When to use require and when to provide dependencies through arguments

I've been wondering what is the preferred way of injecting dependencies in node.js code.

I've been working on a project where there is no dependency injection. This is why i have 2 ways of providing dependencies in my code:

Through constructor/function arguments - this has the disadvantage of exploding the number of arguments in functions as i pass arguments from higher levels of my program to the lower ones,

function createListener(queue) {
    return function listen() {
        while (true) {
            const messages = queue.receiveMessages();
            ...
        }
    };
}

Using require() - this is equivalent to hardcoding those dependencies making if harder to mock and test. const queue = require('./queue');

function createListener() {
    return function listen() {
        while (true) {
            const messages = queue.receiveMessages();
            ...
        }
    };
}

I've been trying to hit a sweet spot between those. When providing a dependency which is a complex mechanism i tend to inject it, when dealing with values or less crucial mechanisms i use require.

Is that ok? What would be a better approach?