diff --git a/lib/core/imports/index.js b/lib/core/imports/index.js
index 63622d7636..89b2aca239 100644
--- a/lib/core/imports/index.js
+++ b/lib/core/imports/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CssSelectorParser } from 'css-selector-parser';
+import { createParser } from 'css-selector-parser';
 import doT from '@deque/dot';
 import emojiRegexText from 'emoji-regex';
 import memoize from 'memoizee';
@@ -40,10 +40,36 @@ if (window.Uint32Array) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ */
+class CSSSelectorParser {
+  constructor() {
+    this.parser = createParser({
+      syntax: {
+        pseudoClasses: {
+          definitions: {
+            Selector: ['is', 'not']
+          }
+        },
+        combinators: ['>'],
+        attributes: {
+          operators: ['^=', '$=', '*=', '~=']
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  parse(selector) {
+    return this.parser.parse(selector);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Namespace `axe.imports` which holds required external dependencies
  *
  * @namespace imports
+ * @deprecated
  * @memberof axe
  */
-export { CssSelectorParser, doT, emojiRegexText, memoize, Color as Colorjs };
+export { CSSSelectorParser, doT, emojiRegexText, memoize, Color as Colorjs };
diff --git a/lib/core/utils/css-parser.js b/lib/core/utils/css-parser.js
index 355a40236d..0061230a14 100644
--- a/lib/core/utils/css-parser.js
+++ b/lib/core/utils/css-parser.js
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-import { CssSelectorParser } from 'css-selector-parser';
+import { createParser } from 'css-selector-parser';
 
-const parser = new CssSelectorParser();
-parser.registerSelectorPseudos('not');
-parser.registerSelectorPseudos('is');
-parser.registerNestingOperators('>');
-parser.registerAttrEqualityMods('^', '$', '*', '~');
+const parse = createParser({
+  syntax: {
+    pseudoClasses: {
+      definitions: {
+        Selector: ['is', 'not']
+      }
+    },
+    combinators: ['>'],
+    attributes: {
+      operators: ['^=', '$=', '*=', '~=']
+    }
+  }
+});
 
-export default parser;
+export default { parse };
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ff1ce315df..43d4697fc7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
         "browser-driver-manager": "1.0.4",
         "chai": "^4.3.7",
         "chalk": "^4.x",
-        "chromedriver": "latest",
+        "chromedriver": "*",
         "clone": "^2.1.2",
         "colorjs.io": "^0.4.3",
         "conventional-commits-parser": "^5.0.0",
         "core-js": "^3.27.1",
-        "css-selector-parser": "^1.4.1",
+        "css-selector-parser": "^3.0.2",
         "emoji-regex": "^10.2.1",
         "es6-promise": "^4.2.8",
         "esbuild": "^0.10.x",
@@ -4194,10 +4194,20 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/css-selector-parser": {
-      "version": "1.4.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-selector-parser/-/css-selector-parser-1.4.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-HYPSb7y/Z7BNDCOrakL4raGO2zltZkbeXyAd6Tg9obzix6QhzxCotdBl6VT0Dv4vZfJGVz3WL/xaEI9Ly3ul0g==",
-      "dev": true
+      "version": "3.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-selector-parser/-/css-selector-parser-3.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eA5pvYwgtffuxQlDk0gJRApDUKgfwlsQBMAH6uawKuuilTLfxKIOtzyV63Y3IC0LWnDCeTJ/I1qYmlfYvvMzDg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/mdevils"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "patreon",
+          "url": "https://patreon.com/mdevils"
+        }
+      ]
     },
     "node_modules/css-what": {
       "version": "6.1.0",
@@ -15638,9 +15648,9 @@
       }
     },
     "css-selector-parser": {
-      "version": "1.4.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-selector-parser/-/css-selector-parser-1.4.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-HYPSb7y/Z7BNDCOrakL4raGO2zltZkbeXyAd6Tg9obzix6QhzxCotdBl6VT0Dv4vZfJGVz3WL/xaEI9Ly3ul0g==",
+      "version": "3.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-selector-parser/-/css-selector-parser-3.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eA5pvYwgtffuxQlDk0gJRApDUKgfwlsQBMAH6uawKuuilTLfxKIOtzyV63Y3IC0LWnDCeTJ/I1qYmlfYvvMzDg==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "css-what": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 878bf3d12c..1a29799102 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     "colorjs.io": "^0.4.3",
     "conventional-commits-parser": "^5.0.0",
     "core-js": "^3.27.1",
-    "css-selector-parser": "^1.4.1",
+    "css-selector-parser": "^3.0.2",
     "emoji-regex": "^10.2.1",
     "es6-promise": "^4.2.8",
     "esbuild": "^0.10.x",