diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4cc4d52894..d079a3cfb2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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       "dependencies": {
         "double-ended-queue": "2.1.0-0",
-        "fetch-cookie": "2.2.0",
+        "fetch-cookie": "3.2.0",
         "fruitdown": "1.0.2",
         "level": "6.0.1",
         "level-codec": "9.0.2",
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
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         "memdown": "1.4.1",
-        "node-fetch": "2.6.9",
         "readable-stream": "1.1.14",
         "spark-md5": "3.0.2",
         "through2": "3.0.2",
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
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       }
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-      "devOptional": true,
+      "dev": true,
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       },
@@ -4278,12 +4277,25 @@
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-      "version": "2.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fetch-cookie/-/fetch-cookie-2.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-h9AgfjURuCgA2+2ISl8GbavpUdR+WGAM2McW/ovn4tVccegp8ZqCKWSBR8uRdM8dDNlx5WdKRWxBYUwteLDCNQ==",
+      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fetch-cookie/-/fetch-cookie-3.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-n61pQIxP25C6DRhcJxn7BDzgHP/+S56Urowb5WFxtcRMpU6drqXD90xjyAsVQYsNSNNVbaCcYY1DuHsdkZLuiA==",
+      "license": "Unlicense",
       "dependencies": {
         "set-cookie-parser": "^2.4.8",
-        "tough-cookie": "^4.0.0"
+        "tough-cookie": "^6.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/fetch-cookie/node_modules/tough-cookie": {
+      "version": "6.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-6.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-LktZQb3IeoUWB9lqR5EWTHgW/VTITCXg4D21M+lvybRVdylLrRMnqaIONLVb5mav8vM19m44HIcGq4qASeu2Qw==",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tldts": "^7.0.5"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/file-entry-cache": {
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       "dev": true
     },
-    "node_modules/node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.6.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.9.tgz",
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-      "dependencies": {
-        "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "4.x || >=6.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "encoding": "^0.1.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "encoding": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-4.1.1.tgz",
@@ -9004,7 +8997,8 @@
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+      "integrity": "sha512-E/ZsdU4HLs/68gYzgGTkMicWTLPdAftJLfJFlLUAAKZGkStNU72sZjT66SnMDVOfOWY/YAoiD7Jxa9iHvngcag==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/public-encrypt": {
       "version": "4.0.3",
@@ -9090,7 +9084,8 @@
     "node_modules/querystringify": {
       "version": "2.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/querystringify/-/querystringify-2.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FIqgj2EUvTa7R50u0rGsyTftzjYmv/a3hO345bZNrqabNqjtgiDMgmo4mkUjd+nzU5oF3dClKqFIPUKybUyqoQ=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-FIqgj2EUvTa7R50u0rGsyTftzjYmv/a3hO345bZNrqabNqjtgiDMgmo4mkUjd+nzU5oF3dClKqFIPUKybUyqoQ==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/queue-microtask": {
       "version": "1.2.3",
@@ -9512,7 +9507,8 @@
     "node_modules/requires-port": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/requires-port/-/requires-port-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-KigOCHcocU3XODJxsu8i/j8T9tzT4adHiecwORRQ0ZZFcp7ahwXuRU1m+yuO90C5ZUyGeGfocHDI14M3L3yDAQ=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-KigOCHcocU3XODJxsu8i/j8T9tzT4adHiecwORRQ0ZZFcp7ahwXuRU1m+yuO90C5ZUyGeGfocHDI14M3L3yDAQ==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/resolve": {
       "version": "1.22.3",
@@ -9719,7 +9715,7 @@
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==",
-      "devOptional": true
+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/sanitize-filename": {
       "version": "1.6.3",
@@ -10795,6 +10791,24 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tldts": {
+      "version": "7.0.27",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tldts/-/tldts-7.0.27.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-I4FZcVFcqCRuT0ph6dCDpPuO4Xgzvh+spkcTr1gK7peIvxWauoloVO0vuy1FQnijT63ss6AsHB6+OIM4aXHbPg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "tldts-core": "^7.0.27"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "tldts": "bin/cli.js"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/tldts-core": {
+      "version": "7.0.27",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tldts-core/-/tldts-core-7.0.27.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YQ7uPjgWUibIK6DW5lrKujGwUKhLevU4hcGbP5O6TcIUb+oTjJYJVWPS4nZsIHrEEEG6myk/oqAJUEQmpZrHsg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/to-buffer": {
       "version": "1.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/to-buffer/-/to-buffer-1.2.1.tgz",
@@ -10844,6 +10858,7 @@
       "version": "4.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-4.1.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-aX/y5pVRkfRnfmuX+OdbSdXvPe6ieKX/G2s7e98f4poJHnqH3281gDPm/metm6E/WRamfx7WC4HUqkWHfQHprw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "psl": "^1.1.33",
         "punycode": "^2.1.1",
@@ -10858,6 +10873,7 @@
       "version": "2.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-2.3.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-vYt7UD1U9Wg6138shLtLOvdAu+8DsC/ilFtEVHcH+wydcSpNE20AfSOduf6MkRFahL5FY7X1oU7nKVZFtfq8Fg==",
+      "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=6"
       }
@@ -10865,7 +10881,8 @@
     "node_modules/tr46": {
       "version": "0.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-N3WMsuqV66lT30CrXNbEjx4GEwlow3v6rr4mCcv6prnfwhS01rkgyFdjPNBYd9br7LpXV1+Emh01fHnq2Gdgrw=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-N3WMsuqV66lT30CrXNbEjx4GEwlow3v6rr4mCcv6prnfwhS01rkgyFdjPNBYd9br7LpXV1+Emh01fHnq2Gdgrw==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/truncate-utf8-bytes": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -11165,6 +11182,7 @@
       "version": "0.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.2.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-CJ1QgKmNg3CwvAv/kOFmtnEN05f0D/cn9QntgNOQlQF9dgvVTHj3t+8JPdjqawCHk7V/KA+fbUqzZ9XWhcqPUg==",
+      "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 4.0.0"
       }
@@ -11266,6 +11284,7 @@
       "version": "1.5.10",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/url-parse/-/url-parse-1.5.10.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-WypcfiRhfeUP9vvF0j6rw0J3hrWrw6iZv3+22h6iRMJ/8z1Tj6XfLP4DsUix5MhMPnXpiHDoKyoZ/bdCkwBCiQ==",
+      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "querystringify": "^2.1.1",
         "requires-port": "^1.0.0"
@@ -11394,12 +11413,14 @@
     "node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2JAn3z8AR6rjK8Sm8orRC0h/bcl/DqL7tRPdGZ4I1CjdF+EaMLmYxBHyXuKL849eucPFhvBoxMsflfOb8kxaeQ=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-2JAn3z8AR6rjK8Sm8orRC0h/bcl/DqL7tRPdGZ4I1CjdF+EaMLmYxBHyXuKL849eucPFhvBoxMsflfOb8kxaeQ==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/whatwg-url": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-saE57nupxk6v3HY35+jzBwYa0rKSy0XR8JSxZPwgLr7ys0IBzhGviA1/TUGJLmSVqs8pb9AnvICXEuOHLprYTw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "tr46": "~0.0.3",
         "webidl-conversions": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 328803bcac..e416b59ce7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "double-ended-queue": "2.1.0-0",
-    "fetch-cookie": "2.2.0",
+    "fetch-cookie": "3.2.0",
     "fruitdown": "1.0.2",
     "level": "6.0.1",
     "level-codec": "9.0.2",
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     "localstorage-down": "0.6.7",
     "ltgt": "2.2.1",
     "memdown": "1.4.1",
-    "node-fetch": "2.6.9",
     "readable-stream": "1.1.14",
     "spark-md5": "3.0.2",
     "through2": "3.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-abstract-mapreduce/src/index.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-abstract-mapreduce/src/index.js
index 0ec19ed37e..ac5ecce982 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-abstract-mapreduce/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-abstract-mapreduce/src/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
 } from 'pouchdb-collate';
 
 import { generateErrorFromResponse } from 'pouchdb-errors';
-import { Headers } from 'pouchdb-fetch';
 import TaskQueue from './taskqueue';
 import createView from './createView';
 import {
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-adapter-http/src/index.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-adapter-http/src/index.js
index b19f2b4122..d02bac03b8 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-adapter-http/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-adapter-http/src/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import pool from './promise-pool';
 
-import { fetch, Headers } from 'pouchdb-fetch';
+import { fetch } from 'pouchdb-fetch';
 
 import {
   createError,
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 import {
   atob,
   btoa,
+  arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer,
   binaryStringToBlobOrBuffer as binStringToBluffer,
   base64StringToBlobOrBuffer as b64StringToBluffer,
   blobOrBufferToBase64 as blufferToBase64
@@ -514,20 +515,11 @@ function HttpPouch(opts, callback) {
 
         const response = await ourFetch(genDBUrl(host, path));
 
-        let blob;
-        if ('buffer' in response) {
-          blob = await response.buffer();
-        } else {
-          /* istanbul ignore next */
-          blob = await response.blob();
-        }
+        const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+        const blob = arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer(arrayBuffer, att.content_type);
 
         let data;
         if (opts.binary) {
-          const typeFieldDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(blob.__proto__, 'type');
-          if (!typeFieldDescriptor || typeFieldDescriptor.set) {
-            blob.type = att.content_type;
-          }
           data = blob;
         } else {
           data = await new Promise(function (resolve) {
@@ -635,21 +627,10 @@ function HttpPouch(opts, callback) {
       }
 
       contentType = response.headers.get('content-type');
-      let blob;
-      if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && !process.browser && typeof response.buffer === 'function') {
-        blob = await response.buffer();
-      } else {
-        /* istanbul ignore next */
-        blob = await response.blob();
-      }
 
-      // TODO: also remove
-      if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && !process.browser) {
-        const typeFieldDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(blob.__proto__, 'type');
-        if (!typeFieldDescriptor || typeFieldDescriptor.set) {
-          blob.type = contentType;
-        }
-      }
+      const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+      const blob = arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer(arrayBuffer, contentType);
+
       callback(null, blob);
     } catch (err) {
       callback(err);
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/package.json b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/package.json
index 4a19310e7e..9d094c377c 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "./src/binaryStringToBlobOrBuffer.js": "./src/binaryStringToBlobOrBuffer-browser.js",
     "./src/blobOrBufferToBase64.js": "./src/blobOrBufferToBase64-browser.js",
     "./src/blobOrBufferToBinaryString.js": "./src/blobOrBufferToBinaryString-browser.js",
-    "./src/typedBuffer.js": "./src/typedBuffer-browser.js"
+    "./src/typedBuffer.js": "./src/typedBuffer-browser.js",
+    "./src/arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer.js": "./src/arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer-browser.js"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer-browser.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer-browser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56c2c54187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer-browser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import blob from 'pouchdb-binary-utils/src/blob';
+
+function arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer(arrayBuffer, type) {
+  // In the browser, create a Blob
+  return blob([arrayBuffer], { type });
+}
+
+export default arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer;
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57cba80301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+function arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer(arrayBuffer, type) {
+  // In Node.js, create a Buffer
+  const buffer = Buffer.from(arrayBuffer);
+  /* PouchDB uses `type` in various places, see `packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/typedBuffer.js`
+  */
+  buffer.type = type;
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+export default arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer;
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/index.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/index.js
index bf6245347d..48dc7c0502 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-binary-utils/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {atob, btoa} from './base64';
+import arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer from './arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer';
 import base64StringToBlobOrBuffer from './base64StringToBlobOrBuffer';
 import binaryStringToArrayBuffer from './binaryStringToArrayBuffer';
 import binaryStringToBlobOrBuffer from './binaryStringToBlobOrBuffer';
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import typedBuffer from './typedBuffer';
 export {
   atob,
   btoa,
+  arrayBufferToBlobOrBuffer,
   base64StringToBlobOrBuffer,
   binaryStringToArrayBuffer,
   binaryStringToBlobOrBuffer,
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/fetch-browser.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/fetch-browser.js
index ffc924dc1e..a5bc1c1f47 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/fetch-browser.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/fetch-browser.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var f = fetch;
-var h = Headers;
 
-export { f as fetch, h as Headers };
+export { f as fetch };
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/fetch.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/fetch.js
index f1b95b4d80..8c5843516b 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/fetch.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/fetch.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import nodeFetch, {Headers} from 'node-fetch';
-import fetchCookie from 'fetch-cookie';
+import makeFetchCookie from 'fetch-cookie';
 
-var fetch = fetchCookie(nodeFetch);
+const fetchWithCookie = makeFetchCookie(fetch);
 
-export { fetch, Headers };
+export { fetchWithCookie as fetch };
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/index.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/index.js
index 70e6512182..396f29a110 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-fetch/src/index.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export { fetch, Headers } from './fetch';
+export { fetch } from './fetch';
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-find/src/adapters/http/index.js b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-find/src/adapters/http/index.js
index 2efb3767f7..d39147c598 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-find/src/adapters/http/index.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/pouchdb-find/src/adapters/http/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { createError, generateErrorFromResponse } from 'pouchdb-errors';
-import { Headers } from 'pouchdb-fetch';
 import massageCreateIndexRequest from '../../massageCreateIndexRequest';
 import validateSelector from '../../validateSelector';
 
diff --git a/tests/component/test.ajax.js b/tests/component/test.ajax.js
index 541650e48d..5f36d86f7f 100644
--- a/tests/component/test.ajax.js
+++ b/tests/component/test.ajax.js
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ describe('test.ajax.js', function () {
         res.end(JSON.stringify({ok: req.headers.cookie === 'Test=test'}));
       }
     });
-    server.listen(6000, function () {
-      PouchDB.fetch('http://127.0.0.1:6000/install-cookie').then(function () {
-        return PouchDB.fetch('http://127.0.0.1:6000/check-cookie');
+    server.listen(6100, function () {
+      PouchDB.fetch('http://127.0.0.1:6100/install-cookie').then(function () {
+        return PouchDB.fetch('http://127.0.0.1:6100/check-cookie');
       }).then(function (response) {
         return response.json();
       }).then(function (res) {
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('test.ajax.js', function () {
     var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
       res.end(JSON.stringify({ok: req.url === '/testdb/path'}));
     });
-    server.listen(6000, function () {
-      var db = new PouchDB('http://127.0.0.1:6000/testdb', { skip_setup: true });
+    server.listen(6100, function () {
+      var db = new PouchDB('http://127.0.0.1:6100/testdb', { skip_setup: true });
       db.fetch('path').then(function (response) {
         return response.json();
       }).then(function (res) {
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ describe('test.ajax.js', function () {
     var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
       res.end(JSON.stringify({ok: req.url === '/root-path'}));
     });
-    server.listen(6000, function () {
-      var db = new PouchDB('http://127.0.0.1:6000/testdb', { skip_setup: true });
+    server.listen(6100, function () {
+      var db = new PouchDB('http://127.0.0.1:6100/testdb', { skip_setup: true });
       db.fetch('/root-path').then(function (response) {
         return response.json();
       }).then(function (res) {
diff --git a/tests/component/test.replication_perf_regression.js b/tests/component/test.replication_perf_regression.js
index 84595cdd3b..495bccc280 100644
--- a/tests/component/test.replication_perf_regression.js
+++ b/tests/component/test.replication_perf_regression.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ describe('test.replication_perf_regression.js', function () {
   });
 
   after(function (done) {
+    // server.close takes surprisingly long
+    this.timeout(10000);
     server.close(done);
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/utils.js b/tests/integration/utils.js
index 4d81fc187f..4fc12474ec 100644
--- a/tests/integration/utils.js
+++ b/tests/integration/utils.js
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ testUtils.adapterType = function () {
 
 testUtils.readBlob = function (blob, callback) {
   if (testUtils.isNode()) {
-    callback(blob.toString('binary'));
+    if (blob.text) {
+      blob.text().then(text => callback(text));
+    } else {
+      callback(blob.toString('binary'));
+    }
   } else {
     var reader = new FileReader();
     reader.onloadend = function () {
@@ -59,7 +63,11 @@ testUtils.readBlobPromise = function (blob) {
 
 testUtils.base64Blob = function (blob, callback) {
   if (testUtils.isNode()) {
-    callback(blob.toString('base64'));
+    if (blob.text) {
+      blob.text().then(text => callback(text));
+    } else {
+      callback(blob.toString('base64'));
+    }
   } else {
     testUtils.readBlob(blob, function (binary) {
       callback(testUtils.btoa(binary));