diff --git a/src/bootstrap-esm.ts b/src/bootstrap-esm.ts
index 54681a2..39f72ad 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-esm.ts
+++ b/src/bootstrap-esm.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,3 @@
 import * as fs from 'node:fs';
-import { register } from 'node:module';
+import * as Module from 'node:module';
 import { product, pkg } from './bootstrap-meta.js';
@@ -13,3 +13,3 @@ import { INLSConfiguration } from './vs/nls.js';
 // Install a hook to module resolution to map 'fs' to 'original-fs'
-if (process.env['ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE'] || process.versions['electron']) {
+if (Module.register && (process.env['ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE'] || process.versions['electron'])) {
 	const jsCode = `
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ if (process.env['ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE'] || process.versions['electron']) {
 	}`;
-	register(`data:text/javascript;base64,${Buffer.from(jsCode).toString('base64')}`, import.meta.url);
+	// @ts-ignore
+	Module.register(`data:text/javascript;base64,${Buffer.from(jsCode).toString('base64')}`, import.meta.url);
 }