diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9559363c66..6b2c037fed 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -25001,6 +25001,7 @@
         "oauth-1.0a": "^2.2.6",
         "papaparse": "^5.4.1",
         "prettier": "2.4.1",
+        "qs": "^6.11.2",
         "query-string": "^8.1.0",
         "shell-quote": "^1.8.1",
         "swagger-ui-dist": "5.0.0-alpha.6",
@@ -25891,6 +25892,20 @@
         "node": ">=12"
       }
     },
+    "packages/insomnia/node_modules/qs": {
+      "version": "6.11.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.11.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tDNIz22aBzCDxLtVH++VnTfzxlfeK5CbqohpSqpJgj1Wg/cQbStNAz3NuqCs5vV+pjBsK4x4pN9HlVh7rcYRiA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "side-channel": "^1.0.4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.6"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
+      }
+    },
     "packages/insomnia/node_modules/rollup": {
       "version": "3.26.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rollup/-/rollup-3.26.3.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/package.json b/packages/insomnia/package.json
index 35af0a501a..84ddd7867a 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/package.json
+++ b/packages/insomnia/package.json
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     "oauth-1.0a": "^2.2.6",
     "papaparse": "^5.4.1",
     "prettier": "2.4.1",
+    "qs": "^6.11.2",
     "query-string": "^8.1.0",
     "shell-quote": "^1.8.1",
     "swagger-ui-dist": "5.0.0-alpha.6",
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/renderers/hidden-browser-window/sdk-objects/__tests__/certificates.test.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/renderers/hidden-browser-window/sdk-objects/__tests__/certificates.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afe04824cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/renderers/hidden-browser-window/sdk-objects/__tests__/certificates.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import url from 'node:url';
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from '@jest/globals';
+
+import { Certificate } from '../certificates';
+import { setUrlParser } from '../urls';
+
+describe('test Certificate object', () => {
+  it('test methods', () => {
+    // make URL work in Node.js
+    setUrlParser(url.URL);
+
+    const cert = new Certificate({
+      name: 'Certificate for example.com',
+      matches: ['https://example.com'],
+      key: { src: '/User/path/to/certificate/key' },
+      cert: { src: '/User/path/to/certificate' },
+      passphrase: 'iampassphrase',
+    });
+
+    [
+      'https://example.com',
+      'https://example.com/subdomain',
+    ].forEach(testCase => {
+      expect(cert.canApplyTo(testCase)).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    cert.update({
+      name: 'Certificate for api.com',
+      matches: ['https://api.com'],
+      key: { src: '/User/path/to/certificate/key' },
+      cert: { src: '/User/path/to/certificate' },
+      passphrase: 'iampassphrase',
+    });
+
+    expect(cert.name).toEqual('Certificate for api.com');
+    expect(cert.key).toEqual({ src: '/User/path/to/certificate/key' });
+    expect(cert.cert).toEqual({ src: '/User/path/to/certificate' });
+    expect(cert.passphrase).toEqual('iampassphrase');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/insomnia/src/renderers/hidden-browser-window/sdk-objects/urls.ts b/packages/insomnia/src/renderers/hidden-browser-window/sdk-objects/urls.ts
index 9450994b64..2765c3fb83 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia/src/renderers/hidden-browser-window/sdk-objects/urls.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia/src/renderers/hidden-browser-window/sdk-objects/urls.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import queryString from 'query-string';
+import qs from 'qs';
 
 import { Property, PropertyBase, PropertyList } from './base';
 import { Variable, VariableList } from './variables';
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ import { Variable, VariableList } from './variables';
 //     }
 // }
 
+let urlParser = URL;
+export function setUrlParser(urlAlternative: any) {
+    urlParser = urlAlternative;
+}
+
 export class QueryParam extends Property {
     key: string;
     value: string;
@@ -77,13 +82,13 @@ export class QueryParam extends Property {
 
     static parse(queryStr: string) {
         // this may not always be executed in the browser
-        return queryString.parse(queryStr);
+        return qs.parse(queryStr);
     }
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
     static parseSingle(param: string, _idx?: number, _all?: string[]) {
         // it seems that _idx and _all are not useful
-        return queryString.parse(param);
+        return qs.parse(param);
 
     }
 
@@ -198,13 +203,12 @@ export class Url extends PropertyBase {
     }
 
     static parse(urlStr: string): UrlObject | undefined {
-        // TODO: URL requires explicit requiring in Node.js
-        if (!URL.canParse(urlStr)) {
+        if (!urlParser.canParse(urlStr)) {
             console.error(`invalid URL string ${urlStr}`);
             return undefined;
         }
 
-        const url = new URL(urlStr);
+        const url = new urlParser(urlStr);
         const query = Array.from(url.searchParams.entries())
             .map((kv: [string, string]) => {
                 return { key: kv[0], value: kv[1] };