diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/platform/node/grpc_connection.ts b/packages/firestore/src/platform/node/grpc_connection.ts
index c217ec16658..e5a25eb2224 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/platform/node/grpc_connection.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/platform/node/grpc_connection.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import module from 'module';
+
 import {
   Metadata,
   GrpcObject,
   credentials as GrpcCredentials,
   ServiceError
 } from '@grpc/grpc-js';
-import { version as grpcVersion } from '@grpc/grpc-js/package.json';
 
 import { Token } from '../../api/credentials';
 import { DatabaseInfo } from '../../core/database_info';
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ import { logError, logDebug, logWarn } from '../../util/log';
 import { NodeCallback, nodePromise } from '../../util/node_api';
 import { Deferred } from '../../util/promise';
 
+const require = module.createRequire(import.meta.url);
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+const { version: grpcVersion } = require('@grpc/grpc-js/package.json');
+
 const LOG_TAG = 'Connection';
 const X_GOOG_API_CLIENT_VALUE = `gl-node/${process.versions.node} fire/${SDK_VERSION} grpc/${grpcVersion}`;
 
diff --git a/packages/firestore/tsconfig.json b/packages/firestore/tsconfig.json
index f9c40e4eff2..4ea47b6b3ce 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/firestore/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../config/tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist"
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "module": "es2020"
   },
   "exclude": [
     "scripts/**/*",