diff --git a/webpack-plugin/package-lock.json b/webpack-plugin/package-lock.json
index e159d28fb2..c19221e3bd 100644
--- a/webpack-plugin/package-lock.json
+++ b/webpack-plugin/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "monaco-editor-webpack-plugin",
-	"version": "6.0.0",
+	"version": "7.0.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
@@ -266,8 +266,7 @@
 		"big.js": {
 			"version": "5.2.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/big.js/-/big.js-5.2.2.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-vyL2OymJxmarO8gxMr0mhChsO9QGwhynfuu4+MHTAW6czfq9humCB7rKpUjDd9YUiDPU4mzpyupFSvOClAwbmQ==",
-			"dev": true
+			"integrity": "sha512-vyL2OymJxmarO8gxMr0mhChsO9QGwhynfuu4+MHTAW6czfq9humCB7rKpUjDd9YUiDPU4mzpyupFSvOClAwbmQ=="
 		},
 		"brace-expansion": {
 			"version": "1.1.11",
@@ -381,8 +380,7 @@
 		"emojis-list": {
 			"version": "3.0.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/emojis-list/-/emojis-list-3.0.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-/kyM18EfinwXZbno9FyUGeFh87KC8HRQBQGildHZbEuRyWFOmv1U10o9BBp8XVZDVNNuQKyIGIu5ZYAAXJ0V2Q==",
-			"dev": true
+			"integrity": "sha512-/kyM18EfinwXZbno9FyUGeFh87KC8HRQBQGildHZbEuRyWFOmv1U10o9BBp8XVZDVNNuQKyIGIu5ZYAAXJ0V2Q=="
 		},
 		"enhanced-resolve": {
 			"version": "5.8.3",
@@ -685,7 +683,6 @@
 			"version": "2.2.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.0.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-f+8cldu7X/y7RAJurMEJmdoKXGB/X550w2Nr3tTbezL6RwEE/iMcm+tZnXeoZtKuOq6ft8+CqzEkrIgx1fPoQA==",
-			"dev": true,
 			"requires": {
 				"minimist": "^1.2.5"
 			}
@@ -703,9 +700,14 @@
 			"dev": true
 		},
 		"loader-utils": {
-			"version": "3.2.0",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/loader-utils/-/loader-utils-3.2.0.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-HVl9ZqccQihZ7JM85dco1MvO9G+ONvxoGa9rkhzFsneGLKSUg1gJf9bWzhRhcvm2qChhWpebQhP44qxjKIUCaQ=="
+			"version": "2.0.2",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/loader-utils/-/loader-utils-2.0.2.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-TM57VeHptv569d/GKh6TAYdzKblwDNiumOdkFnejjD0XwTH87K90w3O7AiJRqdQoXygvi1VQTJTLGhJl7WqA7A==",
+			"requires": {
+				"big.js": "^5.2.2",
+				"emojis-list": "^3.0.0",
+				"json5": "^2.1.2"
+			}
 		},
 		"locate-path": {
 			"version": "5.0.0",
@@ -764,8 +766,7 @@
 		"minimist": {
 			"version": "1.2.5",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.5.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-FM9nNUYrRBAELZQT3xeZQ7fmMOBg6nWNmJKTcgsJeaLstP/UODVpGsr5OhXhhXg6f+qtJ8uiZ+PUxkDWcgIXLw==",
-			"dev": true
+			"integrity": "sha512-FM9nNUYrRBAELZQT3xeZQ7fmMOBg6nWNmJKTcgsJeaLstP/UODVpGsr5OhXhhXg6f+qtJ8uiZ+PUxkDWcgIXLw=="
 		},
 		"monaco-editor": {
 			"version": "0.31.0",
diff --git a/webpack-plugin/package.json b/webpack-plugin/package.json
index acee321747..351e869df1 100644
--- a/webpack-plugin/package.json
+++ b/webpack-plugin/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
 		"webpack-cli": "^4.9.1"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
-		"loader-utils": "^3.2.0"
+		"loader-utils": "^2.0.2"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/webpack-plugin/src/loader-utils.d.ts b/webpack-plugin/src/loader-utils.d.ts
index 01bb2f3f82..abdcfde635 100644
--- a/webpack-plugin/src/loader-utils.d.ts
+++ b/webpack-plugin/src/loader-utils.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 declare module 'loader-utils' {
 	export function interpolateName(loaderContext: any, name: string, options?: any): string;
+
+	export function stringifyRequest(loaderContext: any, resource: string): string;
 }
diff --git a/webpack-plugin/src/loaders/include.ts b/webpack-plugin/src/loaders/include.ts
index 3713c63b57..f8705471ef 100644
--- a/webpack-plugin/src/loaders/include.ts
+++ b/webpack-plugin/src/loaders/include.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { PitchLoaderDefinitionFunction } from 'webpack';
+import * as loaderUtils from 'loader-utils';
 
 export interface ILoaderOptions {
 	globals?: { [key: string]: string };
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ export interface ILoaderOptions {
 export const pitch: PitchLoaderDefinitionFunction<ILoaderOptions> = function pitch(
 	remainingRequest
 ) {
-	const { globals = undefined, pre = [], post = [] } = this.getOptions() || {};
+	const { globals = undefined, pre = [], post = [] } = (this.query as ILoaderOptions) || {};
 
 	// HACK: NamedModulesPlugin overwrites existing modules when requesting the same module via
 	// different loaders, so we need to circumvent this by appending a suffix to make the name unique
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ export const pitch: PitchLoaderDefinitionFunction<ILoaderOptions> = function pit
 	}
 
 	const stringifyRequest = (request: string) => {
-		return JSON.stringify(this.utils.contextify(this.context || this.rootContext, request));
+		if (this.utils) {
+			return JSON.stringify(this.utils.contextify(this.context || this.rootContext, request));
+		}
+		return loaderUtils.stringifyRequest(this, request);
 	};
 
 	return [