diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 98dffd3b9953be..df64d7c02ad61f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -17515,7 +17515,7 @@
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 				"markdownlint-cli": "^0.27.1",
 				"merge-deep": "^3.0.3",
-				"mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.1.0",
+				"mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.5.0",
 				"minimist": "^1.2.0",
 				"npm-package-json-lint": "^5.0.0",
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 					"dev": true
 				},
+				"follow-redirects": {
+					"version": "1.14.1",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.14.1.tgz",
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+					"dev": true
+				},
 				"forever-agent": {
 					"version": "0.6.1",
 					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/forever-agent/-/forever-agent-0.6.1.tgz",
@@ -46418,53 +46424,57 @@
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+			"version": "2.5.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mini-css-extract-plugin/-/mini-css-extract-plugin-2.5.0.tgz",
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 			"dev": true,
 			"requires": {
-				"schema-utils": "^3.0.0"
+				"schema-utils": "^4.0.0"
 			},
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@types/json-schema": {
-					"version": "7.0.8",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/json-schema/-/json-schema-7.0.8.tgz",
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+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/json-schema/-/json-schema-7.0.9.tgz",
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 				},
 				"ajv": {
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-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-6.12.6.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha512-j3fVLgvTo527anyYyJOGTYJbG+vnnQYvE0m5mmkc1TK+nxAppkCLMIL0aZ4dblVCNoGShhm+kzE4ZUykBoMg4g==",
+					"version": "8.8.2",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.8.2.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-x9VuX+R/jcFj1DHo/fCp99esgGDWiHENrKxaCENuCxpoMCmAt/COCGVDwA7kleEpEzJjDnvh3yGoOuLu0Dtllw==",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
 						"fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
-						"fast-json-stable-stringify": "^2.0.0",
-						"json-schema-traverse": "^0.4.1",
+						"json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
+						"require-from-string": "^2.0.2",
 						"uri-js": "^4.2.2"
 					}
 				},
 				"ajv-keywords": {
-					"version": "3.5.2",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-3.5.2.tgz",
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-					"dev": true
+					"version": "5.1.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-5.1.0.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-YCS/JNFAUyr5vAuhk1DWm1CBxRHW9LbJ2ozWeemrIqpbsqKjHVxYPyi5GC0rjZIT5JxJ3virVTS8wk4i/Z+krw==",
+					"dev": true,
+					"requires": {
+						"fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3"
+					}
 				},
-				"fast-deep-equal": {
-					"version": "3.1.3",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-deep-equal/-/fast-deep-equal-3.1.3.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha512-f3qQ9oQy9j2AhBe/H9VC91wLmKBCCU/gDOnKNAYG5hswO7BLKj09Hc5HYNz9cGI++xlpDCIgDaitVs03ATR84Q==",
+				"json-schema-traverse": {
+					"version": "1.0.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-1.0.0.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-NM8/P9n3XjXhIZn1lLhkFaACTOURQXjWhV4BA/RnOv8xvgqtqpAX9IO4mRQxSx1Rlo4tqzeqb0sOlruaOy3dug==",
 					"dev": true
 				},
 				"schema-utils": {
-					"version": "3.1.1",
-					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-3.1.1.tgz",
-					"integrity": "sha512-Y5PQxS4ITlC+EahLuXaY86TXfR7Dc5lw294alXOq86JAHCihAIZfqv8nNCWvaEJvaC51uN9hbLGeV0cFBdH+Fw==",
+					"version": "4.0.0",
+					"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-4.0.0.tgz",
+					"integrity": "sha512-1edyXKgh6XnJsJSQ8mKWXnN/BVaIbFMLpouRUrXgVq7WYne5kw3MW7UPhO44uRXQSIpTSXoJbmrR2X0w9kUTyg==",
 					"dev": true,
 					"requires": {
-						"@types/json-schema": "^7.0.8",
-						"ajv": "^6.12.5",
-						"ajv-keywords": "^3.5.2"
+						"@types/json-schema": "^7.0.9",
+						"ajv": "^8.8.0",
+						"ajv-formats": "^2.1.1",
+						"ajv-keywords": "^5.0.0"
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diff --git a/packages/scripts/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
index 65ee94cb8977b4..c113ae5c1f71d0 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/scripts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 -   The bundled `read-pkg-up` dependency has been updated from requiring `^1.0.1` to requiring `^7.0.1` ([#37395](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/37395)).
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+-   Added temporary workaround to fix broken CommonJS import of `mini-css-extract-plugin` [#38004](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/38004).
+
 ## 19.2.0 (2021-11-15)
 
 ### New Features
diff --git a/packages/scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index 592a6d956df553..0753b73509b444 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ const { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } = require( 'webpack-bundle-analyzer' );
 const { CleanWebpackPlugin } = require( 'clean-webpack-plugin' );
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require( 'copy-webpack-plugin' );
 const browserslist = require( 'browserslist' );
-const MiniCSSExtractPlugin = require( 'mini-css-extract-plugin' );
+
+/*
+ * Temporary workaround to fix broken CommonJS import in version 2.5.0.
+ * @see https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/37992
+ */
+const MiniCSSExtractPlugin = require( 'mini-css-extract-plugin' ).default
+	? require( 'mini-css-extract-plugin' ).default
+	: require( 'mini-css-extract-plugin' );
 const { basename, dirname, resolve } = require( 'path' );
 const ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin = require( '@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin' );
 const TerserPlugin = require( 'terser-webpack-plugin' );
diff --git a/packages/scripts/package.json b/packages/scripts/package.json
index 744f41389ed432..2a006fc78f0cd9 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/scripts/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 		"markdownlint": "^0.23.1",
 		"markdownlint-cli": "^0.27.1",
 		"merge-deep": "^3.0.3",
-		"mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.1.0",
+		"mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.5.0",
 		"minimist": "^1.2.0",
 		"npm-package-json-lint": "^5.0.0",
 		"npm-packlist": "^3.0.0",