diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d4b0505..179a49d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@
     "ws": "8.19.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/http-proxy": "^1.17.15",
     "debug": "^4.3.6",
-    "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",
+    "http-proxy-3": "^1.23.2",
     "is-glob": "^4.0.3",
     "is-plain-object": "^5.0.0",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.8"
diff --git a/patches/http-proxy+1.18.1.patch b/patches/http-proxy+1.18.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d3fecc15..00000000
--- a/patches/http-proxy+1.18.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/common.js b/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/common.js
-index 6513e81..d01d8db 100644
---- a/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/common.js
-+++ b/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/common.js
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- var common   = exports,
-     url      = require('url'),
--    extend   = require('util')._extend,
-+    extend   = Object.assign,
-     required = require('requires-port');
- 
- var upgradeHeader = /(^|,)\s*upgrade\s*($|,)/i,
-diff --git a/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/index.js b/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/index.js
-index 977a4b3..739409c 100644
---- a/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/index.js
-+++ b/node_modules/http-proxy/lib/http-proxy/index.js
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- var httpProxy = module.exports,
--    extend    = require('util')._extend,
-+    extend    = Object.assign,
-     parse_url = require('url').parse,
-     EE3       = require('eventemitter3'),
-     http      = require('http'),
diff --git a/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts b/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
index 6fe301c0..9d74f5ac 100644
--- a/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
+++ b/src/http-proxy-middleware.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type * as http from 'node:http';
 import type * as https from 'node:https';
 import type * as net from 'node:net';
 
-import * as httpProxy from 'http-proxy';
+import * as httpProxy from 'http-proxy-3';
 
 import { verifyConfig } from './configuration';
 import { Debug as debug } from './debug';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class HttpProxyMiddleware<TReq, TRes> {
   private wsInternalSubscribed = false;
   private serverOnCloseSubscribed = false;
   private proxyOptions: Options<TReq, TRes>;
-  private proxy: httpProxy<TReq, TRes>;
+  private proxy: httpProxy.ProxyServer;
   private pathRewriter;
   private logger: Logger;
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class HttpProxyMiddleware<TReq, TRes> {
     }
   }) as RequestHandler;
 
-  private registerPlugins(proxy: httpProxy<TReq, TRes>, options: Options<TReq, TRes>) {
+  private registerPlugins(proxy: httpProxy.ProxyServer, options: Options<TReq, TRes>) {
     const plugins = getPlugins<TReq, TRes>(options);
     plugins.forEach((plugin) => {
       debug(`register plugin: "${getFunctionName(plugin)}"`);
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ export class HttpProxyMiddleware<TReq, TRes> {
     } catch (err) {
       // This error does not include the URL as the fourth argument as we won't
       // have the URL if `this.prepareProxyRequest` throws an error.
-      this.proxy.emit('error', err, req, socket);
+
+      this.proxy.emit('error', err as Error, req, socket);
     }
   };
 
@@ -155,6 +156,10 @@ export class HttpProxyMiddleware<TReq, TRes> {
     await this.applyRouter(req, newProxyOptions);
     await this.applyPathRewrite(req, this.pathRewriter);
 
+    if (!newProxyOptions.target) {
+      throw new Error('Must provide a proper URL as target');
+    }
+
     return newProxyOptions;
   };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/default/proxy-events.ts b/src/plugins/default/proxy-events.ts
index aa686d90..94e663fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/default/proxy-events.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/default/proxy-events.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ const debug = Debug.extend('proxy-events-plugin');
 export const proxyEventsPlugin: Plugin = (proxyServer, options) => {
   Object.entries(options.on || {}).forEach(([eventName, handler]) => {
     debug(`register event handler: "${eventName}" -> "${getFunctionName(handler)}"`);
-    proxyServer.on(eventName, handler as (...args: unknown[]) => void);
+    proxyServer.on(eventName, handler as never);
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index dbddb4ec..7a8968ed 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,52 @@
 import type * as http from 'node:http';
 import type * as net from 'node:net';
 
-import type * as httpProxy from 'http-proxy';
+import type { ErrorCallback, ProxyServer, ServerOptions } from 'http-proxy-3';
 
 export type NextFunction<T = (err?: any) => void> = T;
 
+export interface Plugin<TReq = http.IncomingMessage, TRes = http.ServerResponse> {
+  (proxyServer: ProxyServer, options: Options<TReq, TRes>): void;
+}
+
+export interface OnProxyEvent<TReq = http.IncomingMessage, TRes = http.ServerResponse> {
+  error?: (
+    err: Error,
+    req: TReq,
+    res: TRes,
+    target: string | { port: number; host: string; protocol?: string },
+  ) => void | ErrorCallback;
+  proxyReq?: (
+    proxyReq: http.ClientRequest,
+    req: TReq,
+    res: TRes,
+    options: ServerOptions,
+    socket: net.Socket,
+  ) => void;
+  proxyReqWs?: (
+    proxyReq: http.ClientRequest,
+    req: TReq,
+    socket: net.Socket,
+    options: ServerOptions,
+    head: any,
+  ) => void;
+  proxyRes?: (proxyRes: TReq, req: TReq, res: TRes) => void;
+  open?: (socket: net.Socket) => void;
+  close?: (proxyRes: TReq, proxySocket: net.Socket, proxyHead: any) => void;
+  start?: (
+    req: TReq,
+    res: TRes,
+    target: string | { port: number; host: string; protocol?: string },
+  ) => void;
+  end?: (req: TReq, res: TRes, proxyRes: TReq) => void;
+  econnreset?: (
+    err: Error,
+    req: TReq,
+    res: TRes,
+    target: string | { port: number; host: string; protocol?: string },
+  ) => void;
+}
+
 export interface RequestHandler<
   TReq = http.IncomingMessage,
   TRes = http.ServerResponse,
@@ -23,26 +65,12 @@ export type Filter<TReq = http.IncomingMessage> =
   | string[]
   | ((pathname: string, req: TReq) => boolean);
 
-export interface Plugin<TReq = http.IncomingMessage, TRes = http.ServerResponse> {
-  (proxyServer: httpProxy<TReq, TRes>, options: Options<TReq, TRes>): void;
-}
-
-export interface OnProxyEvent<TReq = http.IncomingMessage, TRes = http.ServerResponse> {
-  error?: httpProxy.ErrorCallback<Error, TReq, TRes>;
-  proxyReq?: httpProxy.ProxyReqCallback<http.ClientRequest, TReq, TRes>;
-  proxyReqWs?: httpProxy.ProxyReqWsCallback<http.ClientRequest, TReq>;
-  proxyRes?: httpProxy.ProxyResCallback<TReq, TRes>;
-  open?: httpProxy.OpenCallback;
-  close?: httpProxy.CloseCallback<TReq>;
-  start?: httpProxy.StartCallback<TReq, TRes>;
-  end?: httpProxy.EndCallback<TReq, TRes>;
-  econnreset?: httpProxy.EconnresetCallback<Error, TReq, TRes>;
-}
-
 export type Logger = Pick<Console, 'info' | 'warn' | 'error'>;
 
-export interface Options<TReq = http.IncomingMessage, TRes = http.ServerResponse>
-  extends httpProxy.ServerOptions {
+export interface Options<
+  TReq = http.IncomingMessage,
+  TRes = http.ServerResponse,
+> extends ServerOptions {
   /**
    * Narrow down requests to proxy or not.
    * Filter on {@link http.IncomingMessage.url `pathname`} which is relative to the proxy's "mounting" point in the server.
@@ -122,9 +150,9 @@ export interface Options<TReq = http.IncomingMessage, TRes = http.ServerResponse
    * @link https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware/blob/master/recipes/router.md
    */
   router?:
-    | { [hostOrPath: string]: httpProxy.ServerOptions['target'] }
-    | ((req: TReq) => httpProxy.ServerOptions['target'])
-    | ((req: TReq) => Promise<httpProxy.ServerOptions['target']>);
+    | { [hostOrPath: string]: ServerOptions['target'] }
+    | ((req: TReq) => ServerOptions['target'])
+    | ((req: TReq) => Promise<ServerOptions['target']>);
   /**
    * Log information from http-proxy-middleware
    * @example
diff --git a/test/e2e/express-error-middleware.spec.ts b/test/e2e/express-error-middleware.spec.ts
index 8fe47a3c..69f967c4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/express-error-middleware.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/express-error-middleware.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as express from 'express';
 import * as request from 'supertest';
 
 import { createApp, createProxyMiddleware } from './test-kit';
@@ -11,7 +12,12 @@ describe('express error middleware', () => {
       router: (req) => undefined, // Trigger "Error: Must provide a proper URL as target"
     });
 
-    const errorMiddleware = (err, req, res, next) => {
+    const errorMiddleware = (
+      err: Error,
+      req: express.Request,
+      res: express.Response,
+      next: express.NextFunction,
+    ) => {
       httpProxyError = err;
       res.status(504).send('Something broke!');
     };
diff --git a/test/e2e/express-router.spec.ts b/test/e2e/express-router.spec.ts
index fc682665..c428cd56 100644
--- a/test/e2e/express-router.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/express-router.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as express from 'express';
+import * as http from 'http';
 import * as request from 'supertest';
 
 import { Options } from '../../src/index';
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ describe('Usage in Express', () => {
       // sub route config
       const sub = express.Router();
 
-      function filter(pathname, req) {
+      function filter(pathname: string, req: http.IncomingMessage) {
         const urlFilter = new RegExp('^/sub/api');
         const match = urlFilter.test(pathname);
         return match;
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ describe('Usage in Express', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  function jsonMiddleware(data) {
-    return (req, res) => {
+  function jsonMiddleware(data: any) {
+    return (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) => {
       res.json(data);
     };
   }
diff --git a/test/e2e/http-proxy-middleware.spec.ts b/test/e2e/http-proxy-middleware.spec.ts
index 7e167e40..70a9a7f0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/http-proxy-middleware.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/http-proxy-middleware.spec.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ describe('E2E http-proxy-middleware', () => {
 
     describe('custom pathFilter matcher/filter', () => {
       it('should have response body: "HELLO WEB"', async () => {
-        const filter = (path, req) => {
+        const filter = (path: string, req: http.IncomingMessage) => {
           return true;
         };
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe('E2E http-proxy-middleware', () => {
       });
 
       it('should not proxy when filter returns false', async () => {
-        const filter = (path, req) => {
+        const filter = (path: string, req: http.IncomingMessage) => {
           return false;
         };
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ describe('E2E http-proxy-middleware', () => {
 
       it('should not proxy when filter throws Error', async () => {
         const myError = new Error('MY_ERROR');
-        const filter = (path, req) => {
+        const filter = (path: string, req: http.IncomingMessage) => {
           throw myError;
         };
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/router.spec.ts b/test/e2e/router.spec.ts
index b7206ab7..58db8edb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/router.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/router.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ErrorRequestHandler } from 'express';
 import * as getPort from 'get-port';
 import { Mockttp, generateCACertificate, getLocal } from 'mockttp';
 import * as request from 'supertest';
+import * as TestAgent from 'supertest';
 
 import { createApp, createAppWithPath, createProxyMiddleware } from './test-kit';
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ describe('E2E router', () => {
   });
 
   describe('router with proxyTable', () => {
-    let agent;
+    let agent: TestAgent.Agent;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       const app = createAppWithPath(
diff --git a/test/e2e/test-kit.ts b/test/e2e/test-kit.ts
index d1e857f4..89e326b9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test-kit.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/test-kit.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { Express, RequestHandler } from 'express';
 
 export { createProxyMiddleware, responseInterceptor, fixRequestBody } from '../../src/index';
 
-export function createApp(...middlewares): Express {
+export function createApp(...middlewares: any[]): Express {
   const app = express();
   app.use(...middlewares);
   return app;
diff --git a/test/e2e/websocket.spec.ts b/test/e2e/websocket.spec.ts
index f2408cfb..e82b3f91 100644
--- a/test/e2e/websocket.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/websocket.spec.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('E2E WebSocket proxy', () => {
       proxyServer = createApp(proxyMiddleware).listen(SERVER_PORT);
 
       // quick & dirty Promise version of http.get (don't care about correctness)
-      const get = async (uri) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => http.get(uri, resolve));
+      const get = async (uri: string) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => http.get(uri, resolve));
 
       // need to make a normal http request, so http-proxy-middleware can catch the upgrade request
       await get(`http://localhost:${SERVER_PORT}/`);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 98f3703a..bd0c795b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1412,13 +1412,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/http-errors/-/http-errors-2.0.1.tgz#20172f9578b225f6c7da63446f56d4ce108d5a65"
   integrity sha512-/K3ds8TRAfBvi5vfjuz8y6+GiAYBZ0x4tXv1Av6CWBWn0IlADc+ZX9pMq7oU0fNQPnBwIZl3rmeLp6SBApbxSQ==
 
-"@types/http-proxy@^1.17.15":
-  version "1.17.15"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/http-proxy/-/http-proxy-1.17.15.tgz#12118141ce9775a6499ecb4c01d02f90fc839d36"
-  integrity sha512-25g5atgiVNTIv0LBDTg1H74Hvayx0ajtJPLLcYE3whFv75J0pWNtOBzaXJQgDTmrX1bx5U9YC2w/n65BN1HwRQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-
 "@types/is-glob@4.0.4":
   version "4.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/is-glob/-/is-glob-4.0.4.tgz#1d60fa47ff70abc97b4d9ea45328747c488b3a50"
@@ -2835,11 +2828,6 @@ eventemitter3@^3.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-3.1.2.tgz#2d3d48f9c346698fce83a85d7d664e98535df6e7"
   integrity sha512-tvtQIeLVHjDkJYnzf2dgVMxfuSGJeM/7UCG17TT4EumTfNtF+0nebF/4zWOIkCreAbtNqhGEboB6BWrwqNaw4Q==
 
-eventemitter3@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-4.0.7.tgz#2de9b68f6528d5644ef5c59526a1b4a07306169f"
-  integrity sha512-8guHBZCwKnFhYdHr2ysuRWErTwhoN2X8XELRlrRwpmfeY2jjuUN4taQMsULKUVo1K4DvZl+0pgfyoysHxvmvEw==
-
 eventemitter3@^5.0.1:
   version "5.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-5.0.1.tgz#53f5ffd0a492ac800721bb42c66b841de96423c4"
@@ -3092,10 +3080,10 @@ flatted@^3.2.9:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flatted/-/flatted-3.3.1.tgz#21db470729a6734d4997002f439cb308987f567a"
   integrity sha512-X8cqMLLie7KsNUDSdzeN8FYK9rEt4Dt67OsG/DNGnYTSDBG4uFAJFBnUeiV+zCVAvwFy56IjM9sH51jVaEhNxw==
 
-follow-redirects@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.15.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.6.tgz#7f815c0cda4249c74ff09e95ef97c23b5fd0399b"
-  integrity sha512-wWN62YITEaOpSK584EZXJafH1AGpO8RVgElfkuXbTOrPX4fIfOyEpW/CsiNd8JdYrAoOvafRTOEnvsO++qCqFA==
+follow-redirects@^1.15.9:
+  version "1.15.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.11.tgz#777d73d72a92f8ec4d2e410eb47352a56b8e8340"
+  integrity sha512-deG2P0JfjrTxl50XGCDyfI97ZGVCxIpfKYmfyrQ54n5FO/0gfIES8C/Psl6kWVDolizcaaxZJnTS0QSMxvnsBQ==
 
 foreground-child@^3.1.0:
   version "3.3.1"
@@ -3409,6 +3397,14 @@ http-errors@~2.0.1:
     statuses "~2.0.2"
     toidentifier "~1.0.1"
 
+http-proxy-3@^1.23.2:
+  version "1.23.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-proxy-3/-/http-proxy-3-1.23.2.tgz#c3cceead89ce94e8feca7f75bb23e508f3924347"
+  integrity sha512-vZks1dLliM0w7aQDT9eFYLO8PUuQ9Cm67y7kn+kgkLtvKP0HZ6Thb3+MCGFFNCnKMCkLXY6rvIH1d7jQITryxA==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^4.4.0"
+    follow-redirects "^1.15.9"
+
 http-proxy-agent@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-proxy-agent/-/http-proxy-agent-7.0.2.tgz#9a8b1f246866c028509486585f62b8f2c18c270e"
@@ -3417,15 +3413,6 @@ http-proxy-agent@^7.0.0:
     agent-base "^7.1.0"
     debug "^4.3.4"
 
-http-proxy@^1.18.1:
-  version "1.18.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-proxy/-/http-proxy-1.18.1.tgz#401541f0534884bbf95260334e72f88ee3976549"
-  integrity sha512-7mz/721AbnJwIVbnaSv1Cz3Am0ZLT/UBwkC92VlxhXv/k/BBQfM2fXElQNC27BVGr0uwUpplYPQM9LnaBMR5NQ==
-  dependencies:
-    eventemitter3 "^4.0.0"
-    follow-redirects "^1.0.0"
-    requires-port "^1.0.0"
-
 http2-wrapper@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http2-wrapper/-/http2-wrapper-2.2.1.tgz#310968153dcdedb160d8b72114363ef5fce1f64a"
@@ -5106,11 +5093,6 @@ require-from-string@^2.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-from-string/-/require-from-string-2.0.2.tgz#89a7fdd938261267318eafe14f9c32e598c36909"
   integrity sha512-Xf0nWe6RseziFMu+Ap9biiUbmplq6S9/p+7w7YXP/JBHhrUDDUhwa+vANyubuqfZWTveU//DYVGsDG7RKL/vEw==
 
-requires-port@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/requires-port/-/requires-port-1.0.0.tgz#925d2601d39ac485e091cf0da5c6e694dc3dcaff"
-  integrity sha512-KigOCHcocU3XODJxsu8i/j8T9tzT4adHiecwORRQ0ZZFcp7ahwXuRU1m+yuO90C5ZUyGeGfocHDI14M3L3yDAQ==
-
 resolve-alpn@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-alpn/-/resolve-alpn-1.2.1.tgz#b7adbdac3546aaaec20b45e7d8265927072726f9"