diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53feef34e3..cf8639774f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "date-fns": "^2.30.0",
     "downshift": "^3.2.2",
     "eslint": "^8.57.0",
-    "i18next": "^23.5.1",
+    "i18next": "^23.11.2",
     "jest": "^29.7.0",
     "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.7.0",
     "lerna": "^7.1.4",
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     "react-dom": "^18.3.0",
     "react-helmet-async": "^1.3.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0",
+    "react-i18next": "^14.1.1",
     "react-router-dom": "^6.3.0",
     "sass": "^1.62.0",
     "sass-loader": "^13.2.2",
diff --git a/packages/article-converter/package.json b/packages/article-converter/package.json
index 4de1279632..54d35851b6 100644
--- a/packages/article-converter/package.json
+++ b/packages/article-converter/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
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     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0",
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     "react-router-dom": ">= 6.0.0"
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diff --git a/packages/button/package.json b/packages/button/package.json
index f3477720f4..4c3bc21e91 100644
--- a/packages/button/package.json
+++ b/packages/button/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
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     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0"
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/ndla-accordion/package.json b/packages/ndla-accordion/package.json
index a59dccd025..83e6875b5f 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-accordion/package.json
+++ b/packages/ndla-accordion/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.10.4",
     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0"
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/ndla-code/package.json b/packages/ndla-code/package.json
index c3f1419e17..9c86d29194 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-code/package.json
+++ b/packages/ndla-code/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.10.4",
     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0"
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@ndla/types-embed": "^4.1.6"
diff --git a/packages/ndla-forms/package.json b/packages/ndla-forms/package.json
index ea954829e0..36717cc4c0 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-forms/package.json
+++ b/packages/ndla-forms/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.10.4",
     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0"
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/ndla-howto/package.json b/packages/ndla-howto/package.json
index 2d7748791d..74c6e89717 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-howto/package.json
+++ b/packages/ndla-howto/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
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     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": ">= 13.0.0",
+    "react-i18next": ">= 14.0.0",
     "react-router-dom": ">= 6.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
diff --git a/packages/ndla-image-search/package.json b/packages/ndla-image-search/package.json
index 7aa49e76df..7c253cd01d 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-image-search/package.json
+++ b/packages/ndla-image-search/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
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     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": ">= 13.0.0",
+    "react-i18next": ">= 14.0.0",
     "react-router-dom": ">= 6.0.0"
   },
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diff --git a/packages/ndla-modal/package.json b/packages/ndla-modal/package.json
index 9fb63c3036..90d16c186c 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-modal/package.json
+++ b/packages/ndla-modal/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
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     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0"
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/ndla-notion/package.json b/packages/ndla-notion/package.json
index 07c952ca01..5e11a45eeb 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-notion/package.json
+++ b/packages/ndla-notion/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "@emotion/react": "^11.10.4",
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.10.4",
     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0"
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/ndla-ui/package.json b/packages/ndla-ui/package.json
index e248ccda74..1886ec74ef 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/ndla-ui/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     "@radix-ui/react-slider": "^1.1.2",
     "date-fns": "^2.30.0",
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-    "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "^7.1.0",
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     "react-bem-helper": "1.4.1",
     "react-device-detect": "^2.2.3",
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@
     "i18next": "^23.5.1",
     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0",
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0",
     "react-router-dom": "> 6.0.0"
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diff --git a/packages/ndla-ui/src/i18n/i18n.ts b/packages/ndla-ui/src/i18n/i18n.ts
index 5cb14be9cc..31443426f9 100644
--- a/packages/ndla-ui/src/i18n/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/ndla-ui/src/i18n/i18n.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import i18n from "i18next";
-import LanguageDetector from "i18next-browser-languagedetector";
 import { initReactI18next } from "react-i18next";
 import messagesEN from "../locale/messages-en";
 import messagesNB from "../locale/messages-nb";
@@ -15,18 +14,11 @@ import messagesNN from "../locale/messages-nn";
 import messagesSE from "../locale/messages-se";
 import messagesSMA from "../locale/messages-sma";
 
-const DETECTION_OPTIONS = {
-  order: ["path", "localStorage", "htmlTag"],
-  caches: ["localStorage"],
-  lookupLocalStorage: "i18nextLng",
-};
-
 export const supportedTranslationLanguages = ["nb", "nn", "en", "se", "sma"] as const;
-const i18nInstance = i18n.use(initReactI18next).use(LanguageDetector);
+const i18nInstance = i18n.use(initReactI18next);
 
 i18nInstance.init({
   compatibilityJSON: "v3",
-  detection: DETECTION_OPTIONS,
   fallbackLng: "nb",
   supportedLngs: supportedTranslationLanguages,
   resources: {
diff --git a/packages/select/package.json b/packages/select/package.json
index 2270eaa60e..a12b3ee465 100644
--- a/packages/select/package.json
+++ b/packages/select/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
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     "@emotion/styled": "^11.10.4",
     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0"
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/tooltip/package.json b/packages/tooltip/package.json
index 9dcc8e7fde..40293c6d65 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/package.json
+++ b/packages/tooltip/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
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     "react": ">= 16.8.0",
     "react-dom": ">= 16.8.0",
-    "react-i18next": "^13.3.0"
+    "react-i18next": "^14.0.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 952a7e454d..2a7f580744 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1549,12 +1549,12 @@ __metadata:
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-  resolution: "@babel/runtime@npm:7.23.5"
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+  version: 7.24.4
+  resolution: "@babel/runtime@npm:7.24.4"
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-  checksum: 10c0/ca679cc91bb7e424bc2db87bb58cc3b06ade916b9adb21fbbdc43e54cdaacb3eea201ceba2a0464b11d2eb65b9fe6a6ffcf4d7521fa52994f19be96f1af14788
+  checksum: 10c0/785aff96a3aa8ff97f90958e1e8a7b1d47f793b204b47c6455eaadc3f694f48c97cd5c0a921fe3596d818e71f18106610a164fb0f1c71fd68c622a58269d537c
   languageName: node
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@@ -2585,7 +2585,7 @@ __metadata:
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     react: ">= 16.8.0"
     react-dom: ">= 16.8.0"
-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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   linkType: soft
 
@@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@ __metadata:
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     react: ">= 16.8.0"
     react-dom: ">= 16.8.0"
-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@ __metadata:
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-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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@@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@ __metadata:
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     react: ">= 16.8.0"
     react-dom: ">= 16.8.0"
-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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   linkType: soft
 
@@ -2726,7 +2726,7 @@ __metadata:
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     react: ">= 16.8.0"
     react-dom: ">= 16.8.0"
-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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-    react-i18next: ">= 13.0.0"
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@@ -2820,7 +2820,7 @@ __metadata:
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+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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@@ -2836,7 +2836,7 @@ __metadata:
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-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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   linkType: soft
 
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@ __metadata:
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     react: ">= 16.8.0"
     react-dom: ">= 16.8.0"
-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
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@@ -3016,7 +3016,6 @@ __metadata:
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     html-react-parser: "npm:^5.1.8"
-    i18next-browser-languagedetector: "npm:^7.1.0"
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     mini-css-extract-plugin: "npm:^2.7.5"
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     react-dom: ">= 16.8.0"
-    react-i18next: ^13.3.0
+    react-i18next: ^14.0.0
     react-router-dom: "> 6.0.0"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -10771,7 +10770,7 @@ __metadata:
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     downshift: "npm:^3.2.2"
     eslint: "npm:^8.57.0"
-    i18next: "npm:^23.5.1"
+    i18next: "npm:^23.11.2"
     jest: "npm:^29.7.0"
     jest-environment-jsdom: "npm:^29.7.0"
     lerna: "npm:^7.1.4"
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     react-dom: "npm:^18.3.0"
     react-helmet-async: "npm:^1.3.0"
-    react-i18next: "npm:^13.3.0"
+    react-i18next: "npm:^14.1.1"
     react-router-dom: "npm:^6.3.0"
     sass: "npm:^1.62.0"
     sass-loader: "npm:^13.2.2"
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   linkType: hard
 
-"i18next-browser-languagedetector@npm:^7.1.0":
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-  resolution: "i18next-browser-languagedetector@npm:7.1.0"
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-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"i18next@npm:^23.5.1":
-  version: 23.5.1
-  resolution: "i18next@npm:23.5.1"
+"i18next@npm:^23.11.2":
+  version: 23.11.2
+  resolution: "i18next@npm:23.11.2"
   dependencies:
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-  checksum: 10c0/af49c399a90505ae26c1a022d06c4a11c4adcde6524b31c315dcaa43443c85892adef6de934b2af737abbdd2ffa66449d2854f135af8691223a8bb4ffaf6e1af
+    "@babel/runtime": "npm:^7.23.2"
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-"react-i18next@npm:^13.3.0":
-  version: 13.3.0
-  resolution: "react-i18next@npm:13.3.0"
+"react-i18next@npm:^14.1.1":
+  version: 14.1.1
+  resolution: "react-i18next@npm:14.1.1"
   dependencies:
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+    "@babel/runtime": "npm:^7.23.9"
     html-parse-stringify: "npm:^3.0.1"
   peerDependencies:
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