diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index eae04e08c9b..c6e8c195ac7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9204,13 +9204,20 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/escape-unicode": {
-			"version": "0.2.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-unicode/-/escape-unicode-0.2.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-7jMQuKb8nm0h/9HYLfu4NCLFwoUsd5XO6OZ1z86PbKcMf8zDK1m7nFR0iA2CCShq4TSValaLIveE8T1UBxgALQ==",
-			"license": "MIT",
-			"engines": {
-				"node": ">=8"
-			}
+			"version": "0.3.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-unicode/-/escape-unicode-0.3.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-4Lr9Prysw8FBwpW8dURr4T3/VRU4RYlhayLgy34zavplBG9bUsTtaCuM7Lw3szWTuidQvkZ2a1qJxG3e5+o99w==",
+			"funding": [
+				{
+					"type": "individual",
+					"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/neocotic"
+				},
+				{
+					"type": "patreon",
+					"url": "https://www.patreon.com/neocotic"
+				}
+			],
+			"license": "MIT"
 		},
 		"node_modules/escope": {
 			"version": "4.0.0",
@@ -22489,7 +22496,7 @@
 				"@ui5/fs": "^5.0.0-alpha.2",
 				"@ui5/logger": "^5.0.0-alpha.2",
 				"cheerio": "1.0.0",
-				"escape-unicode": "^0.2.0",
+				"escape-unicode": "^0.3.0",
 				"escope": "^4.0.0",
 				"espree": "^10.4.0",
 				"graceful-fs": "^4.2.11",
diff --git a/packages/builder/lib/processors/nonAsciiEscaper.js b/packages/builder/lib/processors/nonAsciiEscaper.js
index 858eac7745d..4548967db5d 100644
--- a/packages/builder/lib/processors/nonAsciiEscaper.js
+++ b/packages/builder/lib/processors/nonAsciiEscaper.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import escapeUnicode from "escape-unicode";
+import {escapeUnicode} from "escape-unicode";
 
 /**
  * @public
diff --git a/packages/builder/package.json b/packages/builder/package.json
index 202d7613b29..64aa3b2dc50 100644
--- a/packages/builder/package.json
+++ b/packages/builder/package.json
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 		"@ui5/fs": "^5.0.0-alpha.2",
 		"@ui5/logger": "^5.0.0-alpha.2",
 		"cheerio": "1.0.0",
-		"escape-unicode": "^0.2.0",
+		"escape-unicode": "^0.3.0",
 		"escope": "^4.0.0",
 		"espree": "^10.4.0",
 		"graceful-fs": "^4.2.11",