diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9017a5936..e1709730e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     "fast-clone": "^1.5.13",
     "graphlib": "^2.1.8",
     "khroma": "^2.0.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "moment-mini": "^2.24.0",
     "non-layered-tidy-tree-layout": "^2.0.2",
     "stylis": "^4.0.10"
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@
     "@types/d3": "^7.4.0",
     "@types/dompurify": "^2.3.4",
     "@types/jest": "^28.1.7",
+    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.184",
     "@types/stylis": "^4.0.2",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.36.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.36.1",
diff --git a/src/utils.spec.js b/src/utils.spec.js
index ebaa1415c..d024da3db 100644
--- a/src/utils.spec.js
+++ b/src/utils.spec.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import utils from './utils';
 import assignWithDepth from './assignWithDepth';
 import { detectType } from './diagram-api/detectType';
 import { addDiagrams } from './diagram-api/diagram-orchestration';
+import memoize from 'lodash/memoize';
 addDiagrams();
 
 describe('when assignWithDepth: should merge objects within objects', function () {
@@ -121,20 +122,30 @@ describe('when assignWithDepth: should merge objects within objects', function (
 });
 describe('when memoizing', function () {
   it('should return the same value', function () {
-    const fib = utils.memoize(function (n, canary) {
-      canary.flag = true;
-      if (n < 2) {
-        return 1;
-      } else {
-        //We'll console.log a loader every time we have to recurse
-        return fib(n - 2, canary) + fib(n - 1, canary);
-      }
-    });
+    const fib = memoize(
+      function (n, x, canary) {
+        canary.flag = true;
+        if (n < 2) {
+          return 1;
+        } else {
+          //We'll console.log a loader every time we have to recurse
+          return fib(n - 2, x, canary) + fib(n - 1, x, canary);
+        }
+      },
+      (n, x, _) => `${n}${x}`
+    );
     let canary = { flag: false };
-    fib(10, canary);
+    fib(10, 'a', canary);
     expect(canary.flag).toBe(true);
     canary = { flag: false };
-    fib(10, canary);
+    fib(10, 'a', canary);
+    expect(canary.flag).toBe(false);
+    fib(10, 'b', canary);
+    fib(10, 'b', canary);
+    expect(canary.flag).toBe(true);
+    canary = { flag: false };
+    fib(10, 'b', canary);
+    fib(10, 'a', canary);
     expect(canary.flag).toBe(false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index f88327367..7cd700e85 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { log } from './logger';
 import { detectType } from './diagram-api/detectType';
 import assignWithDepth from './assignWithDepth';
 import { MermaidConfig } from './config.type';
+import memoize from 'lodash/memoize';
 
 // Effectively an enum of the supported curve types, accessible by name
 const d3CurveTypes = {
@@ -43,9 +44,10 @@ const anyComment = /\s*%%.*\n/gm;
 
 /**
  * @function detectInit Detects the init config object from the text
- *
  * @param config
+ *
  *   ```mermaid
+ *
  *   %%{init: {"theme": "debug", "logLevel": 1 }}%%
  *   graph LR
  *    a-->b
@@ -165,27 +167,6 @@ export const detectDirective = function (text, type = null) {
   }
 };
 
-/**
- * Caches results of functions based on input
- *
- * @param {Function} fn Function to run
- * @param {Function} resolver Function that resolves to an ID given arguments the `fn` takes
- * @returns {Function} An optimized caching function
- */
-const memoize = (fn, resolver) => {
-  let cache = {};
-  return (...args) => {
-    let n = resolver ? resolver.apply(this, args) : args[0];
-    if (n in cache) {
-      return cache[n];
-    } else {
-      let result = fn(...args);
-      cache[n] = result;
-      return result;
-    }
-  };
-};
-
 /**
  * @function isSubstringInArray Detects whether a substring in present in a given array
  * @param {string} str The substring to detect
@@ -594,7 +575,7 @@ export const wrapLabel = memoize(
     return completedLines.filter((line) => line !== '').join(config.joinWith);
   },
   (label, maxWidth, config) =>
-    `${label}-${maxWidth}-${config.fontSize}-${config.fontWeight}-${config.fontFamily}-${config.joinWith}`
+    `${label}${maxWidth}${config.fontSize}${config.fontWeight}${config.fontFamily}${config.joinWith}`
 );
 
 const breakString = memoize(
@@ -622,7 +603,7 @@ const breakString = memoize(
     return { hyphenatedStrings: lines, remainingWord: currentLine };
   },
   (word, maxWidth, hyphenCharacter = '-', config) =>
-    `${word}-${maxWidth}-${hyphenCharacter}-${config.fontSize}-${config.fontWeight}-${config.fontFamily}`
+    `${word}${maxWidth}${hyphenCharacter}${config.fontSize}${config.fontWeight}${config.fontFamily}`
 );
 
 /**
@@ -632,7 +613,8 @@ const breakString = memoize(
  * If the wrapped text text has greater height, we extend the height, so it's value won't overflow.
  *
  * @param {any} text The text to measure
- * @param {any} config - The config for fontSize, fontFamily, and fontWeight all impacting the resulting size
+ * @param {any} config - The config for fontSize, fontFamily, and fontWeight all impacting the
+ *   resulting size
  * @returns {any} - The height for the given text
  */
 export const calculateTextHeight = function (text, config) {
@@ -647,7 +629,8 @@ export const calculateTextHeight = function (text, config) {
  * This calculates the width of the given text, font size and family.
  *
  * @param {any} text - The text to calculate the width of
- * @param {any} config - The config for fontSize, fontFamily, and fontWeight all impacting the resulting size
+ * @param {any} config - The config for fontSize, fontFamily, and fontWeight all impacting the
+ *   resulting size
  * @returns {any} - The width for the given text
  */
 export const calculateTextWidth = function (text, config) {
@@ -656,7 +639,8 @@ export const calculateTextWidth = function (text, config) {
 };
 
 /**
- * This calculates the dimensions of the given text, font size, font family, font weight, and margins.
+ * This calculates the dimensions of the given text, font size, font family, font weight, and
+ * margins.
  *
  * @param {any} text - The text to calculate the width of
  * @param {any} config - The config for fontSize, fontFamily, fontWeight, and margin all impacting
@@ -720,14 +704,15 @@ export const calculateTextDimensions = memoize(
         : 1;
     return dims[index];
   },
-  (text, config) => `${text}-${config.fontSize}-${config.fontWeight}-${config.fontFamily}`
+  (text, config) => `${text}${config.fontSize}${config.fontWeight}${config.fontFamily}`
 );
 
 /**
  * Applys d3 attributes
  *
  * @param {any} d3Elem D3 Element to apply the attributes onto
- * @param {[string, string][]} attrs Object.keys equivalent format of key to value mapping of attributes
+ * @param {[string, string][]} attrs Object.keys equivalent format of key to value mapping of
+ *   attributes
  */
 const d3Attrs = function (d3Elem, attrs) {
   for (let attr of attrs) {
@@ -860,18 +845,12 @@ export interface DetailedError {
   hash: any;
 }
 
-/**
- *
- * @param error
- */
+/** @param error */
 export function isDetailedError(error: unknown): error is DetailedError {
   return 'str' in error;
 }
 
-/**
- *
- * @param error
- */
+/** @param error */
 export function getErrorMessage(error: unknown): string {
   if (error instanceof Error) return error.message;
   return String(error);
@@ -894,7 +873,6 @@ export default {
   getStylesFromArray,
   generateId,
   random,
-  memoize,
   runFunc,
   entityDecode,
   initIdGenerator: initIdGenerator,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 148b07402..1967b28b1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2643,6 +2643,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/lodash@^4.14.184":
+  version "4.14.184"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.184.tgz#23f96cd2a21a28e106dc24d825d4aa966de7a9fe"
+  integrity sha512-RoZphVtHbxPZizt4IcILciSWiC6dcn+eZ8oX9IWEYfDMcocdd42f7NPI6fQj+6zI8y4E0L7gu2pcZKLGTRaV9Q==
+
 "@types/mdast@^3.0.0":
   version "3.0.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/mdast/-/mdast-3.0.10.tgz#4724244a82a4598884cbbe9bcfd73dff927ee8af"