diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 60f5453fbc..3cbdbdbbb6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "firebase-admin",
-  "version": "13.7.0",
+  "version": "13.8.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "firebase-admin",
-      "version": "13.7.0",
+      "version": "13.8.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fastify/busboy": "^3.0.0",
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
         "google-auth-library": "^10.6.1",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
         "jwks-rsa": "^3.1.0",
-        "node-forge": "^1.4.0",
         "uuid": "^11.0.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -8875,15 +8874,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/node-forge": {
-      "version": "1.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-forge/-/node-forge-1.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-LarFH0+6VfriEhqMMcLX2F7SwSXeWwnEAJEsYm5QKWchiVYVvJyV9v7UDvUv+w5HO23ZpQTXDv/GxdDdMyOuoQ==",
-      "license": "(BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0)",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 6.13.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/node-gyp-build": {
       "version": "4.8.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-4.8.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f375c597e6..87dc2b7c5d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@
     "google-auth-library": "^10.6.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
     "jwks-rsa": "^3.1.0",
-    "node-forge": "^1.4.0",
     "uuid": "^11.0.2"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/app/credential-internal.ts b/src/app/credential-internal.ts
index 8ce61b4edd..1dbe7ecb80 100644
--- a/src/app/credential-internal.ts
+++ b/src/app/credential-internal.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 import fs = require('fs');
+import { createPrivateKey } from 'crypto';
 
 import { Credentials as GoogleAuthCredentials, GoogleAuth, Compute, AnyAuthClient } from 'google-auth-library'
 import { Agent } from 'http';
@@ -214,10 +215,8 @@ class ServiceAccount {
       throw new FirebaseAppError(AppErrorCodes.INVALID_CREDENTIAL, errorMessage);
     }
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-    const forge = require('node-forge');
     try {
-      forge.pki.privateKeyFromPem(this.privateKey);
+      createPrivateKey(this.privateKey);
     } catch (error) {
       throw new FirebaseAppError(
         AppErrorCodes.INVALID_CREDENTIAL,