diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0b445d4d..ee4b1177 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.27
 require (
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2
 	github.com/domodwyer/mailyak/v3 v3.6.2
-	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20261021140635-64adc8bb4d51
+	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20261023121931-6ace4dde0b29
 	github.com/dop251/goja_nodejs v0.0.0-20260212111938-1f56ff5bcf14
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.10.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dc46227b..17d0d0ea 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ github.com/domodwyer/mailyak/v3 v3.6.2 h1:x3tGMsyFhTCaxp6ycgR0FE/bu5QiNp+hetUuCO
 github.com/domodwyer/mailyak/v3 v3.6.2/go.mod h1:lOm/u9CyCVWHeaAmHIdF4RiKVxKUT/H5XX10lIKAL6c=
 github.com/dop251/base64dec v0.0.0-20231022112746-c6c9f9a96217 h1:16iT9CBDOniJwFGPI41MbUDfEk74hFaKTqudrX8kenY=
 github.com/dop251/base64dec v0.0.0-20231022112746-c6c9f9a96217/go.mod h1:eIb+f24U+eWQCIsj9D/ah+MD9UP+wdxuqzsdLD+mhGM=
-github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20261021140635-64adc8bb4d51 h1:rBqRWGmNQj7j3+rPYY4fx7ETsWqyw78Epe3vwhrLofE=
-github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20261021140635-64adc8bb4d51/go.mod h1:Cp9NYOLrEKg/ypIRkUWYXWLuKAyyFGkDmGeJ95Sw0zI=
+github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20261023121931-6ace4dde0b29 h1:8JAAzAe9Mu6h+YqnZ2qqKtt4H/tz5xMl6nIT4Gmvjhg=
+github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20261023121931-6ace4dde0b29/go.mod h1:Cp9NYOLrEKg/ypIRkUWYXWLuKAyyFGkDmGeJ95Sw0zI=
 github.com/dop251/goja_nodejs v0.0.0-20260212111938-1f56ff5bcf14 h1:3U8dTgyNBhEQ/GVw0jZW5q+93Zw2gAZPRWhJ9TwV3rM=
 github.com/dop251/goja_nodejs v0.0.0-20260212111938-1f56ff5bcf14/go.mod h1:Tb7Xxye4LX7cT3i8YLvmPMGCV92IOi4CDZvm/V8ylc0=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.1.0 h1:dbKTrvD0klcbBV/h4AWJdMuZogJACoMlvWIWZ5b2xWg=
diff --git a/plugins/jsvm/binds.go b/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
index 443c98fc..df310222 100644
--- a/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
+++ b/plugins/jsvm/binds.go
@@ -465,8 +465,7 @@ func BindCore(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 		return &v
 	})
 	vm.Set("nullObject", func() *types.JSONMap[any] {
-		// cannot be nil because of https://github.com/dop251/goja/issues/822
-		v := types.JSONMap[any]{}
+		var v types.JSONMap[any]
 		return &v
 	})