diff --git a/examples/ejs/index.js b/examples/ejs/index.js
index 0940d0624fb..6cf20f5d7a0 100644
--- a/examples/ejs/index.js
+++ b/examples/ejs/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var app = module.exports = express();
 // we simply pass _any_ function, in this
 // case `ejs.__express`.
 
-app.engine('.html', require('ejs').__express);
+app.engine('.html', require('ejs').renderFile);
 
 // Optional since express defaults to CWD/views
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c9efb5609d..2ed791b4873 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "connect-redis": "^8.0.1",
     "cookie-parser": "1.4.7",
     "cookie-session": "2.1.1",
-    "ejs": "^3.1.10",
+    "ejs": "^4.0.1",
     "eslint": "8.47.0",
     "express-session": "^1.18.1",
     "hbs": "4.2.0",