diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
index fd5b36f9a789..a923c57cfef1 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable complexity */
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
 import { getSentryRelease } from '@sentry/node';
-import { arrayify, dropUndefinedKeys, escapeStringForRegex, logger } from '@sentry/utils';
-import { default as SentryWebpackPlugin } from '@sentry/webpack-plugin';
+import { arrayify, dropUndefinedKeys, escapeStringForRegex, loadModule, logger } from '@sentry/utils';
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -313,8 +312,11 @@ export function constructWebpackConfigFunction(
         // without, the option to use `hidden-source-map` only applies to the client-side build.
         newConfig.devtool = userSentryOptions.hideSourceMaps && !isServer ? 'hidden-source-map' : 'source-map';
 
+        const SentryWebpackPlugin = loadModule('@sentry/webpack-plugin');
+
         newConfig.plugins = newConfig.plugins || [];
         newConfig.plugins.push(
+          // @ts-expect-error - this exists, the dynamic import just doesn't know about it
           new SentryWebpackPlugin(
             getWebpackPluginOptions(buildContext, userSentryWebpackPluginOptions, userSentryOptions),
           ),
@@ -767,6 +769,9 @@ function shouldEnableWebpackPlugin(buildContext: BuildContext, userSentryOptions
   // architecture-specific version of the `sentry-cli` binary. If `yarn install`, `npm install`, or `npm ci` are run
   // with the `--ignore-scripts` option, this will be blocked and the missing binary will cause an error when users
   // try to build their apps.
+  const SentryWebpackPlugin = loadModule('@sentry/webpack-plugin');
+
+  // @ts-expect-error - this exists, the dynamic import just doesn't know it
   if (!SentryWebpackPlugin.cliBinaryExists()) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.error(