diff --git a/backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/realtime-note.service.spec.ts b/backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/realtime-note.service.spec.ts
index 34e0dd8a4..774158756 100644
--- a/backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/realtime-note.service.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/realtime-note.service.spec.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { RealtimeNoteService } from './realtime-note.service';
 import { mockAwareness } from './test-utils/mock-awareness';
 import { mockRealtimeNote } from './test-utils/mock-realtime-note';
 import { mockWebsocketDoc } from './test-utils/mock-websocket-doc';
-import { waitForOtherPromisesToFinish } from './test-utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish';
 import { WebsocketDoc } from './websocket-doc';
 
 describe('RealtimeNoteService', () => {
diff --git a/backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/test-utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish.ts b/backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/test-utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3886a1d8b..000000000
--- a/backend/src/realtime/realtime-note/test-utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-/**
- * Waits until all other pending promises are processed.
- */
-export async function waitForOtherPromisesToFinish(): Promise<void> {
-  return await new Promise((resolve) => process.nextTick(resolve));
-}
diff --git a/commons/src/index.ts b/commons/src/index.ts
index e2ec552b7..43a13b828 100644
--- a/commons/src/index.ts
+++ b/commons/src/index.ts
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ export { encodeServerVersionUpdatedMessage } from './messages/server-version-upd
 export { WebsocketTransporter } from './websocket-transporter.js'
 
 export type { MessageTransporterEvents } from './y-doc-message-transporter.js'
+
+export { waitForOtherPromisesToFinish } from './utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish.js'
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish.ts b/commons/src/utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/src/utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish.ts
rename to commons/src/utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish.ts
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/note-loading-boundary/create-non-existing-note-hint.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/common/note-loading-boundary/create-non-existing-note-hint.test.tsx
index ad9815e95..c0aa75ae2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/note-loading-boundary/create-non-existing-note-hint.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/note-loading-boundary/create-non-existing-note-hint.test.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 import * as createNoteWithPrimaryAliasModule from '../../../api/notes'
 import type { Note, NoteMetadata } from '../../../api/notes/types'
 import * as useSingleStringUrlParameterModule from '../../../hooks/common/use-single-string-url-parameter'
-import { waitForOtherPromisesToFinish } from '../../../utils/wait-for-other-promises-to-finish'
 import { mockI18n } from '../../markdown-renderer/test-utils/mock-i18n'
 import { CreateNonExistingNoteHint } from './create-non-existing-note-hint'
+import { waitForOtherPromisesToFinish } from '@hedgedoc/commons'
 import { act, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { Mock } from 'ts-mockery'