diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6a31ecf4..23af300c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "json-mask": "0.3.8",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-        "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
+        "mkdirp": "^2.0.0",
         "sift": "8.5.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -2618,6 +2618,18 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/jsdoc/node_modules/mkdirp": {
+      "version": "1.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vVqVZQyf3WLx2Shd0qJ9xuvqgAyKPLAiqITEtqW0oIUjzo3PePDd6fW9iFz30ef7Ysp/oiWqbhszeGWW2T6Gzw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "bin": {
+        "mkdirp": "bin/cmd.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/jsesc": {
       "version": "2.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsesc/-/jsesc-2.5.2.tgz",
@@ -2844,14 +2856,17 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/mkdirp": {
-      "version": "1.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vVqVZQyf3WLx2Shd0qJ9xuvqgAyKPLAiqITEtqW0oIUjzo3PePDd6fW9iFz30ef7Ysp/oiWqbhszeGWW2T6Gzw==",
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-M9ecBPkCu6jZ+H19zruhjw/JB97qqVhyi1H2Lxxo2XAoIMdpHKQ8MfQiMzXk9SH/oJXIbM3oSAfLB8qSWJdCLA==",
       "bin": {
-        "mkdirp": "bin/cmd.js"
+        "mkdirp": "dist/cjs/bin.js"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/ms": {
@@ -5985,6 +6000,12 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-2.0.0.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha512-UpzcLCXolUWcNu5HtVMHYdXJjArjsF9C0aNnquZYY4uW/Vu0miy5YoWvbV345HauVvcAUnpRuhMMcqTcGOY2+w==",
           "dev": true
+        },
+        "mkdirp": {
+          "version": "1.0.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-vVqVZQyf3WLx2Shd0qJ9xuvqgAyKPLAiqITEtqW0oIUjzo3PePDd6fW9iFz30ef7Ysp/oiWqbhszeGWW2T6Gzw==",
+          "dev": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -6169,9 +6190,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "mkdirp": {
-      "version": "1.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vVqVZQyf3WLx2Shd0qJ9xuvqgAyKPLAiqITEtqW0oIUjzo3PePDd6fW9iFz30ef7Ysp/oiWqbhszeGWW2T6Gzw=="
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-M9ecBPkCu6jZ+H19zruhjw/JB97qqVhyi1H2Lxxo2XAoIMdpHKQ8MfQiMzXk9SH/oJXIbM3oSAfLB8qSWJdCLA=="
     },
     "ms": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d74c8ac1..6fd2cbf8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "datasync-filesystem-sdk",
-  "version": "1.0.7",
+  "version": "1.0.8",
   "description": "JavaScript filesystem SDK to query data synced via @contentstack/datasync-content-store-filesystem",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "json-mask": "0.3.8",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-    "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
+    "mkdirp": "^2.0.0",
     "sift": "8.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/fs.ts b/src/fs.ts
index 2dd263b8..ce72dfd1 100644
--- a/src/fs.ts
+++ b/src/fs.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ import {
 
 const promisifiedReadFile = promisify(rf)
 
-export const readFile = async (path: string, type: string = 'utf-8') => {
+export const readFile = async (path: string) => {
   if (existsSync(path)) {
-    const contents: string = await promisifiedReadFile(path, type)
+    const contents: Buffer = await promisifiedReadFile(path)
 
-    return JSON.parse(contents)
+    return JSON.parse(contents.toString())
   }
 
   return []
diff --git a/typings/fs.d.ts b/typings/fs.d.ts
index 293f6e98..af3b108c 100644
--- a/typings/fs.d.ts
+++ b/typings/fs.d.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
  * Copyright (c) Contentstack LLC
  * MIT Licensed
  */
-export declare const readFile: (path: string, type?: string) => Promise<any>;
+export declare const readFile: (path: string) => Promise<any>;
 export { existsSync, } from 'fs';
diff --git a/typings/utils.d.ts b/typings/utils.d.ts
index 99c18520..f67aed4a 100644
--- a/typings/utils.d.ts
+++ b/typings/utils.d.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) Contentstack LLC
  * MIT Licensed
  */
-export declare const difference: (obj: any, baseObj: any) => unknown[];
+export declare const difference: (obj: any, baseObj: any) => unknown;
 export declare const getBaseDir: ({ baseDir }: {
     baseDir: any;
 }) => {