Zigbee2MQTT not starting after new version HA Core

I had a good working HA system om RPi 4b with Zigbee2MQTT and Mosquito. But then I had first an issue with DuckDNS (certificate not renewed after at least a year stable working) so I decided to load the newest HA Core version. But then Zigbee2MQTT did not start up. I reinstalled both Mosquito and Zigbee2MQTT but no effect. The Zigbee2MQTT log is as follows:

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[21:58:03] INFO: Preparing to start…
[21:58:03] INFO: Socat not enabled
[21:58:06] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT…
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-01 21:58:11: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-01 21:58:11: Failed to start zigbee
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-01 21:58:11: Check Zigbee2MQTT fails to start | Zigbee2MQTT for possible solutions
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-01 21:58:11: Exiting…
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-01 21:58:11: SyntaxError: Unexpected token in JSON at position 0
at JSON.parse ()
at Function.open (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/controller/database.ts:24:35)
at Controller.start (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/controller/controller.ts:125:34)
at Zigbee.start (/app/lib/zigbee.ts:58:47)
at Controller.start (/app/lib/controller.ts:101:27)
at start (/app/index.js:107:5)
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Who can help me?