diff --git a/packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps/entry.js b/packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps/entry.js
index d3755ed7c5f2..b8d21a473c65 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps/entry.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps/entry.js
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ export const Theme = require('./theme.ts');
 export const Lodash = require('lodash');
 export const LodashFp = require('lodash/fp');
 
-export const Fflate = require('fflate/esm/browser');
+import { unzlibSync, strFromU8 } from 'fflate';
+export const Fflate = { unzlibSync, strFromU8 };
 
 // runtime deps which don't need to be copied across all bundles
 export const TsLib = require('tslib');