diff --git a/.changeset/quiet-eels-fix.md b/.changeset/quiet-eels-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..660a692ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quiet-eels-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+'@guardian/browserslist-config': patch
+'@guardian/eslint-config': patch
+'@guardian/eslint-config-typescript': patch
+'@guardian/libs': patch
+'@guardian/prettier': patch
+'@guardian/tsconfig': patch
+---
+
+CommonJS exports in NPM packages target `ES2018`
diff --git a/tools/nx-plugins/npm-package/build/get-compiler-options.ts b/tools/nx-plugins/npm-package/build/get-compiler-options.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b35712d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/nx-plugins/npm-package/build/get-compiler-options.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/unbound-method -- this is what the TS methods do */
+import path from 'node:path';
+import type { ExecutorContext } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import {
+	findConfigFile,
+	parseJsonConfigFileContent,
+	readConfigFile,
+	sys,
+} from 'typescript';
+import type { BuildExecutorOptions } from './schema';
+
+export const getCompilerOptions = (
+	options: BuildExecutorOptions,
+	context: ExecutorContext,
+) => {
+	const tsconfigPath = findConfigFile(
+		context.root,
+		sys.fileExists,
+		options.tsConfig,
+	);
+
+	if (tsconfigPath) {
+		// Read tsconfig.json file
+		const tsconfigFile = readConfigFile(tsconfigPath, sys.readFile);
+
+		// Resolve extends
+		const parsedTsconfig = parseJsonConfigFileContent(
+			tsconfigFile.config,
+			sys,
+			path.dirname(tsconfigPath),
+		);
+
+		return parsedTsconfig.options;
+	}
+
+	return {};
+};
diff --git a/tools/nx-plugins/npm-package/build/index.ts b/tools/nx-plugins/npm-package/build/index.ts
index 0bbcf9fb1..cc007c76e 100644
--- a/tools/nx-plugins/npm-package/build/index.ts
+++ b/tools/nx-plugins/npm-package/build/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import type Cpy from 'cpy';
 import type { OutputChunk } from 'rollup';
 import { rollup } from 'rollup';
 import ts from 'rollup-plugin-ts';
+import { ScriptTarget } from 'typescript';
+import { getCompilerOptions } from './get-compiler-options';
 import { getDeclaredDeps } from './get-declared-deps';
 import type { BuildExecutorOptions } from './schema';
 import { setPackageDefaults } from './set-package-defaults';
@@ -34,24 +36,34 @@ export type Entries = {
 
 const getRollupConfig = (
 	options: BuildExecutorOptions,
+	context: ExecutorContext,
 	format: typeof formats[number],
-) => ({
-	output: {
-		dir: `${options.outputPath}/${format}`,
-		format,
-		sourcemap: true,
-		preserveModules: true,
-	},
-	plugins: [
-		nodeResolve({
-			extensions: ['.ts', '.tsx', '.mjs', '.jsx', '.js', '.json'],
-		}),
-		ts({ tsconfig: options.tsConfig }),
-		json(),
-		commonjs(),
-	],
-});
+) => {
+	const compilerOptions = getCompilerOptions(options, context);
+
+	if (format === 'cjs') {
+		compilerOptions.target = ScriptTarget.ES2018;
+	}
 
+	return {
+		output: {
+			dir: `${options.outputPath}/${format}`,
+			format,
+			sourcemap: true,
+			preserveModules: true,
+		},
+		plugins: [
+			nodeResolve({
+				extensions: ['.ts', '.tsx', '.mjs', '.jsx', '.js', '.json'],
+			}),
+			ts({
+				tsconfig: compilerOptions,
+			}),
+			json(),
+			commonjs(),
+		],
+	};
+};
 export default async function buildExecutor(
 	options: BuildExecutorOptions,
 	context: ExecutorContext,
@@ -93,7 +105,7 @@ export default async function buildExecutor(
 			// create build for each module type
 			const outputs = await Promise.all(
 				formats.map(async (format) => {
-					const { plugins, output } = getRollupConfig(options, format);
+					const { plugins, output } = getRollupConfig(options, context, format);
 					const bundle = await rollup({
 						input: options.entry,
 						plugins,