diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/client/src/preload.ts b/app/ide-desktop/client/src/preload.ts
index 5d528c0d4978..44ecc902a624 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/client/src/preload.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/client/src/preload.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import type * as projectManagement from '@/projectManagement'
 // esbuild, we have to manually use "require". Switch this to an import once new electron version
 // actually honours ".mjs" files for sandboxed preloading (this will likely become an error at that time).
 // https://www.electronjs.org/fr/docs/latest/tutorial/esm#sandboxed-preload-scripts-cant-use-esm-imports
-import electron from 'electron'
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+const electron = require('electron')
 
 // =================
 // === Constants ===