diff --git a/.changeset/happy-stingrays-carry.md b/.changeset/happy-stingrays-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f63778dcf23b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/happy-stingrays-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Handle esbuild 0.18 changes
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts
index 799e09e8e565..6bee4f672ae0 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ export async function cachedFullCompilation({
 			tsconfigRaw: {
 				compilerOptions: {
 					// Ensure client:only imports are treeshaken
+					// @ts-expect-error anticipate esbuild 0.18 feature
+					verbatimModuleSyntax: false,
 					importsNotUsedAsValues: 'remove',
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-jsx/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-jsx/index.ts
index 91aa63909d2d..9364a4e0b77a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-jsx/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-jsx/index.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ export default function jsx({ settings, logging }: AstroPluginJSXOptions): Plugi
 					tsconfigRaw: {
 						compilerOptions: {
 							// Ensure client:only imports are treeshaken
+							// @ts-expect-error anticipate esbuild 0.18 feature
+							verbatimModuleSyntax: false,
 							importsNotUsedAsValues: 'remove',
 						},
 					},