diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45c955aa92..1c963e8bd6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
         "filesize": "10.1.2",
         "github-markdown-css": "^5.5.1",
         "glob-to-regexp": "^0.4.1",
-        "graphemer": "^1.4.0",
         "highlight.js": "^11.3.1",
         "html-entities": "^2.0.0",
         "is-ip": "^3.1.0",
diff --git a/src/HtmlUtils.tsx b/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
index 655be4ac92..d8c154440b 100644
--- a/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/HtmlUtils.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { decode } from "html-entities";
 import { IContent } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { Optional } from "matrix-events-sdk";
 import escapeHtml from "escape-html";
-import GraphemeSplitter from "graphemer";
 import { getEmojiFromUnicode } from "@matrix-org/emojibase-bindings";
 
 import { IExtendedSanitizeOptions } from "./@types/sanitize-html";
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ import SettingsStore from "./settings/SettingsStore";
 import { stripHTMLReply, stripPlainReply } from "./utils/Reply";
 import { PERMITTED_URL_SCHEMES } from "./utils/UrlUtils";
 import { sanitizeHtmlParams, transformTags } from "./Linkify";
+import { graphemeSegmenter } from "./utils/strings";
 
 export { Linkify, linkifyElement, linkifyAndSanitizeHtml } from "./Linkify";
 
@@ -265,17 +265,16 @@ export function formatEmojis(message: string | undefined, isHtmlMessage?: boolea
     let text = "";
     let key = 0;
 
-    const splitter = new GraphemeSplitter();
-    for (const char of splitter.iterateGraphemes(message)) {
-        if (EMOJIBASE_REGEX.test(char)) {
+    for (const data of graphemeSegmenter.segment(message)) {
+        if (EMOJIBASE_REGEX.test(data.segment)) {
             if (text) {
                 result.push(text);
                 text = "";
             }
-            result.push(emojiToSpan(char, key));
+            result.push(emojiToSpan(data.segment, key));
             key++;
         } else {
-            text += char;
+            text += data.segment;
         }
     }
     if (text) {
diff --git a/src/editor/parts.ts b/src/editor/parts.ts
index 12262280ae..3f482357d1 100644
--- a/src/editor/parts.ts
+++ b/src/editor/parts.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import EMOJIBASE_REGEX from "emojibase-regex";
 import { MatrixClient, RoomMember, Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
-import GraphemeSplitter from "graphemer";
 
 import AutocompleteWrapperModel, { GetAutocompleterComponent, UpdateCallback, UpdateQuery } from "./autocomplete";
 import { unicodeToShortcode } from "../HtmlUtils";
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ import * as Avatar from "../Avatar";
 import defaultDispatcher from "../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 import { Action } from "../dispatcher/actions";
 import SettingsStore from "../settings/SettingsStore";
-import { getFirstGrapheme } from "../utils/strings";
+import { getFirstGrapheme, graphemeSegmenter } from "../utils/strings";
 
 const REGIONAL_EMOJI_SEPARATOR = String.fromCodePoint(0x200b);
 
@@ -650,19 +649,18 @@ export class PartCreator {
         const parts: (PlainPart | EmojiPart)[] = [];
         let plainText = "";
 
-        const splitter = new GraphemeSplitter();
-        for (const char of splitter.iterateGraphemes(text)) {
-            if (EMOJIBASE_REGEX.test(char)) {
+        for (const data of graphemeSegmenter.segment(text)) {
+            if (EMOJIBASE_REGEX.test(data.segment)) {
                 if (plainText) {
                     parts.push(this.plain(plainText));
                     plainText = "";
                 }
-                parts.push(this.emoji(char));
+                parts.push(this.emoji(data.segment));
                 if (PartCreator.isRegionalIndicator(text)) {
                     parts.push(this.plain(REGIONAL_EMOJI_SEPARATOR));
                 }
             } else {
-                plainText += char;
+                plainText += data.segment;
             }
         }
         if (plainText) {
diff --git a/src/utils/strings.ts b/src/utils/strings.ts
index 53039cdc8f..8f7446e491 100644
--- a/src/utils/strings.ts
+++ b/src/utils/strings.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ limitations under the License.
  * @param text the plaintext to put in the user's clipboard
  */
 import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
-import GraphemeSplitter from "graphemer";
 
 export async function copyPlaintext(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
     try {
@@ -85,6 +84,8 @@ export function getSelectedText(): string {
     return window.getSelection()!.toString();
 }
 
+export const graphemeSegmenter = new Intl.Segmenter();
+
 /**
  * Returns the first grapheme in the given string,
  * especially useful for strings containing emoji, will not break compound emoji up.
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ export function getSelectedText(): string {
  * @returns the first grapheme or an empty string if given an empty string
  */
 export function getFirstGrapheme(str: string): string {
-    const splitter = new GraphemeSplitter();
-    const result = splitter.iterateGraphemes(str).next();
-    return result.done ? "" : result.value;
+    const result = graphemeSegmenter.segment(str)[Symbol.iterator]().next();
+    return result.done ? "" : result.value.segment;
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 382874c24f..3118f598c4 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "outDir": "./lib",
         "declaration": true,
         "jsx": "react",
-        "lib": ["es2021", "dom", "dom.iterable"],
+        "lib": ["es2022", "dom", "dom.iterable"],
         "strict": true
     },
     "include": [