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Cannot use 1.3.0 with Node.js in ES6 mode - missing type: module in package.json #44

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package.json:

{
  "type": "module",
  "dependencies": {
    "web-worker": "^1.3.0"
  }
}

test.js:

import WebWorker from 'web-worker';

node test.js:

(node:18927) Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json or use the .mjs extension.
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
/home/mmom/src/tmp/node_modules/web-worker/node.js:17
import URL from 'url';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at internalCompileFunction (node:internal/vm:73:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1274:20)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1320:27)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1414:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1197:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1013:12)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:202:29)
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:195:25)
    at async ModuleLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:336:24)
    at async loadESM (node:internal/process/esm_loader:34:7)

Node.js v18.19.0

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