diff --git a/packages/firestore/rollup.config.js b/packages/firestore/rollup.config.js
index a75701466ad..6e0638284cb 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/rollup.config.js
+++ b/packages/firestore/rollup.config.js
@@ -15,18 +15,20 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import tmp from 'tmp';
-import json from '@rollup/plugin-json';
+import { version as grpcVersion } from '@grpc/grpc-js/package.json';
 import alias from '@rollup/plugin-alias';
-import typescriptPlugin from 'rollup-plugin-typescript2';
-import typescript from 'typescript';
-import replace from 'rollup-plugin-replace';
+import json from '@rollup/plugin-json';
 import copy from 'rollup-plugin-copy';
+import replace from 'rollup-plugin-replace';
 import { terser } from 'rollup-plugin-terser';
+import typescriptPlugin from 'rollup-plugin-typescript2';
+import tmp from 'tmp';
+import typescript from 'typescript';
 
-import pkg from './package.json';
 import { generateBuildTargetReplaceConfig } from '../../scripts/build/rollup_replace_build_target';
 
+import pkg from './package.json';
+
 const util = require('./rollup.shared');
 
 // Customize how import.meta.url is polyfilled in cjs nodejs build. We use it to be able to use require() in esm.
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@ const nodePlugins = function () {
       ]
     }),
     replace({
-      'process.env.FIRESTORE_PROTO_ROOT': JSON.stringify('src/protos')
+      'process.env.FIRESTORE_PROTO_ROOT': JSON.stringify('src/protos'),
+      '__GRPC_VERSION__': grpcVersion
     })
   ];
 };
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/platform/node/grpc_connection.ts b/packages/firestore/src/platform/node/grpc_connection.ts
index f025e38a4eb..651b436724b 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/platform/node/grpc_connection.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/platform/node/grpc_connection.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-// This is a hack fix for Node ES modules to use `require`.
-// @ts-ignore To avoid using `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` flag.
-import module from 'module';
-
 import {
   Metadata,
   GrpcObject,
@@ -38,11 +34,9 @@ import { logError, logDebug, logWarn } from '../../util/log';
 import { NodeCallback, nodePromise } from '../../util/node_api';
 import { Deferred } from '../../util/promise';
 
-// This is a hack fix for Node ES modules to use `require`.
-// @ts-ignore To avoid using `--module es2020` flag.
-const requireInESM = module.createRequire(import.meta.url);
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
-const { version: grpcVersion } = requireInESM('@grpc/grpc-js/package.json');
+// TODO: Fetch runtime version from grpc-js/package.json instead
+// when there's a cleaner way to dynamic require JSON in both Node ESM and CJS
+const grpcVersion = '__GRPC_VERSION__';
 
 const LOG_TAG = 'Connection';
 const X_GOOG_API_CLIENT_VALUE = `gl-node/${process.versions.node} fire/${SDK_VERSION} grpc/${grpcVersion}`;