diff --git a/service/src/adapters/icons/adapters.icons.db.mongoose.ts b/service/src/adapters/icons/adapters.icons.db.mongoose.ts
index dc6cd5408..c28bd52a6 100644
--- a/service/src/adapters/icons/adapters.icons.db.mongoose.ts
+++ b/service/src/adapters/icons/adapters.icons.db.mongoose.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export class MongooseStaticIconRepository extends BaseMongooseRepository<StaticI
   }
 
   async loadContent(id: StaticIconId): Promise<[StaticIcon, NodeJS.ReadableStream] | null | UrlResolutionError> {
-    let icon = await this.model.findById(id)
+    const icon = await this.model.findById(id)
     if (!icon) {
       return null
     }
diff --git a/service/test/adapters/icons/adapters.icons.db.mongoose.test.ts b/service/test/adapters/icons/adapters.icons.db.mongoose.test.ts
index 9fd21d2d7..dee5cee83 100644
--- a/service/test/adapters/icons/adapters.icons.db.mongoose.test.ts
+++ b/service/test/adapters/icons/adapters.icons.db.mongoose.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { URL } from 'url'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
-import _, { uniq, uniqueId } from 'lodash'
+import _ from 'lodash'
 import { MongoMemoryServer } from 'mongodb-memory-server'
 import mongoose from 'mongoose'
 import uniqid from 'uniqid'
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { MongooseStaticIconRepository, StaticIconDocument, StaticIconModel } fro
 import { EntityIdFactory, UrlResolutionError, UrlScheme } from '../../../lib/entities/entities.global'
 import { Readable } from 'stream'
 
+
 interface TestUrlScheme extends UrlScheme {
   urlWithPath(path: string): URL
 }
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ describe('static icon mongoose repository', function() {
     it('replaces icon properties for an existing source url when the content hash changes', async function() {
 
       const sourceUrl = new URL('mage:///test/replace.png')
-
       const origAttrs: Required<StaticIconStub> = {
         sourceUrl,
         imageType: 'raster',
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('static icon mongoose repository', function() {
         summary: 'replace me'
       }
       const updatedAttrs: Required<StaticIconStub> = {
-        sourceUrl,
+        sourceUrl: new URL(sourceUrl.toString()),
         imageType: 'vector',
         sizeBytes: 1100,
         sizePixels: { width: 220, height: 220 },
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ describe('static icon mongoose repository', function() {
         tags: []
       }
       scheme2LocalIcon = {
-        id: uniqueId(),
+        id: uniqid(),
         sourceUrl: scheme2Local.urlWithPath('test2.png'),
         registeredTimestamp: Date.now(),
         resolvedTimestamp: Date.now(),
diff --git a/service/test/app/systemInfo/app.systemInfo.test.ts b/service/test/app/systemInfo/app.systemInfo.test.ts
index 1ba41060a..d6b20bdeb 100644
--- a/service/test/app/systemInfo/app.systemInfo.test.ts
+++ b/service/test/app/systemInfo/app.systemInfo.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const mockEnvironmentInfo: EnvironmentInfo = {
 const mockDisclaimer = {};
 const mockContactInfo = {};
 
-// Test utility function
 function requestBy<T extends object>(
   principal: string,
   params?: T
diff --git a/service/test/init.test.ts b/service/test/init.test.ts
index c787941c6..80cae854e 100644
--- a/service/test/init.test.ts
+++ b/service/test/init.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 
+
+import url from 'url'
+
+/**
+ * This class works around issue https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/48886,
+ * which was introduced in Node 18.17.0.
+ */
+url.URL = class Node_18_17_Issue_48886_URL extends url.URL {
+  constructor(input: string, base?: string | url.URL) {
+    super(input, base)
+    this.searchParams
+  }
+}
+
 declare module 'mocha' {
   namespace Mocha {
     interface MochaOptions {}
   }
 }
 
-
 import chai, { Assertion } from 'chai'
 import asPromised from 'chai-as-promised'