diff --git a/packages/webpack/headless-webpack.config.js b/packages/webpack/headless-webpack.config.js
index bec75b2a8a..eae69098fb 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/headless-webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/webpack/headless-webpack.config.js
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ const config = (
   resolve: {
     extensions: ['.tsx', '.ts', '.js']
   },
+  experiments: {
+    topLevelAwait: true
+  },
   watchOptions: {
     // here we ignore changes to any node_modules, except we want to
     // trigger a webpack rebuild when either of these
diff --git a/packages/webpack/webpack.config.js b/packages/webpack/webpack.config.js
index 9ada7c81fc..2d6f29330e 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/webpack/webpack.config.js
@@ -471,7 +471,10 @@ module.exports = {
     alias: {
       'snippet-inliner': require.resolve('@kui-shell/plugin-client-common/dist/controller/snippets-inliner.js')
     }
-  }, */
+    }, */
+  experiments: {
+    topLevelAwait: true
+  },
   watchOptions: {
     // here we ignore changes to any node_modules, except we want to
     // trigger a webpack rebuild when either of these