diff --git a/packages/md5-js/package.json b/packages/md5-js/package.json
index 54364d9874f1..4ef5cf7c1644 100644
--- a/packages/md5-js/package.json
+++ b/packages/md5-js/package.json
@@ -29,13 +29,16 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/types": "3.22.0",
     "@aws-sdk/util-utf8-browser": "3.23.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/util-utf8-node": "3.23.0",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0"
   },
   "browser": {
-    "@aws-sdk/util-base64-node": "@aws-sdk/util-base64-browser"
+    "@aws-sdk/util-base64-node": "@aws-sdk/util-base64-browser",
+    "@aws-sdk/util-utf8-node": "@aws-sdk/util-utf8-browser"
   },
   "react-native": {
-    "@aws-sdk/util-base64-node": "@aws-sdk/util-base64-browser"
+    "@aws-sdk/util-base64-node": "@aws-sdk/util-base64-browser",
+    "@aws-sdk/util-utf8-node": "@aws-sdk/util-utf8-browser"
   },
   "typesVersions": {
     "<4.0": {
diff --git a/packages/md5-js/src/index.ts b/packages/md5-js/src/index.ts
index 78f09bfbbcdb..b3a910aaf151 100644
--- a/packages/md5-js/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/md5-js/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Hash, SourceData } from "@aws-sdk/types";
-import { fromUtf8 } from "@aws-sdk/util-utf8-browser";
+import { fromUtf8 } from "@aws-sdk/util-utf8-node";
 
 import { BLOCK_SIZE, DIGEST_LENGTH, INIT } from "./constants";