diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/package.json b/desktop/flipper-plugin/package.json
index b600d982f..8086bab44 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/package.json
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "@emotion/react": "^11.6.0",
     "@reach/observe-rect": "^1.2.0",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.1",
+    "eventemitter3": "^4.0.7",
     "flipper-common": "0.0.0",
     "immer": "^9.0.6",
     "js-base64": "^3.7.2",
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/plugin/PluginBase.tsx b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/plugin/PluginBase.tsx
index 625a6a738..68cc41cf0 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/plugin/PluginBase.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-plugin/src/plugin/PluginBase.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import {message} from 'antd';
-import {EventEmitter} from 'events';
+import EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3';
 import {SandyPluginDefinition} from './SandyPluginDefinition';
 import {MenuEntry, NormalizedMenuEntry, normalizeMenuEntry} from './MenuEntry';
 import {FlipperLib} from './FlipperLib';
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/package.json b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/package.json
index 431d2dbc9..a940ca78d 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/package.json
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "console-feed": "^3.2.2",
     "crc32": "^0.2.2",
     "deep-equal": "^2.0.5",
+    "eventemitter3": "^4.0.7",
     "expand-tilde": "^2.0.2",
     "flipper-client-sdk": "^0.0.3",
     "flipper-common": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/Client.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/Client.tsx
index 6f0033c0d..7c103ee03 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/Client.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/Client.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   NoLongerConnectedToClientError,
 } from 'flipper-common';
 import {default as isProduction} from './utils/isProduction';
-import {EventEmitter} from 'events';
+import EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import {getPluginKey} from './utils/pluginKey';
 
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/tracking.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/tracking.tsx
index a374b025d..ab693b39e 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/tracking.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/tracking.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import {performance} from 'perf_hooks';
-import {EventEmitter} from 'events';
+import EventEmitter from 'eventemitter3';
 
 import {State, Store} from '../reducers/index';
 import {Logger} from 'flipper-common';
diff --git a/desktop/yarn.lock b/desktop/yarn.lock
index ce094c409..af62f9ed9 100644
--- a/desktop/yarn.lock
+++ b/desktop/yarn.lock
@@ -6291,7 +6291,7 @@ event-target-shim@^5.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/event-target-shim/-/event-target-shim-5.0.1.tgz#5d4d3ebdf9583d63a5333ce2deb7480ab2b05789"
   integrity sha512-i/2XbnSz/uxRCU6+NdVJgKWDTM427+MqYbkQzD321DuCQJUqOuJKIA0IM2+W2xtYHdKOmZ4dR6fExsd4SXL+WQ==
 
-eventemitter3@^4.0.1:
+eventemitter3@^4.0.1, eventemitter3@^4.0.7:
   version "4.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-4.0.7.tgz#2de9b68f6528d5644ef5c59526a1b4a07306169f"
   integrity sha512-8guHBZCwKnFhYdHr2ysuRWErTwhoN2X8XELRlrRwpmfeY2jjuUN4taQMsULKUVo1K4DvZl+0pgfyoysHxvmvEw==