diff --git a/.github/allowed-actions.js b/.github/allowed-actions.js
index 6450852204b9..9d2d7400e217 100644
--- a/.github/allowed-actions.js
+++ b/.github/allowed-actions.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = [
   'rachmari/labeler@832d42ec5523f3c6d46e8168de71cd54363e3e2e',
   'repo-sync/github-sync@3832fe8e2be32372e1b3970bbae8e7079edeec88',
   'repo-sync/pull-request@33777245b1aace1a58c87a29c90321aa7a74bd7d',
-  'rtCamp/action-slack-notify@e17352feaf9aee300bf0ebc1dfbf467d80438815',
+  'someimportantcompany/github-actions-slack-message@0b470c14b39da4260ed9e3f9a4f1298a74ccdefd',
   'tjenkinson/gh-action-auto-merge-dependency-updates@cee2ac0',
   'EndBug/add-and-commit@9358097a71ad9fb9e2f9624c6098c89193d83575'
 ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-freeze-reminders.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-freeze-reminders.yml
index e6f7eb479eca..f3b166cd870e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-freeze-reminders.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-freeze-reminders.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
     steps:
       - name: Send Slack notification if repo is frozen
+        uses: someimportantcompany/github-actions-slack-message@0b470c14b39da4260ed9e3f9a4f1298a74ccdefd
         if: ${{ env.FREEZE == 'true' }}
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@e17352feaf9aee300bf0ebc1dfbf467d80438815
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
-          SLACK_USERNAME: docs-repo-sync
-          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':freezing_face:'
-          SLACK_COLOR: '#51A0D5' # Carolina Blue
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: All repo-sync runs will fail for ${{ github.repository }} because the repo is currently frozen!
+        with:
+          channel: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
+          bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DOCS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          color: info
+          text: All repo-sync runs will fail for ${{ github.repository }} because the repo is currently frozen!
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml
index ea44f9244a40..2784f4703a97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-sync-stalls.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@ jobs:
               }
             })
       - name: Send Slack notification if workflow fails
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@e17352feaf9aee300bf0ebc1dfbf467d80438815
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
-          SLACK_USERNAME: docs-repo-sync
-          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':ohno:'
-          SLACK_COLOR: '#B90E0A' # Crimson
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: Repo sync appears to be stalled for ${{github.repository}}. See https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+repo+sync
+        uses: someimportantcompany/github-actions-slack-message@0b470c14b39da4260ed9e3f9a4f1298a74ccdefd
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          channel: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
+          bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DOCS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          color: failure
+          text: Repo sync appears to be stalled for ${{github.repository}}. See https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+repo+sync
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
index b33242e90be3..c1d0ef92d5a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-sync.yml
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ jobs:
           number: ${{ steps.find-pull-request.outputs.number }}
 
       - name: Send Slack notification if workflow fails
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@e17352feaf9aee300bf0ebc1dfbf467d80438815
-        if: ${{ failure() }}
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
-          SLACK_USERNAME: docs-repo-sync
-          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':ohno:'
-          SLACK_COLOR: '#B90E0A' # Crimson
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: The last repo-sync run for ${{github.repository}} failed. See https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Repo+Sync%22
+        uses: someimportantcompany/github-actions-slack-message@0b470c14b39da4260ed9e3f9a4f1298a74ccdefd
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          channel: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
+          bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DOCS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          color: failure
+          text: The last repo-sync run for ${{github.repository}} failed. See https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Repo+Sync%22
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-algolia-search-indices.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-algolia-search-indices.yml
index a7f9ac3b4910..512b3b0e0c9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-algolia-search-indices.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-algolia-search-indices.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: npm run sync-search
       - name: Send slack notification if workflow run fails
-        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@e17352feaf9aee300bf0ebc1dfbf467d80438815
+        uses: someimportantcompany/github-actions-slack-message@0b470c14b39da4260ed9e3f9a4f1298a74ccdefd
         if: failure()
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
-          SLACK_MESSAGE: The last Algolia workflow run for ${{github.repository}} failed. Search actions for `workflow:Algolia`
+        with:
+          channel: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
+          bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DOCS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          color: failure
+          text: The last Algolia workflow run for ${{github.repository}} failed. Search actions for `workflow:Algolia`
diff --git a/lib/page.js b/lib/page.js
index c282f1792fd1..f9274f0119e8 100644
--- a/lib/page.js
+++ b/lib/page.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const assert = require('assert')
-const fs = require('fs')
+const fs = require('fs').promises
 const path = require('path')
 const cheerio = require('cheerio')
 const patterns = require('./patterns')
@@ -23,15 +23,30 @@ const slash = require('slash')
 const statsd = require('./statsd')
 
 class Page {
-  constructor (opts) {
+  static async init (opts) {
     assert(opts.relativePath, 'relativePath is required')
     assert(opts.basePath, 'basePath is required')
+
+    const relativePath = slash(opts.relativePath)
+    const fullPath = slash(path.join(opts.basePath, relativePath))
+    const raw = await fs.readFile(fullPath, 'utf8')
+
+    return new Page({ ...opts, relativePath, fullPath, raw })
+  }
+
+  static async exists (path) {
+    try {
+      return await fs.stat(path)
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err.code === 'ENOENT') return false
+      console.error(err)
+    }
+  }
+
+  constructor (opts) {
     assert(opts.languageCode, 'languageCode is required')
 
     Object.assign(this, { ...opts })
-    this.relativePath = slash(this.relativePath)
-    this.fullPath = slash(path.join(this.basePath, this.relativePath))
-    this.raw = fs.readFileSync(this.fullPath, 'utf8')
 
     // TODO remove this when crowdin-support issue 66 has been resolved
     if (this.languageCode !== 'en' && this.raw.includes(': verdadero')) {
diff --git a/lib/pages.js b/lib/pages.js
index cdca1fae1e2a..4db70e7dd5cb 100644
--- a/lib/pages.js
+++ b/lib/pages.js
@@ -2,42 +2,50 @@ const path = require('path')
 const walk = require('walk-sync').entries
 const Page = require('./page')
 const languages = require('./languages')
-const fs = require('fs')
+const { mapLimit, filterLimit } = require('async')
+const FILE_READ_LIMIT = 500
 
 async function loadPageList () {
   const pageList = []
 
   // load english pages
   const englishPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', languages.en.dir, 'content')
-  const englishPages = walk(englishPath)
-    .filter(({ relativePath }) => {
-      return relativePath.endsWith('.md') &&
-      !relativePath.includes('README')
-    })
-    .map(fileData => new Page({ ...fileData, languageCode: languages.en.code }))
-
+  const englishPaths = walk(englishPath)
+    .filter(({ relativePath }) =>
+      relativePath.endsWith('.md') && !relativePath.includes('README')
+    )
+  const englishPages = await mapLimit(
+    englishPaths,
+    FILE_READ_LIMIT,
+    async fileData => await Page.init({ ...fileData, languageCode: languages.en.code })
+  )
   pageList.push(...englishPages)
 
   // load matching pages in other languages
-  for (const page of englishPages) {
-    for (const language of Object.values(languages)) {
-      if (language.code === 'en') continue
-
+  let localizedPaths = Object.values(languages)
+    .filter(({ code }) => code !== 'en')
+    .map(language => {
       const basePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', language.dir, 'content')
-      const localizedPath = path.join(basePath, page.relativePath)
-      try {
-        fs.statSync(localizedPath)
-      } catch (_) {
-        continue
-      }
-
-      pageList.push(new Page({
-        relativePath: page.relativePath,
+      return englishPages.map(page => ({
         basePath,
+        relativePath: page.relativePath,
+        localizedPath: path.join(basePath, page.relativePath),
         languageCode: language.code
       }))
-    }
-  }
+    })
+    .flat()
+  localizedPaths = await filterLimit(
+    localizedPaths,
+    FILE_READ_LIMIT,
+    async ({ localizedPath }) => Page.exists(localizedPath)
+  )
+  const localizedPages = await mapLimit(
+    localizedPaths,
+    FILE_READ_LIMIT,
+    async ({ basePath, relativePath, languageCode }) =>
+      await Page.init({ basePath, relativePath, languageCode })
+  )
+  pageList.push(...localizedPages)
 
   return pageList
 }
diff --git a/tests/browser/browser.js b/tests/browser/browser.js
index 64fdb083ab33..aca6b864a720 100644
--- a/tests/browser/browser.js
+++ b/tests/browser/browser.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const sleep = require('await-sleep')
 const querystring = require('querystring')
 
 describe('homepage', () => {
+  jest.setTimeout(60 * 1000)
+
   test('should be titled "GitHub Documentation"', async () => {
     await page.goto('http://localhost:4001')
     await expect(page.title()).resolves.toMatch('GitHub Documentation')
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ describe('homepage', () => {
 })
 
 describe('algolia browser search', () => {
+  jest.setTimeout(60 * 1000)
+
   it('works on the homepage', async () => {
     await page.goto('http://localhost:4001/en')
     await page.click('#search-input-container input[type="search"]')
diff --git a/tests/content/crowdin-config.js b/tests/content/crowdin-config.js
index 63301e09935d..fd26e74b42e7 100644
--- a/tests/content/crowdin-config.js
+++ b/tests/content/crowdin-config.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const ignoredPagePaths = config.files[0].ignore
 const ignoredDataPaths = config.files[2].ignore
 
 describe('crowdin.yml config file', () => {
+  jest.setTimeout(60 * 1000)
+
   let pages
   beforeAll(async (done) => {
     pages = await loadPages()
diff --git a/tests/content/site-data-references.js b/tests/content/site-data-references.js
index d9a38bc4e684..045e33843ba4 100644
--- a/tests/content/site-data-references.js
+++ b/tests/content/site-data-references.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const fs = require('fs').promises
 const path = require('path')
 
 describe('data references', () => {
+  jest.setTimeout(60 * 1000)
+
   let data, pages
 
   beforeAll(async (done) => {
diff --git a/tests/routing/redirects.js b/tests/routing/redirects.js
index 740cd67d55d0..b41a0888a8c1 100644
--- a/tests/routing/redirects.js
+++ b/tests/routing/redirects.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ describe('redirects', () => {
     done()
   })
 
-  test('page.redirects is an array', () => {
-    const page = new Page({
+  test('page.redirects is an array', async () => {
+    const page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-branches.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
       languageCode: 'en'
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ describe('redirects', () => {
     expect(isPlainObject(page.redirects)).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  test('dotcom homepage page.redirects', () => {
-    const page = new Page({
+  test('dotcom homepage page.redirects', async () => {
+    const page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'github/index.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
       languageCode: 'en'
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('redirects', () => {
   })
 
   test('converts single `redirect_from` strings values into arrays', async () => {
-    const page = new Page({
+    const page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-conversations-on-github.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
       languageCode: 'en'
diff --git a/tests/unit/find-page.js b/tests/unit/find-page.js
index bb422df1b3e5..5772db5f010d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/find-page.js
+++ b/tests/unit/find-page.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ describe('find page', () => {
   jest.setTimeout(1000 * 1000)
 
   test('falls back to the English page if it can\'t find a localized page', async () => {
-    const page = new Page({
+    const page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'page-that-does-not-exist-in-translations-dir.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
       languageCode: 'en'
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('find page', () => {
   })
 
   test('follows redirects', async () => {
-    const page = new Page({
+    const page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'page-with-redirects.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
       languageCode: 'en'
diff --git a/tests/unit/liquid-helpers.js b/tests/unit/liquid-helpers.js
index ee6b8d3ecf17..41c54a2e3d27 100644
--- a/tests/unit/liquid-helpers.js
+++ b/tests/unit/liquid-helpers.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const { set } = require('lodash')
 const nonEnterpriseDefaultVersion = require('../../lib/non-enterprise-default-version')
 
 describe('liquid helper tags', () => {
+  jest.setTimeout(60 * 1000)
+
   const context = {}
   let pageMap
   beforeAll(async (done) => {
diff --git a/tests/unit/page.js b/tests/unit/page.js
index 5d1b46a0c3ad..44f98c94a567 100644
--- a/tests/unit/page.js
+++ b/tests/unit/page.js
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ const opts = {
 }
 
 describe('Page class', () => {
-  test('preserves file path info', () => {
-    const page = new Page(opts)
+  test('preserves file path info', async () => {
+    const page = await Page.init(opts)
     expect(page.relativePath).toBe('github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-branches.md')
     expect(page.fullPath.includes(page.relativePath)).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  test('does not error out on translated TOC with no links', () => {
-    const page = new Page({
+  test('does not error out on translated TOC with no links', async () => {
+    const page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'translated-toc-with-no-links-index.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
       languageCode: 'ja'
@@ -31,30 +31,34 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
   })
 
   describe('showMiniToc page property', () => {
-    const article = new Page({
-      relativePath: 'sample-article.md',
-      basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
-      languageCode: 'en'
-    })
+    let article, articleWithFM, tocPage, mapTopic
 
-    const articleWithFM = new Page({
-      showMiniToc: false,
-      relativePath: article.relativePath,
-      basePath: article.basePath,
-      languageCode: article.languageCode
-    })
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      article = await Page.init({
+        relativePath: 'sample-article.md',
+        basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
+        languageCode: 'en'
+      })
 
-    const tocPage = new Page({
-      relativePath: 'sample-toc-index.md',
-      basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
-      languageCode: 'en'
-    })
+      articleWithFM = await Page.init({
+        showMiniToc: false,
+        relativePath: article.relativePath,
+        basePath: article.basePath,
+        languageCode: article.languageCode
+      })
+
+      tocPage = await Page.init({
+        relativePath: 'sample-toc-index.md',
+        basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
+        languageCode: 'en'
+      })
 
-    const mapTopic = new Page({
-      mapTopic: true,
-      relativePath: article.relativePath,
-      basePath: article.basePath,
-      languageCode: article.languageCode
+      mapTopic = await Page.init({
+        mapTopic: true,
+        relativePath: article.relativePath,
+        basePath: article.basePath,
+        languageCode: article.languageCode
+      })
     })
 
     test('is true by default on articles', () => {
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
 
   describe('page.render(context)', () => {
     test('rewrites links to include the current language prefix and version', async () => {
-      const page = new Page(opts)
+      const page = await Page.init(opts)
       const context = {
         page: { version: nonEnterpriseDefaultVersion },
         currentVersion: nonEnterpriseDefaultVersion,
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
     })
 
     test('rewrites links in the intro to include the current language prefix and version', async () => {
-      const page = new Page(opts)
+      const page = await Page.init(opts)
       page.rawIntro = '[Pull requests](/articles/about-pull-requests)'
       const context = {
         page: { version: nonEnterpriseDefaultVersion },
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
     })
 
     test('does not rewrite links that include deprecated enterprise release numbers', async () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'admin/enterprise-management/migrating-from-github-enterprise-1110x-to-2123.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
     })
 
     test('does not rewrite links to external redirects', async () => {
-      const page = new Page(opts)
+      const page = await Page.init(opts)
       page.markdown = `${page.markdown}\n\nSee [Capistrano](/capistrano).`
       const context = {
         page: { version: nonEnterpriseDefaultVersion },
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
     // But they don't have access to our currently supported versions, which we're testing here.
     // This test ensures that this works as expected: {% if enterpriseServerVersions contains currentVersion %}
     test('renders the expected Enterprise Server versioned content', async () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'page-versioned-for-all-enterprise-releases.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -184,27 +188,27 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
     })
   })
 
-  test('preserves `languageCode`', () => {
-    const page = new Page(opts)
+  test('preserves `languageCode`', async () => {
+    const page = await Page.init(opts)
     expect(page.languageCode).toBe('en')
   })
 
-  test('parentProductId getter', () => {
-    let page = new Page({
+  test('parentProductId getter', async () => {
+    let page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'github/some-category/some-article.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/products'),
       languageCode: 'en'
     })
     expect(page.parentProductId).toBe('github')
 
-    page = new Page({
+    page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'actions/some-category/some-article.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/products'),
       languageCode: 'en'
     })
     expect(page.parentProductId).toBe('actions')
 
-    page = new Page({
+    page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'admin/some-category/some-article.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/products'),
       languageCode: 'en'
@@ -213,26 +217,26 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
   })
 
   describe('permalinks', () => {
-    test('is an array', () => {
-      const page = new Page(opts)
+    test('is an array', async () => {
+      const page = await Page.init(opts)
       expect(Array.isArray(page.permalinks)).toBe(true)
     })
 
-    test('has a key for every supported enterprise version (and no deprecated versions)', () => {
-      const page = new Page(opts)
+    test('has a key for every supported enterprise version (and no deprecated versions)', async () => {
+      const page = await Page.init(opts)
       const pageVersions = page.permalinks.map(permalink => permalink.pageVersion)
       expect(enterpriseServerReleases.supported.every(version => pageVersions.includes(`enterprise-server@${version}`))).toBe(true)
       expect(enterpriseServerReleases.deprecated.every(version => !pageVersions.includes(`enterprise-server@${version}`))).toBe(true)
     })
 
-    test('sets versioned values', () => {
-      const page = new Page(opts)
+    test('sets versioned values', async () => {
+      const page = await Page.init(opts)
       expect(page.permalinks.find(permalink => permalink.pageVersion === nonEnterpriseDefaultVersion).href).toBe(`/en/${nonEnterpriseDefaultVersion}/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-branches`)
       expect(page.permalinks.find(permalink => permalink.pageVersion === `enterprise-server@${enterpriseServerReleases.oldestSupported}`).href).toBe(`/en/enterprise-server@${enterpriseServerReleases.oldestSupported}/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-branches`)
     })
 
-    test('homepage permalinks', () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+    test('homepage permalinks', async () => {
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'index.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -242,8 +246,8 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
       expect(page.permalinks.find(permalink => permalink.pageVersion === 'homepage').href).toBe('/en')
     })
 
-    test('permalinks for dotcom-only pages', () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+    test('permalinks for dotcom-only pages', async () => {
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'github/getting-started-with-github/signing-up-for-a-new-github-account.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -252,8 +256,8 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
       expect(page.permalinks.length).toBe(1)
     })
 
-    test('permalinks for enterprise-only pages', () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+    test('permalinks for enterprise-only pages', async () => {
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'products/admin/some-category/some-article.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -264,8 +268,8 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
       expect(pageVersions.includes(nonEnterpriseDefaultVersion)).toBe(false)
     })
 
-    test('permalinks for non-GitHub.com products without Enterprise versions', () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+    test('permalinks for non-GitHub.com products without Enterprise versions', async () => {
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'products/actions/some-category/some-article.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -274,8 +278,8 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
       expect(page.permalinks.length).toBe(1)
     })
 
-    test('permalinks for non-GitHub.com products with Enterprise versions', () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+    test('permalinks for non-GitHub.com products with Enterprise versions', async () => {
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: '/insights/installing-and-configuring-github-insights/about-github-insights.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -318,7 +322,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
   })
 
   test('fixes translated frontmatter that includes verdadero', async () => {
-    const page = new Page({
+    const page = await Page.init({
       relativePath: 'article-with-mislocalized-frontmatter.md',
       basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
       languageCode: 'ja'
@@ -333,7 +337,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
 
     // Note this test will go out of date when we deprecate 2.20
     test('pages that apply to newer enterprise versions', async () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'github/administering-a-repository/comparing-releases.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -343,7 +347,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
     })
 
     test('index page', async () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'index.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
     })
 
     test('enterprise admin index page', async () => {
-      const page = new Page({
+      const page = await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'admin/index.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../../content'),
         languageCode: 'en'
@@ -366,50 +370,50 @@ describe('Page class', () => {
 
 describe('catches errors thrown in Page class', () => {
   test('frontmatter parsing error', () => {
-    function getPage () {
-      return new Page({
+    async function getPage () {
+      return await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'page-with-frontmatter-error.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
         languageCode: 'en'
       })
     }
 
-    expect(getPage).toThrowError('invalid frontmatter entry')
+    expect(getPage).rejects.toThrowError('invalid frontmatter entry')
   })
 
   test('missing versions frontmatter', () => {
-    function getPage () {
-      return new Page({
+    async function getPage () {
+      return await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'page-with-missing-product-versions.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures'),
         languageCode: 'en'
       })
     }
 
-    expect(getPage).toThrowError('versions')
+    expect(getPage).rejects.toThrowError('versions')
   })
 
   test('English page with a version in frontmatter that its parent product is not available in', () => {
-    function getPage () {
-      return new Page({
+    async function getPage () {
+      return await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'admin/some-category/some-article-with-mismatched-versions-frontmatter.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/products'),
         languageCode: 'en'
       })
     }
 
-    expect(getPage).toThrowError(/`versions` frontmatter.*? product is not available in/)
+    expect(getPage).rejects.toThrowError(/`versions` frontmatter.*? product is not available in/)
   })
 
   test('non-English page with a version in frontmatter that its parent product is not available in', () => {
-    function getPage () {
-      return new Page({
+    async function getPage () {
+      return await Page.init({
         relativePath: 'admin/some-category/some-article-with-mismatched-versions-frontmatter.md',
         basePath: path.join(__dirname, '../fixtures/products'),
         languageCode: 'es'
       })
     }
 
-    expect(getPage).toThrowError(/`versions` frontmatter.*? product is not available in/)
+    expect(getPage).rejects.toThrowError(/`versions` frontmatter.*? product is not available in/)
   })
 })
diff --git a/tests/unit/pages.js b/tests/unit/pages.js
index f27b73ff1be2..bb405b5e9c61 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pages.js
+++ b/tests/unit/pages.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const entities = new Entities()
 const { chain, difference } = require('lodash')
 
 describe('pages module', () => {
+  jest.setTimeout(60 * 1000)
+
   let pages
 
   beforeAll(async (done) => {