diff --git a/lib/Common.js b/lib/Common.js
index 8e0eeda0e..2d9184539 100644
--- a/lib/Common.js
+++ b/lib/Common.js
@@ -329,15 +329,14 @@ Common.retErr = function(e) {
 Common.sink = {};
 
 Common.sink.determineCron = function(app) {
-  const cronParser = require('cron-parser')
-  const scheduleJob = require('node-schedule').scheduleJob;
-
   if (app.cron_restart == 0 || app.cron_restart == '0') {
     Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'disabling cron restart');
     return
   }
 
   if (app.cron_restart) {
+    const cronParser = require('cron-parser')
+
     try {
       Common.printOut(cst.PREFIX_MSG + 'cron restart at ' + app.cron_restart);
       cronParser.parseExpression(app.cron_restart);
diff --git a/lib/Worker.js b/lib/Worker.js
index 924489d48..265fc6892 100644
--- a/lib/Worker.js
+++ b/lib/Worker.js
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by a license that
  * can be found in the LICENSE file.
  */
-var vizion    = require('vizion');
-var cst       = require('../constants.js');
-var eachLimit = require('async/eachLimit');
-var debug     = require('debug')('pm2:worker');
-var domain    = require('domain');
-const scheduleJob = require('node-schedule').scheduleJob;
+const vizion    = require('vizion');
+const eachLimit = require('async/eachLimit');
+const debug     = require('debug')('pm2:worker');
+const domain    = require('domain');
+const Cron      = require('croner');
+const pkg       = require('../package.json');
+
+var cst    = require('../constants.js');
 var vCheck = require('./VersionCheck.js')
-var pkg = require('../package.json')
 
 module.exports = function(God) {
   var timer = null;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = function(God) {
     var pm_id = pm2_env.pm_id
     console.log('[PM2][WORKER] Registering a cron job on:', pm_id);
 
-    var job = scheduleJob(pm2_env.cron_restart, function() {
+    var job = Cron(pm2_env.cron_restart, function() {
       God.restartProcessId({id: pm_id}, function(err, data) {
         if (err)
           console.error(err.stack || err);
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ module.exports = function(God) {
     var job = God.CronJobs.get(God.getCronID(id));
 
     if (job)
-      job.cancel();
+      job.stop();
 
     God.CronJobs.delete(God.getCronID(id));
   };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c05e95f85..bc8341920 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     "chokidar": "^3.5.1",
     "cli-tableau": "^2.0.0",
     "commander": "2.15.1",
-    "node-schedule": "^2.0.0",
+    "croner": "~4.1.92",
     "cron-parser": "~3.5.0",
     "dayjs": "~1.8.25",
     "debug": "^4.3.1",