diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index b9cda38b51..6791d7f322 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "@types/dockerode": "^3.3.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/luxon": "^3.0.0",
+    "@types/node-forge": "^1.3.0",
     "@types/webpack-env": "^1.15.2",
     "archiver": "^5.0.2",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.840.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/hostFactory.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/hostFactory.ts
index 16bfc6adf6..ecd214814d 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/hostFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/hostFactory.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import * as http from 'http';
 import * as https from 'https';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { HttpsSettings } from './config';
+import * as forge from 'node-forge';
 
 const FIVE_DAYS_IN_MS = 5 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -99,9 +100,8 @@ async function getGeneratedCertificate(hostname: string, logger?: Logger) {
   if (await fs.pathExists(certPath)) {
     cert = await fs.readFile(certPath);
     try {
-      const forge = require('node-forge');
-      const crt = forge.pki.certificateFromPem(cert);
-      const crtTimestamp = Date.parse(crt.validity.notAfter);
+      const crt = forge.pki.certificateFromPem(cert.toString());
+      const crtTimestamp = Date.parse(crt.validity.notAfter.toString());
       remainingMs = crtTimestamp - Date.now();
     } catch (error) {
       logger?.warn(`Unable to parse self-signed certificate. ${error}`);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 378e432b08..06939594f5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3164,6 +3164,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/minimist": ^1.2.0
     "@types/mock-fs": ^4.13.0
     "@types/morgan": ^1.9.0
+    "@types/node-forge": ^1.3.0
     "@types/recursive-readdir": ^2.2.0
     "@types/stoppable": ^1.1.0
     "@types/supertest": ^2.0.8
@@ -14014,6 +14015,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/node-forge@npm:^1.3.0":
+  version: 1.3.0
+  resolution: "@types/node-forge@npm:1.3.0"
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node": "*"
+  checksum: f811885f997fbeebb0df2db8249b9b288ad5f5573beaecf6d323b019bb9a4c12f1476a8974c934f62329862f29986c116263a50aef0008364cc3f9867672a5a0
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/node@npm:*, @types/node@npm:>=12.12.47, @types/node@npm:>=13.7.0":
   version: 17.0.25
   resolution: "@types/node@npm:17.0.25"