Service not starting - ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED

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PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 8.5 (Green Obsidian)"

Running puppet it gives no error but the service does not come up. This is what happens when I try to start the service:

[etherpad@pad ~]$ cd /opt/etherpad/
[etherpad@pad ~]$ ./bin/run.sh 
Ensure that all dependencies are up to date...  If this is the first time you have run Etherpad please be patient.
audited 630 packages in 2.44s

14 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 73 vulnerabilities (13 low, 23 moderate, 28 high, 9 critical)
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details
Ensure jQuery is downloaded and up to date...
Clearing minified cache...
Ensure custom css/js files are created...
Started Etherpad...
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:430
      throw e;
      ^

Error [ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED]: Package subpath './lib/npm.js' is not defined by "exports" in /opt/etherpad/src/node_modules/npm/package.json
    at throwExportsNotFound (internal/modules/esm/resolve.js:299:9)
    at packageExportsResolve (internal/modules/esm/resolve.js:522:3)
    at resolveExports (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:424:36)
    at Function.Module._findPath (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:464:31)
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:802:27)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:667:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/etherpad/src/node/server.js:39:11)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30) {
  code: 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED'
}

This is my puppet config:

  # Etherpad
  ensure_packages('git', { ensure => 'installed' })
  class { 'nodejs': }
  class { 'etherpad':
    ensure            => 'latest',
    service_name      => 'etherpad',
    service_ensure    => 'running',
    database_type     => 'postgres',
    ip                => '127.0.0.1',
    port              => $port,
    plugins_list      => {
      ep_mypads       => true,
    },
    database_name     => 'etherpad',
    database_user     => 'etherpad',
    database_password => $_postgresql_padpw,
    users             => {
      admin => {
        password => $adminpw,
        is_admin => true,
      },
    },
  }

Edit:
Just found out that the git repo landed on 275f1b1fef88333b0d8a0bcc1f36fe28f244add9 which is really old.
When I set ensure to a very recent hash then it's working.

Why is ensure -> 'present' or even 'latest' installing such an old version?