diff --git a/streaming/index.js b/streaming/index.js
index 7890a35d12b..adb4d26c64d 100644
--- a/streaming/index.js
+++ b/streaming/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import http from 'node:http';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import querystring from 'node:querystring';
 import url from 'node:url';
 
 import cors from 'cors';
@@ -92,6 +93,19 @@ const parseJSON = (json, req) => {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Parses the query string from a request object.
+ * @param {Request?} req
+ */
+const parseQueryString = (req) => {
+  if (!req?.url) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const url = new URL(req.url, "http://./");
+  const qs = url.search.slice(1);
+  return querystring.parse(qs);
+}
+
 // Used for priming the counters/gauges for the various metrics that are
 // per-channel
 const CHANNEL_NAMES = [
@@ -393,8 +407,8 @@ const startServer = async () => {
    */
   const accountFromRequest = (req) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const authorization = req.headers.authorization;
-    const location      = req.url ? url.parse(req.url, true) : undefined;
-    const accessToken   = location?.query.access_token || req.headers['sec-websocket-protocol'];
+    const query         = parseQueryString(req);
+    const accessToken   = query?.access_token || req.headers['sec-websocket-protocol'];
 
     if (!authorization && !accessToken) {
       reject(new AuthenticationError('Missing access token'));
@@ -1300,8 +1314,8 @@ const startServer = async () => {
    * @param {import('pino').Logger} log
    */
   function onConnection(ws, req, log) {
-    // Note: url.parse could throw, which would terminate the connection, so we
-    // increment the connected clients metric straight away when we establish
+    // In case the handler throws, which would terminate the connection,
+    // increment the connected clients metric straight away when it establishes
     // the connection, without waiting:
     metrics.connectedClients.labels({ type: 'websocket' }).inc();
 
@@ -1383,11 +1397,10 @@ const startServer = async () => {
 
     subscribeWebsocketToSystemChannel(session);
 
-    // Parse the URL for the connection arguments (if supplied), url.parse can throw:
-    const location = req.url && url.parse(req.url, true);
-
-    if (location && location.query.stream) {
-      subscribeWebsocketToChannel(session, firstParam(location.query.stream), location.query);
+    // Parse the URL for the connection arguments (if supplied)
+    const query = parseQueryString(req);
+    if (query && query.stream) {
+      subscribeWebsocketToChannel(session, firstParam(query.stream), query);
     }
   }