Do you think upgrading the chromium version would fix this issue?
It can be. The chrome performance fluctuates with different versions.
In our experience, it is getting even a little bit worse with new chrome versions.
If so, is there a plan to upgrade the puppeteer version jsreport is using in the near future?
Yes, we regularly update chrome to resolve security issues. But you can use the executablePath config to use the version you want.