diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac8d0d82..54c7d33c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     "cheerio": "1.0.0-rc.3",
     "commander": "4.1.0",
     "express": "4.17.1",
-    "file-type": "12.4.2",
+    "file-type": "13.0.2",
     "filenamify": "4.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "8.1.0",
     "got": "10.2.1",
diff --git a/src/plugins/uploader.js b/src/plugins/uploader.js
index 19642c57..ad4070e4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/uploader.js
+++ b/src/plugins/uploader.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Uploader {
 		express.post("/uploads/new/:token", Uploader.routeUploadFile);
 	}
 
-	static routeGetFile(req, res) {
+	static async routeGetFile(req, res) {
 		const name = req.params.name;
 
 		const nameRegex = /^[0-9a-f]{16}$/;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Uploader {
 		const folder = name.substring(0, 2);
 		const uploadPath = Helper.getFileUploadPath();
 		const filePath = path.join(uploadPath, folder, name);
-		const detectedMimeType = Uploader.getFileType(filePath);
+		const detectedMimeType = await Uploader.getFileType(filePath);
 
 		// doesn't exist
 		if (detectedMimeType === null) {
@@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ class Uploader {
 
 	// Returns null if an error occurred (e.g. file not found)
 	// Returns a string with the type otherwise
-	static getFileType(filePath) {
+	static async getFileType(filePath) {
 		try {
 			const buffer = readChunk.sync(filePath, 0, fileType.minimumBytes);
 
 			// returns {ext, mime} if found, null if not.
-			const file = fileType(buffer);
+			const file = await fileType.fromBuffer(buffer);
 
 			// if a file type was detected correctly, return it
 			if (file) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 25c83443..502d8b9e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -769,6 +769,11 @@
   dependencies:
     defer-to-connect "^1.1.1"
 
+"@tokenizer/token@^0.1.0":
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tokenizer/token/-/token-0.1.0.tgz#9ee92540c56ca02e997d65dd14645cf9438c3dcf"
+  integrity sha512-fXk7a5R+aE8bfDRbfT+xRG2evSatjbljGGSUflfQmqw555My8II/EWly2GmcHaqXF5HCMitBEfSNhCRZCrLGGg==
+
 "@types/cacheable-request@^6.0.1":
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/cacheable-request/-/cacheable-request-6.0.1.tgz#5d22f3dded1fd3a84c0bbeb5039a7419c2c91976"
@@ -3477,10 +3482,15 @@ file-entry-cache@^5.0.1:
   dependencies:
     flat-cache "^2.0.1"
 
-file-type@12.4.2:
-  version "12.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-type/-/file-type-12.4.2.tgz#a344ea5664a1d01447ee7fb1b635f72feb6169d9"
-  integrity sha512-UssQP5ZgIOKelfsaB5CuGAL+Y+q7EmONuiwF3N5HAH0t27rvrttgi6Ra9k/+DVaY9UF6+ybxu5pOXLUdA8N7Vg==
+file-type@13.0.2:
+  version "13.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/file-type/-/file-type-13.0.2.tgz#99baeffc3989e4fdb189534700b6b494e114da74"
+  integrity sha512-7ZgM94zayCOwYUxUzsyI32TCd4cX1VepB75cqJR3DAnm4WS/lZKxc4LyhbBhCK71XPhZWKvLHD2voVcWeOv0MA==
+  dependencies:
+    readable-web-to-node-stream "^2.0.0"
+    strtok3 "^5.0.1"
+    token-types "^2.0.0"
+    typedarray-to-buffer "^3.1.5"
 
 file-uri-to-path@1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
@@ -4268,7 +4278,7 @@ icss-utils@^4.0.0, icss-utils@^4.1.1:
   dependencies:
     postcss "^7.0.14"
 
-ieee754@^1.1.4:
+ieee754@^1.1.13, ieee754@^1.1.4:
   version "1.1.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.1.13.tgz#ec168558e95aa181fd87d37f55c32bbcb6708b84"
   integrity sha512-4vf7I2LYV/HaWerSo3XmlMkp5eZ83i+/CDluXi/IGTs/O1sejBNhTtnxzmRZfvOUqj7lZjqHkeTvpgSFDlWZTg==
@@ -6434,6 +6444,11 @@ pbkdf2@^3.0.3:
     safe-buffer "^5.0.1"
     sha.js "^2.4.8"
 
+peek-readable@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/peek-readable/-/peek-readable-3.1.0.tgz#250b08b7de09db8573d7fd8ea475215bbff14348"
+  integrity sha512-KGuODSTV6hcgdZvDrIDBUkN0utcAVj1LL7FfGbM0viKTtCHmtZcuEJ+lGqsp0fTFkGqesdtemV2yUSMeyy3ddA==
+
 performance-now@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/performance-now/-/performance-now-2.1.0.tgz#6309f4e0e5fa913ec1c69307ae364b4b377c9e7b"
@@ -7516,6 +7531,11 @@ readable-stream@^3.1.1:
     string_decoder "^1.1.1"
     util-deprecate "^1.0.1"
 
+readable-web-to-node-stream@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-web-to-node-stream/-/readable-web-to-node-stream-2.0.0.tgz#751e632f466552ac0d5c440cc01470352f93c4b7"
+  integrity sha512-+oZJurc4hXpaaqsN68GoZGQAQIA3qr09Or4fqEsargABnbe5Aau8hFn6ISVleT3cpY/0n/8drn7huyyEvTbghA==
+
 readdirp@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readdirp/-/readdirp-2.2.1.tgz#0e87622a3325aa33e892285caf8b4e846529a525"
@@ -8542,6 +8562,15 @@ strip-outer@^1.0.1:
   dependencies:
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.2"
 
+strtok3@^5.0.1:
+  version "5.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strtok3/-/strtok3-5.0.1.tgz#f89e09fa024dff82e39c160faf8d8706c24e7d21"
+  integrity sha512-AWliiIjyb87onqO8pM+1Hozm+PPcR4YYIWbFUT5OKQ+tOMwgdT8HwJd/IS8v3/gKdAtE5aE2p3FhcWqryuZPLQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@tokenizer/token" "^0.1.0"
+    debug "^4.1.1"
+    peek-readable "^3.1.0"
+
 style-search@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/style-search/-/style-search-0.1.0.tgz#7958c793e47e32e07d2b5cafe5c0bf8e12e77902"
@@ -8865,6 +8894,14 @@ toidentifier@1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.0.tgz#7e1be3470f1e77948bc43d94a3c8f4d7752ba553"
   integrity sha512-yaOH/Pk/VEhBWWTlhI+qXxDFXlejDGcQipMlyxda9nthulaxLZUNcUqFxokp0vcYnvteJln5FNQDRrxj3YcbVw==
 
+token-types@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/token-types/-/token-types-2.0.0.tgz#b23618af744818299c6fbf125e0fdad98bab7e85"
+  integrity sha512-WWvu8sGK8/ZmGusekZJJ5NM6rRVTTDO7/bahz4NGiSDb/XsmdYBn6a1N/bymUHuWYTWeuLUg98wUzvE4jPdCZw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@tokenizer/token" "^0.1.0"
+    ieee754 "^1.1.13"
+
 toposort@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/toposort/-/toposort-2.0.2.tgz#ae21768175d1559d48bef35420b2f4962f09c330"