diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29bb2d..1da268b8f25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed bug where functions packaged as ESM doesn't load on emulator for some versions of Node.js 22. (#8394)
diff --git a/src/deploy/functions/runtimes/node/triggerParser.js b/src/deploy/functions/runtimes/node/triggerParser.js
index d05b72f842f..6773049d0bf 100644
--- a/src/deploy/functions/runtimes/node/triggerParser.js
+++ b/src/deploy/functions/runtimes/node/triggerParser.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ async function loadModule(packageDir) {
   try {
     return require(packageDir);
   } catch (e) {
-    if (e.code === "ERR_REQUIRE_ESM") {
+    if (e.code === "ERR_REQUIRE_ESM" && e.code !== "ERR_REQUIRE_ASYNC_MODULE") {
       const modulePath = require.resolve(packageDir);
       // Resolve module path to file:// URL. Required for windows support.
       const moduleURL = url.pathToFileURL(modulePath).href;
diff --git a/src/emulator/functionsEmulatorRuntime.ts b/src/emulator/functionsEmulatorRuntime.ts
index 8720c3b08ab..bfb1732a8cc 100644
--- a/src/emulator/functionsEmulatorRuntime.ts
+++ b/src/emulator/functionsEmulatorRuntime.ts
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ async function loadTriggers(): Promise<any> {
   try {
     triggerModule = require(process.cwd());
   } catch (err: any) {
-    if (err.code !== "ERR_REQUIRE_ESM") {
+    if (err.code !== "ERR_REQUIRE_ESM" && err.code !== "ERR_REQUIRE_ASYNC_MODULE") {
       // Try to run diagnostics to see what could've gone wrong before rethrowing the error.
       await moduleResolutionDetective(err);
       throw err;