diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b0d22321..ab02b8441 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased][unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Do not use named exports from JSON ([info](https://webpack.js.org/migrate/5/#cleanup-the-code)) (🙏destus90🙏 [#1273](https://github.com/Esri/esri-leaflet/pull/1273))
+
 ## [3.0.1] - 2021-02-23
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/EsriLeaflet.js b/src/EsriLeaflet.js
index b5bdaeaee..087c6f211 100644
--- a/src/EsriLeaflet.js
+++ b/src/EsriLeaflet.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // export version
-export {version as VERSION} from '../package.json';
+import packageInfo from '../package.json';
+var version = packageInfo.version;
+export { version as VERSION };
 
 // import base
 export { Support } from './Support';