diff --git a/packages/next/src/export/worker.ts b/packages/next/src/export/worker.ts
index 41f62fd619e07..da9a21ce7027c 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/export/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/export/worker.ts
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ export default async function exportPage({
             const filename = posix.join(distDir, 'server', 'app', page)
 
             // Load the module for the route.
-            const module = RouteModuleLoader.load<AppRouteRouteModule>(filename)
+            const module = await RouteModuleLoader.load<AppRouteRouteModule>(
+              filename
+            )
 
             // Call the handler with the request and context from the module.
             const response = await module.handle(request, context)
diff --git a/packages/next/src/lib/server-external-packages.json b/packages/next/src/lib/server-external-packages.json
index 3cfffa1b8825d..6b9eb5db08b4f 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/lib/server-external-packages.json
+++ b/packages/next/src/lib/server-external-packages.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [
   "@prisma/client",
+  "@vercel/og",
   "@sentry/nextjs",
   "@sentry/node",
   "@swc/core",
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/module-loader.ts b/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/module-loader.ts
index 35376aebbb03b..ffdb6835fae8e 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/module-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/module-loader.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
  * Loads a given module for a given ID.
  */
 export interface ModuleLoader {
-  load<M = any>(id: string): M
+  load<M = any>(id: string): Promise<M>
 }
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/node-module-loader.ts b/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/node-module-loader.ts
index d9a2fee01e8d5..3283eb00a53f5 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/node-module-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/node-module-loader.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { ModuleLoader } from './module-loader'
 
 /**
- * Loads a module using `require(id)`.
+ * Loads a module using `await require(id)`.
  */
 export class NodeModuleLoader implements ModuleLoader {
-  public load<M>(id: string): M {
+  public async load<M>(id: string): Promise<M> {
     if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME !== 'edge') {
-      return require(id)
+      // Need to `await` to cover the case that route is marked ESM modules by ESM escalation.
+      return await require(id)
     }
 
     throw new Error('NodeModuleLoader is not supported in edge runtime.')
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/route-module-loader.ts b/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/route-module-loader.ts
index 053ba91427c4e..4f68de2d50c34 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/route-module-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/future/helpers/module-loader/route-module-loader.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ export interface AppLoaderModule<M extends RouteModule = RouteModule> {
 }
 
 export class RouteModuleLoader {
-  static load<M extends RouteModule>(
+  static async load<M extends RouteModule>(
     id: string,
     loader: ModuleLoader = new NodeModuleLoader()
-  ): M {
+  ): Promise<M> {
     if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME !== 'edge') {
-      const { routeModule }: AppLoaderModule<M> = loader.load(id)
+      const { routeModule }: AppLoaderModule<M> = await loader.load(id)
 
       return routeModule
     }
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/future/route-handler-managers/route-handler-manager.ts b/packages/next/src/server/future/route-handler-managers/route-handler-manager.ts
index 8a4e17372257c..a15104e07b129 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/future/route-handler-managers/route-handler-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/future/route-handler-managers/route-handler-manager.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class RouteHandlerManager {
     context: RouteHandlerManagerContext
   ): Promise<Response | undefined> {
     // The module supports minimal mode, load the minimal module.
-    const module = RouteModuleLoader.load<RouteModule>(
+    const module = await RouteModuleLoader.load<RouteModule>(
       match.definition.filename,
       this.moduleLoader
     )