diff --git a/lib/extension/bridge.ts b/lib/extension/bridge.ts
index 404c9e4a..f1958352 100644
--- a/lib/extension/bridge.ts
+++ b/lib/extension/bridge.ts
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ export default class Bridge extends Extension {
                 }
 
                 if (force) {
-                    await entity.zh.removeFromDatabase();
+                    entity.zh.removeFromDatabase();
                 } else {
                     await entity.zh.removeFromNetwork();
                 }
diff --git a/lib/extension/legacy/bridgeLegacy.ts b/lib/extension/legacy/bridgeLegacy.ts
index e1957d10..a94f09d3 100644
--- a/lib/extension/legacy/bridgeLegacy.ts
+++ b/lib/extension/legacy/bridgeLegacy.ts
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ export default class BridgeLegacy extends Extension {
         try {
             logger.info(`${lookup[action][1]} '${entity.name}'`);
             if (action === 'force_remove') {
-                await entity.zh.removeFromDatabase();
+                entity.zh.removeFromDatabase();
             } else {
                 await entity.zh.removeFromNetwork();
             }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 52cb5986..79c6ef57 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "winston-syslog": "^2.7.0",
         "winston-transport": "^4.7.0",
         "ws": "^8.16.0",
-        "zigbee-herdsman": "0.33.7",
+        "zigbee-herdsman": "0.33.8",
         "zigbee-herdsman-converters": "18.28.2",
         "zigbee2mqtt-frontend": "0.6.156"
       },
@@ -9793,9 +9793,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/zigbee-herdsman": {
-      "version": "0.33.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zigbee-herdsman/-/zigbee-herdsman-0.33.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-V3cxhmzYqFHp1flNo26fmnvBsrz5oGeHTtlTpQaALpYvmizM5lkhAgoTH1cDWXgE7YbVkefvRnGKFlFLnwU3YA==",
+      "version": "0.33.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zigbee-herdsman/-/zigbee-herdsman-0.33.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-2NHikG/Lu7uJcEjLHcMDkbr102aYlAdTmVNpQ6KGGFT3YQ8cXTA15PrU9hSbaxOjqyFDytlN64oqg+BxEuGjQg==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@serialport/bindings-cpp": "^12.0.1",
         "@serialport/parser-delimiter": "^12.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2173f5f4..bd673fbe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "winston-syslog": "^2.7.0",
     "winston-transport": "^4.7.0",
     "ws": "^8.16.0",
-    "zigbee-herdsman": "0.33.7",
+    "zigbee-herdsman": "0.33.8",
     "zigbee-herdsman-converters": "18.28.2",
     "zigbee2mqtt-frontend": "0.6.156"
   },