diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index eae2733..1fc4317 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
index e9525d5..6e1cad9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: pack-artifact
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 18
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2537a99..8263954 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@zxing/browser",
-    "version": "0.1.4",
+    "version": "0.1.5",
     "description": "ZXing for JS's browser layer.",
     "keywords": [
         "reader",
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "devDependencies": {
         "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^13.1.3",
         "@types/chai": "^4.3.0",
-        "@zxing/library": "^0.20.0",
+        "@zxing/library": "^0.21.0",
         "chai": "^4.3.6",
         "cypress": "^9.4.1",
         "eslint": "^8.8.0",
diff --git a/src/readers/BrowserCodeReader.ts b/src/readers/BrowserCodeReader.ts
index fc0cb82..cde8297 100644
--- a/src/readers/BrowserCodeReader.ts
+++ b/src/readers/BrowserCodeReader.ts
@@ -1032,13 +1032,13 @@ export class BrowserCodeReader {
     /**
      * The HTML canvas element context.
      */
-    let captureCanvasContext;
+    let captureCanvasContext: any;
     try {
-        captureCanvasContext = elem.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true }) as CanvasRenderingContext2D;
+        captureCanvasContext = captureCanvas.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true }) as CanvasRenderingContext2D;
     } catch (e) {
-        captureCanvasContext = elem.getContext('2d');
+        captureCanvasContext = captureCanvas.getContext('2d');
     }
-    
+
     // cannot proceed w/o this
     if (!captureCanvasContext) {
       throw new Error('Couldn\'t create canvas for visual element scan.');
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0dd813a..49c0159 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@zxing/library@^0.20.0":
-  version "0.20.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@zxing/library/-/library-0.20.0.tgz#11bc411b87693015389555c589da61532879be7b"
-  integrity sha512-6Ev6rcqVjMakZFIDvbUf0dtpPGeZMTfyxYg4HkVWioWeN7cRcnUWT3bU6sdohc82O1nPXcjq6WiGfXX2Pnit6A==
+"@zxing/library@^0.21.0":
+  version "0.21.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@zxing/library/-/library-0.21.0.tgz#f20377c394f7023d11a740697cc57dd70b49eaa9"
+  integrity sha512-2+DFYM6NLl+ZXXUbDOkmVn4TAAOgTniEx5MJD2kStujcxSl6j9CfAgIT8DcsBYIlT5DW7oeiShEzWZjpL0hNOw==
   dependencies:
     ts-custom-error "^3.2.1"
   optionalDependencies: