diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ba8eee..dae0012 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"build": "rimraf dist && tsup src/index.ts --format cjs,esm --dts",
 		"test-esm": "jest --clearCache && cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules npx jest --config=jest.esm.config.ts",
-		"test-cjs": "yarn build && jest --clearCache && jest --config=jest.cjs.config.ts"
+		"test-cjs": "yarn build && jest --clearCache && jest --config=jest.cjs.config.ts",
+		"test-locate-esm": "jest --clearCache && cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules npx jest --config=jest.esm.config.ts src/locate.esm.test.ts -i",
+		"test-locate-cjs": "yarn build && jest --clearCache && jest --config=jest.cjs.config.ts src/locate.cjs.test.ts -i"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
-		"upath": "^2.0.1"
+		"pathe": "^0.0.2"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@antfu/eslint-config": "^0.9.0",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 20681d5..c3e3098 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
  */
 import { PathLike, promises as fs } from 'fs'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
-import Upath from 'upath'
-
-const { dirname, resolve } = Upath
+import { dirname, join } from 'pathe'
 
 /**
  * Icon dimensions.
@@ -392,9 +390,29 @@ export type IconifyMetaDataCollection = {
   [prefix: string]: IconifyMetaData
 }
 
-const _dirname = typeof __dirname !== 'undefined' ? __dirname : dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
+const _dirname = typeof __dirname !== 'undefined'
+  ? __dirname
+  : dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
-const dir = resolve(_dirname, '..')
+const dir = join(_dirname, '/..')
+
+// todo@userquin: cleanup
+// console.log(`_dirname: ${_dirname}`)
+// if (typeof __dirname === 'undefined') {
+//   if (false/* process.platform === 'win32' */) {
+//     console.log(`_dirname3: ${dirname(import.meta.url)}`)
+//     console.log(`_dirname3: ${join(dirname(import.meta.url), '/..')}`)
+//     console.log(`_dirname3: ${resolve(join(dirname(import.meta.url), '/..'))}`)
+//   }
+//   else {
+//     console.log(`_dirname2: ${dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))}`)
+//     console.log(`_dirname2: ${join(fileURLToPath(dirname(import.meta.url)), '/..')}`)
+//     console.log(`_dirname2: ${normalize(join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '/..'))}`)
+//   }
+// }
+// console.log(`Normalized _dirname: ${normalize(_dirname)}`)
+// console.log(`Resolve _dirname: ${resolve(_dirname, '..')}`)
+// console.log(`Normalized _dirname: ${dir}`)
 
 /**
  * Locate JSON file
@@ -402,7 +420,7 @@ const dir = resolve(_dirname, '..')
  * @param {string} name Collection name
  * @returns {string} Path to collection json file
  */
-export const locate = (name: string): PathLike => `${dir}/json/${name}.json`
+export const locate = (name: string): PathLike => join(dir, `./json/${name}.json`)
 
 /**
  * Loads a collection.
@@ -430,5 +448,5 @@ export const lookupCollection = async(name: string): Promise<IconifyJSON> => {
  * @return {Promise<IconifyMetaDataCollection>}
  */
 export const lookupCollections = async(): Promise<IconifyMetaDataCollection> => {
-  return JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(`${dir}/collections.json`, 'utf8'))
+  return JSON.parse(await fs.readFile('./collections.json', 'utf8'))
 }
diff --git a/src/locate.test.ts b/src/locate.test.ts
index f4f9c8f..9e1fd0d 100644
--- a/src/locate.test.ts
+++ b/src/locate.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-import { resolve } from 'path'
 import { PathLike } from 'fs'
-
-const cwd = process.cwd()
+import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 
 export const locateTest = (locate: (name: string) => PathLike) => {
   test('mdi resolves the json collection', () => {
     const received = locate('mdi') as string
-    const expected = resolve(cwd, 'json', 'mdi.json').replace(/\\/g, '/')
+    const expected = resolve('./json/mdi.json').replace(/\\/g, '/')
     expect(received).toBe(expected)
   })
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index faf1bc3..ba01751 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3438,6 +3438,11 @@ path-type@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-type/-/path-type-4.0.0.tgz#84ed01c0a7ba380afe09d90a8c180dcd9d03043b"
   integrity sha512-gDKb8aZMDeD/tZWs9P6+q0J9Mwkdl6xMV8TjnGP3qJVJ06bdMgkbBlLU8IdfOsIsFz2BW1rNVT3XuNEl8zPAvw==
 
+pathe@^0.0.2:
+  version "0.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pathe/-/pathe-0.0.2.tgz#d690780e578a8127e1d65828387609c153afc309"
+  integrity sha512-mmK20YtPb4yXHlaPuOD/uPIpRu7iIK45GA/GiRSlNpIdfWDG5aEQmFT1HHtBmJB+t/6DvFOtOsEipsPA8Bx2cw==
+
 picomatch@^2.0.4, picomatch@^2.2.1, picomatch@^2.2.3:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.0.tgz#f1f061de8f6a4bf022892e2d128234fb98302972"
@@ -4195,11 +4200,6 @@ universalify@^0.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz#b646f69be3942dabcecc9d6639c80dc105efaa66"
   integrity sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg==
 
-upath@^2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/upath/-/upath-2.0.1.tgz#50c73dea68d6f6b990f51d279ce6081665d61a8b"
-  integrity sha512-1uEe95xksV1O0CYKXo8vQvN1JEbtJp7lb7C5U9HMsIp6IVwntkH/oNUzyVNQSd4S1sYk2FpSSW44FqMc8qee5w==
-
 uri-js@^4.2.2:
   version "4.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uri-js/-/uri-js-4.4.1.tgz#9b1a52595225859e55f669d928f88c6c57f2a77e"