diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1961f57..ab8e0a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## [v3.7.0](https://github.com/i18next/i18next-http-middleware/compare/v3.6.0...v3.7.0)
+- support i18next v24
+
 ## [v3.6.0](https://github.com/i18next/i18next-http-middleware/compare/v3.5.0...v3.6.0)
 - introduce convertDetectedLanguage option
 
diff --git a/example/deno/i18n.js b/example/deno/i18n.js
index a785853..be59f5a 100644
--- a/example/deno/i18n.js
+++ b/example/deno/i18n.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ i18next
   .use(i18nextMiddleware.LanguageDetector)
   .init({
     // debug: true,
-    initImmediate: false, // setting initImediate to false, will load the resources synchronously
+    initAsync: false, // setting initAsync to false, will load the resources synchronously
     backend: {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-path-concat
       loadPath: 'locales/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json',
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 4a6ee5c..a03d9e2 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function handle (i18next, options = {}) {
       }
     }
 
-    const i18n = i18next.cloneInstance({ initImmediate: false })
+    const i18n = i18next.cloneInstance({ initAsync: false, initImmediate: false })
     i18n.on('languageChanged', lng => {
       // Keep language in sync
       req.language = req.locale = req.lng = lng
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fad4622..2ed02e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,29 +28,29 @@
   },
   "module": "./esm/index.js",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/cli": "7.23.0",
-    "@babel/core": "7.23.3",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "7.23.3",
-    "@hapi/hapi": "^21.3.2",
-    "@types/express-serve-static-core": "^4.17.41",
+    "@babel/cli": "7.25.9",
+    "@babel/core": "7.26.0",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "7.26.0",
+    "@hapi/hapi": "^21.3.12",
+    "@types/express-serve-static-core": "^5.0.1",
     "@koa/router": "12.0.1",
-    "koa": "2.14.2",
+    "koa": "2.15.3",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "1.0.4",
     "eslint": "8.53.0",
     "eslint-config-standard": "17.1.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.29.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-n": "16.3.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-promise": "6.1.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.31.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-n": "16.6.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-promise": "6.6.0",
     "eslint-plugin-require-path-exists": "1.1.9",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "5.0.0",
     "expect.js": "0.3.1",
-    "express": "4.20.0",
-    "fastify": "4.24.3",
-    "i18next": "23.7.1",
-    "mocha": "10.2.0",
-    "supertest": "6.3.3",
-    "tsd": "0.29.0",
-    "uglify-js": "3.17.4"
+    "express": "4.21.1",
+    "fastify": "5.1.0",
+    "i18next": "24.0.0",
+    "mocha": "10.8.2",
+    "supertest": "7.0.0",
+    "tsd": "0.31.2",
+    "uglify-js": "3.19.3"
   },
   "description": "i18next-http-middleware is a middleware to be used with Node.js web frameworks like express or Fastify and also for Deno.",
   "keywords": [