diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index f42062319..bb2a7a3b6 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 image: Visual Studio 2017
 environment:
-  timeout: 30000
+  timeout: 15000
   matrix:
-    # - nodejs_version: "8" 
-    # - nodejs_version: "10"
-    - nodejs_version: "12"
+    # - nodejs_version: "12"
+    - nodejs_version: "16"
 platform:
   # - x86
   - x64
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 03d38b257..8b7756891 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ node_js:
 # - '10' # fails on Travis since upgrading to Vexflow 1.2.90 (still passes on AppVeyor), for Mxl_Test. Node 12 works.
 - '12'
 env:
-  - timeout=30000
+  - timeout=15000
 notifications:
   email: false
   slack:
diff --git a/demo/index.js b/demo/index.js
index effbc0cbb..374626f5d 100644
--- a/demo/index.js
+++ b/demo/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { OpenSheetMusicDisplay } from '../src/OpenSheetMusicDisplay/OpenSheetMusicDisplay';
 import { BackendType } from '../src/OpenSheetMusicDisplay/OSMDOptions';
-import * as jsPDF  from '../node_modules/jspdf-yworks/dist/jspdf.min';
+import * as jsPDF  from '../node_modules/jspdf/dist/jspdf.es.min';
 import * as svg2pdf from '../node_modules/svg2pdf.js/dist/svg2pdf.umd.min';
 import { TransposeCalculator } from '../src/Plugins/Transpose/TransposeCalculator';
 
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ import { TransposeCalculator } from '../src/Plugins/Transpose/TransposeCalculato
      * Creates a Pdf of the currently rendered MusicXML
      * @param pdfName if no name is given, the composer and title of the piece will be used
      */
-    function createPdf(pdfName) {
+    async function createPdf(pdfName) {
         if (openSheetMusicDisplay.backendType !== BackendType.SVG) {
             console.log("[OSMD] createPdf(): Warning: createPDF is only supported for SVG background for now, not for Canvas." +
                 " Please use osmd.setOptions({backendType: SVG}).");
@@ -858,20 +858,29 @@ import { TransposeCalculator } from '../src/Plugins/Transpose/TransposeCalculato
 
         const orientation = pageHeight > pageWidth ? "p" : "l";
         // create a new jsPDF instance
-        const pdf = new jsPDF(orientation, "mm", [pageWidth, pageHeight]);
-        const scale = pageWidth / svgElement.clientWidth;
+        const pdf = new jsPDF.jsPDF({
+            orientation: orientation,
+            unit: "mm",
+            format: [pageWidth, pageHeight]
+        });
+        //const scale = pageWidth / svgElement.clientWidth;
         for (let idx = 0, len = backends.length; idx < len; ++idx) {
             if (idx > 0) {
                 pdf.addPage();
             }
             svgElement = backends[idx].getSvgElement();
-
-            // render the svg element
-            svg2pdf(svgElement, pdf, {
-                scale: scale,
-                xOffset: 0,
-                yOffset: 0
-            });
+            
+            if (!pdf.svg && !svg2pdf) { // this line also serves to make the svg2pdf not unused, though it's still necessary
+                // we need svg2pdf to have pdf.svg defined
+                console.log("svg2pdf missing, necessary for jspdf.svg().");
+                return;
+            }
+            await pdf.svg(svgElement, {
+                x: 0,
+                y: 0,
+                width: pageWidth,
+                height: pageHeight,
+            })
         }
 
         pdf.save(pdfName); // save/download the created pdf
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7cdd9b836..3f1b1e48d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
     "jquery": "^3.6.0",
     "jsdom": "^18.1.1",
     "jspdf": "^2.4.0",
-    "jspdf-yworks": "^2.1.1",
     "karma": "^6.3.9",
     "karma-base64-to-js-preprocessor": "^0.1.0",
     "karma-chai": "^0.1.0",