diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index c849628..161abc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
 
     - name: Install Dependencies
-      run: npm i -g npminstall && npminstall
+      run: npm i -g npminstall@5 && npminstall
 
     - name: Continuous Integration
       run: npm run ci
diff --git a/lib/keygrip.js b/lib/keygrip.js
index 62461a2..eaf3d98 100644
--- a/lib/keygrip.js
+++ b/lib/keygrip.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ const debug = require('debug')('egg-cookies:keygrip');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const constantTimeCompare = require('scmp');
+const KEY_LEN = 32;
+const IV_SIZE = 16;
+const passwordCache = new Map();
 
 const replacer = {
   '/': '_',
@@ -25,7 +28,8 @@ class Keygrip {
   // encrypt a message
   encrypt(data, key) {
     key = key || this.keys[0];
-    const cipher = crypto.createCipher(this.cipher, key);
+    const password = keyToPassword(key);
+    const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv(this.cipher, password.key, password.iv);
     return crypt(cipher, data);
   }
 
@@ -43,7 +47,8 @@ class Keygrip {
     }
 
     try {
-      const cipher = crypto.createDecipher(this.cipher, key);
+      const password = keyToPassword(key);
+      const cipher = crypto.createDecipheriv(this.cipher, password.key, password.iv);
       return crypt(cipher, data);
     } catch (err) {
       debug('crypt error', err.stack);
@@ -80,4 +85,33 @@ function crypt(cipher, data) {
   return Buffer.concat([ text, pad ]);
 }
 
+function keyToPassword(key) {
+  if (passwordCache.has(key)) {
+    return passwordCache.get(key);
+  }
+
+  // Simulate EVP_BytesToKey.
+  // see https://github.com/nodejs/help/issues/1673#issuecomment-503222925
+  const bytes = Buffer.alloc(KEY_LEN + IV_SIZE);
+  let lastHash = null,
+    nBytes = 0;
+  while (nBytes < bytes.length) {
+    const hash = crypto.createHash('md5');
+    if (lastHash) hash.update(lastHash);
+    hash.update(key);
+    lastHash = hash.digest();
+    lastHash.copy(bytes, nBytes);
+    nBytes += lastHash.length;
+  }
+
+  // Use these for decryption.
+  const password = {
+    key: bytes.slice(0, KEY_LEN),
+    iv: bytes.slice(KEY_LEN, bytes.length),
+  };
+
+  passwordCache.set(key, password);
+  return password;
+}
+
 module.exports = Keygrip;
diff --git a/test/lib/keygrip.test.js b/test/lib/keygrip.test.js
index 39ad073..18e85b1 100644
--- a/test/lib/keygrip.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/keygrip.test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const Keygrip = require('../../lib/keygrip');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
 
 describe('test/lib/keygrip.test.js', () => {
   it('should throw without keys', () => {
@@ -31,6 +32,18 @@ describe('test/lib/keygrip.test.js', () => {
     assert(newKeygrip.decrypt(encrypted) === false);
   });
 
+  it('should decrypt key encrypted by createCipher without error', () => {
+    const keygrip = new Keygrip([ 'foo' ]);
+    const encrypted = keygrip.encrypt('hello');
+
+    const cipher = crypto.createCipher(keygrip.cipher, 'foo');
+    const text = cipher.update('hello', 'utf8');
+    const oldEncrypted = Buffer.concat([ text, cipher.final() ]);
+
+    assert(encrypted.toString('hex') === oldEncrypted.toString('hex'));
+    assert(keygrip.decrypt(oldEncrypted).value.toString('utf-8') === 'hello');
+  });
+
   it('should signed and verify success', () => {
     const keygrip = new Keygrip([ 'foo', 'bar' ]);
     const newKeygrip = new Keygrip([ 'another', 'foo' ]);