diff --git a/ghost/minifier/lib/minifier.js b/ghost/minifier/lib/minifier.js
index f793bba22f..0169800434 100644
--- a/ghost/minifier/lib/minifier.js
+++ b/ghost/minifier/lib/minifier.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
-const debug = require('@tryghost/debug')('affsfdfsdfsdfsdffsdsdfsd');
+const debug = require('@tryghost/debug')('minifier');
 const tpl = require('@tryghost/tpl');
 const csso = require('csso');
-const uglify = require('uglify-js');
+const terser = require('terser');
 const glob = require('tiny-glob');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs').promises;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Minifier {
     }
 
     async minifyCSS(contents) {
-        const result = csso.minify(contents);
+        const result = await csso.minify(contents);
         if (result && result.css) {
             return result.css;
         }
@@ -57,11 +57,10 @@ class Minifier {
     }
 
     async minifyJS(contents) {
-        const result = uglify.minify(contents);
+        const result = await terser.minify(contents);
         if (result && result.code) {
             return result.code;
         }
-
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ class Minifier {
 
             const result = await this.writeFile(minifiedContents, dest);
             if (result) {
-                minifiedFiles.push(result);
+                minifiedFiles.push(dest);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/ghost/minifier/package.json b/ghost/minifier/package.json
index c0bf4876cc..ba081e1a48 100644
--- a/ghost/minifier/package.json
+++ b/ghost/minifier/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "@tryghost/errors": "^0.2.16",
     "@tryghost/tpl": "^0.1.7",
     "csso": "4.2.0",
-    "tiny-glob": "^0.2.9",
-    "uglify-js": "3.14.2"
+    "terser": "^5.9.0",
+    "tiny-glob": "^0.2.9"
   }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/minifier/test/minifier.test.js b/ghost/minifier/test/minifier.test.js
index eab5495244..c848c18e94 100644
--- a/ghost/minifier/test/minifier.test.js
+++ b/ghost/minifier/test/minifier.test.js
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ describe('Minifier', function () {
 
         minifier = new Minifier({
             src: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'basic-cards'),
-            dest: path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'minifier-tests')
+            dest: testDir
         });
     });
 
     after(async function () {
-        await fs.rmdir(testDir);
+        await fs.rmdir(testDir, {recursive: true, force: true});
     });
 
     describe('getMatchingFiles expands globs correctly', function () {