => {
       args: ['-v'],
       observer: spyObserver,
     });
-    expect(spyObserver?.onStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(spyObserver?.onComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(spyObserver?.onError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
-    expect(processResult.stdout).toMatch(/v[0-9]{1,2}(\.[0-9]{1,2}){0,2}/);
+    expect(spyObserver.onStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyObserver.onComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyObserver.onError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(processResult.stdout).toMatch(/v\d{1,2}(\.\d{1,2}){0,2}/);
   });
 
   it('should work with npx command `npx --help`', async () => {
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ describe('executeProcess', () => {
       args: ['--help'],
       observer: spyObserver,
     });
-    expect(spyObserver?.onStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(spyObserver?.onComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(spyObserver?.onError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(spyObserver.onStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyObserver.onComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyObserver.onError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
     expect(processResult.stdout).toContain('npm exec');
   });
 
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ describe('executeProcess', () => {
 
     expect(errorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
     expect(processResult.stdout).toContain('process:complete');
-    expect(spyObserver?.onStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(6); // intro + 4 runs + complete
-    expect(spyObserver?.onError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
-    expect(spyObserver?.onComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyObserver.onStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(6); // intro + 4 runs + complete
+    expect(spyObserver.onError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(spyObserver.onComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
   it('should work with async script `node custom-script.js` that throws an error', async () => {
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ describe('executeProcess', () => {
 
     expect(errorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(processResult).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(spyObserver?.onStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2); // intro + 1 run before error
-    expect(spyObserver?.onError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(spyObserver?.onComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(spyObserver.onStdout).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2); // intro + 1 run before error
+    expect(spyObserver.onError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(spyObserver.onComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/file-system.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/file-system.ts
index a983d1c5e..f40fb22fc 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/file-system.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/file-system.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { type Options, bundleRequire } from 'bundle-require';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
-import { mkdir, readFile, readdir, stat } from 'fs/promises';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { mkdir, readFile, readdir, stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { formatBytes } from './formatting';
 import { logMultipleResults } from './log-results';
 
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/file-system.unit.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/file-system.unit.test.ts
index 83a65474e..91c93f9d7 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/file-system.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/file-system.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { stat } from 'fs/promises';
 import { vol } from 'memfs';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { MEMFS_VOLUME } from '@code-pushup/testing-utils';
 import {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('logMultipleFileResults', () => {
     const persistResult = [
       {
         status: 'fulfilled',
-        value: ['out.json', 10000],
+        value: ['out.json', 10_000],
       } as PromiseFulfilledResult<FileResult>,
     ];
     const messagePrefix = 'Generated reports';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.ts
index bf9abfd8d..a1ea1e570 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export function slugify(text: string): string {
     .trim()
     .toLowerCase()
     .replace(/\s+|\//g, '-')
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9-]/g, '');
+    .replace(/[^a-z\d-]/g, '');
 }
 
 export function pluralize(text: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.unit.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.unit.test.ts
index 451d5e63c..ca176c3c1 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/formatting.unit.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('formatBytes', () => {
   });
 
   it('should log file sizes correctly with correct decimal', () => {
-    expect(formatBytes(10000, 1)).toBe('9.8 kB');
+    expect(formatBytes(10_000, 1)).toBe('9.8 kB');
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/git.integration.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/git.integration.test.ts
index 0df3aac35..64adee792 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/git.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/git.integration.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe('getLatestCommit', () => {
   it('should log latest commit', async () => {
     await expect(getLatestCommit()).resolves.toEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
-        hash: expect.stringMatching(/^[0-9a-f]{40}$/),
+        hash: expect.stringMatching(/^[\da-f]{40}$/),
         message: expect.stringMatching(/.+/),
         author: expect.stringMatching(/.+/),
         date: expect.stringMatching(gitCommitDateRegex),
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/log-results.unit.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/log-results.unit.test.ts
index ff9d30874..25eae7bc9 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/log-results.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/log-results.unit.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe('logMultipleResults', () => {
   const succeededCallbackMock = vi.fn();
   const failedCallbackMock = vi.fn();
 
-  it('should call logPromiseResults with successfull plugin result', async () => {
+  it('should call logPromiseResults with successfull plugin result', () => {
     logMultipleResults(
       [
         {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('logMultipleResults', () => {
     expect(failedCallbackMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('should call logPromiseResults with failed plugin result', async () => {
+  it('should call logPromiseResults with failed plugin result', () => {
     logMultipleResults(
       [{ status: 'rejected', reason: 'fail' } as PromiseRejectedResult],
       'Generated reports',
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('logMultipleResults', () => {
     expect(succeededCallbackMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('should call logPromiseResults twice', async () => {
+  it('should call logPromiseResults twice', () => {
     logMultipleResults(
       [
         {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('logMultipleResults', () => {
 });
 
 describe('logPromiseResults', () => {
-  it('should log on success', async () => {
+  it('should log on success', () => {
     logPromiseResults(
       [
         {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('logPromiseResults', () => {
     expect(console.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, ['out.json']);
   });
 
-  it('should log on fail', async () => {
+  it('should log on fail', () => {
     logPromiseResults(
       [{ status: 'rejected', reason: 'fail' } as PromiseRejectedResult],
       'Generated reports failed:',
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/progress.integration.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/progress.integration.test.ts
index 949774e8e..98a90a130 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/progress.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/progress.integration.test.ts
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ describe('getSingletonMultiProgressBars', () => {
 
 const taskAName = 'a';
 const bars = getSingletonProgressBars({ progressWidth: 1 });
-const tasks = bars?.['tasks'];
-const progressBuffer = bars?.['logger'].progressBuffer;
+const tasks = bars['tasks'];
+const progressBuffer = bars['logger'].progressBuffer;
 
 describe('getProgressBar', () => {
-  it('should init task', async () => {
+  it('should init task', () => {
     expect(bars.getIndex(taskAName)).toBeUndefined();
     getProgressBar(taskAName);
     expect(bars.getIndex(taskAName)).toBe(0);
-    expect(progressBuffer[0].trim()).toBe(
+    expect(progressBuffer[0]!.trim()).toBe(
       `${taskAName}: ${barStyles.idle(' ')}   0% |`,
     );
 
@@ -44,45 +44,45 @@ describe('getProgressBar', () => {
     expect(bars.getIndex(taskAName)).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it('should update task message', async () => {
+  it('should update task message', () => {
     const taskA = getProgressBar(taskAName);
     expect(tasks[taskAName].message).toBe('');
 
     taskA.updateTitle('0');
     expect(tasks[taskAName].message).toBe('0');
-    expect(progressBuffer[0].trim()).toBe(
+    expect(progressBuffer[0]!.trim()).toBe(
       `${taskAName}: ${barStyles.active(' ')}   0% | 0`,
     );
     taskA.updateTitle('1');
     expect(tasks[taskAName].message).toBe('1');
-    expect(progressBuffer[0].trim()).toBe(
+    expect(progressBuffer[0]!.trim()).toBe(
       `${taskAName}: ${barStyles.active(' ')}   0% | 1`,
     );
 
     bars.removeTask(taskAName);
   });
 
-  it('should update task progress', async () => {
+  it('should update task progress', () => {
     const taskA = getProgressBar(taskAName);
     taskA.incrementInSteps(2);
     expect(tasks[taskAName].message).toBe('');
-    expect(progressBuffer[0].trim()).toBe(
+    expect(progressBuffer[0]!.trim()).toBe(
       `${taskAName}: ${barStyles.active('▌')}  50% |`,
     );
     taskA.incrementInSteps(2);
     expect(tasks[taskAName].message).toBe('');
-    expect(progressBuffer[0].trim()).toBe(
+    expect(progressBuffer[0]!.trim()).toBe(
       `${taskAName}: ${barStyles.active('█')} 100% |`,
     );
     bars.removeTask(taskAName);
   });
 
-  it('should end task when endProgress is called', async () => {
+  it('should end task when endProgress is called', () => {
     const taskA = getProgressBar(taskAName);
     expect(bars.isDone(taskAName)).toBe(false);
     taskA.endProgress();
     expect(bars.isDone(taskAName)).toBe(true);
-    expect(progressBuffer[0].trim()).toBe(
+    expect(progressBuffer[0]!.trim()).toBe(
       `${taskAName}: ${barStyles.done('█')} 100% |`,
     );
   });
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/report.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/report.ts
index 1f325d5d4..32e82048d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/report.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/report.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 import {
   CategoryRef,
   IssueSeverity as CliIssueSeverity,
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/report.unit.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/report.unit.test.ts
index f1dfc803a..456d591ae 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/report.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/report.unit.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { vol } from 'memfs';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { Issue, IssueSeverity, PluginReport } from '@code-pushup/models';
+import { Issue, IssueSeverity, Report } from '@code-pushup/models';
 import { reportMock } from '@code-pushup/models/testing';
-import { MEMFS_VOLUME } from '@code-pushup/testing-utils';
+import { MEMFS_VOLUME, REPORT_MOCK } from '@code-pushup/testing-utils';
 import {
   calcDuration,
   compareIssueSeverity,
@@ -102,17 +102,12 @@ describe('loadReport', () => {
   });
 
   it('should throw for an invalid JSON report', async () => {
-    const invalidReportMock = reportMock();
-    invalidReportMock.plugins = [
-      {
-        ...invalidReportMock.plugins[0],
-        slug: '-Invalud_slug',
-      } as unknown as PluginReport,
-    ];
-
     vol.fromJSON(
       {
-        [`report.json`]: JSON.stringify(invalidReportMock),
+        [`report.json`]: JSON.stringify({
+          ...REPORT_MOCK,
+          plugins: [{ ...REPORT_MOCK.plugins[0]!, slug: '-Invalid_slug' }],
+        } satisfies Report),
       },
       MEMFS_VOLUME,
     );
diff --git a/testing-utils/src/lib/fixtures/report.mock.ts b/testing-utils/src/lib/fixtures/report.mock.ts
index 4546ddad2..fb960798b 100644
--- a/testing-utils/src/lib/fixtures/report.mock.ts
+++ b/testing-utils/src/lib/fixtures/report.mock.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type Report } from '../../../../packages/models/src';
+import type { Report } from '../../../../packages/models/src';
 
 export const MINIMAL_REPORT_MOCK = {
   packageName: '@code-pushup/core',