diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c3fa9624a..7b1f1f219 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/public
 !test/**/node_modules
 docs
 !packages/node_modules/**/docs
+.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ca61f0e49..d48969e36 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         "js-yaml": "3.13.1",
         "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.1",
         "jsonata": "1.8.1",
+        "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
         "media-typer": "1.1.0",
         "memorystore": "1.6.2",
         "mime": "2.4.4",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
index 3e35f7fde..ea6090355 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
  * @mixin @node-red/util_util
  */
 
-
-const clone = require("clone");
+const clonedeep = require("lodash.clonedeep");
 const jsonata = require("jsonata");
 const safeJSONStringify = require("json-stringify-safe");
 const util = require("util");
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ function cloneMessage(msg) {
         var res = msg.res;
         delete msg.req;
         delete msg.res;
-        var m = clone(msg);
+        var m = clonedeep(msg);
         if (req) {
             m.req = req;
             msg.req = req;
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/package.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/package.json
index 9beb6189b..1b229db42 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/package.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         "i18next": "15.1.2",
         "json-stringify-safe": "5.0.1",
         "jsonata": "1.8.1",
+        "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
         "when": "3.7.8"
     }
 }