diff --git a/.webpack/webpack.config.base.js b/.webpack/webpack.config.base.js
index 055f59dfc..16b46dc5a 100644
--- a/.webpack/webpack.config.base.js
+++ b/.webpack/webpack.config.base.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path';
-
+const { ESBuildMinifyPlugin } = require('esbuild-loader');
 export const resolveRoot = (...relativePath) => path.resolve(__dirname, '..', ...relativePath);
 
 export default {
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ export default {
         test: /\.js$/,
         include: [resolveRoot('./src'), resolveRoot('./node_modules/dagre-d3-renderer/lib')],
         use: {
-          loader: 'babel-loader',
+          loader: 'esbuild-loader',
+          options: {
+            target: 'es2015',
+          },
         },
       },
       {
@@ -51,4 +54,11 @@ export default {
     ],
   },
   devtool: 'source-map',
+  optimization: {
+    minimizer: [
+      new ESBuildMinifyPlugin({
+        target: 'es2015',
+      }),
+    ],
+  },
 };
diff --git a/.webpack/webpack.config.e2e.babel.js b/.webpack/webpack.config.e2e.babel.js
index 3ec2bdcd7..719fb9304 100644
--- a/.webpack/webpack.config.e2e.babel.js
+++ b/.webpack/webpack.config.e2e.babel.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default merge(baseConfig, {
         test: /\.js$/,
         exclude: /node_modules/,
         use: {
-          loader: 'babel-loader',
+          loader: 'esbuild-loader',
         },
       },
     ],
diff --git a/esbuild.cjs b/esbuild.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0c40bee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esbuild.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+let jisonPlugin = {
+  name: 'jison',
+  setup(build) {
+    const { Generator } = require('jison');
+    let fs = require('fs');
+
+    build.onLoad({ filter: /\.jison$/ }, async (args) => {
+      // Load the file from the file system
+      let source = await fs.promises.readFile(args.path, 'utf8');
+
+      try {
+        let contents = new Generator(source, {}).generate();
+        return { contents, warnings: [] };
+      } catch (e) {
+        return { errors: [] };
+      }
+    });
+  },
+};
+
+const { build } = require('esbuild');
+build({
+  bundle: true,
+  minify: false,
+  keepNames: true,
+  globalName: 'mermaid',
+  platform: 'browser',
+  entryPoints: ['src/mermaid.js'],
+  outfile: 'dist/mermaid.js',
+  plugins: [jisonPlugin],
+}).catch(() => process.exit(1));
diff --git a/jisonLoader.js b/jisonLoader.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd4b2053a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jisonLoader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const { Generator } = require('jison');
+const { getOptions } = require('loader-utils');
+
+module.exports = function jisonLoader(source) {
+  return new Generator(source, getOptions(this)).generate();
+};
diff --git a/jisonTransformer.js b/jisonTransformer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..466445f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jisonTransformer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const { Generator } = require('jison');
+
+module.exports = {
+  process(source, filename, config, transformOptions) {
+    return new Generator(source, {
+      'token-stack': true,
+    }).generate();
+  },
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8e6221dc..2358699db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
     "cypress": "9.7.0",
     "cypress-image-snapshot": "^4.0.1",
     "documentation": "13.2.0",
+    "esbuild": "^0.12.28",
+    "esbuild-loader": "^2.15.1",
     "eslint": "^8.4.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
     "eslint-plugin-cypress": "^2.12.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 69868563f..9d8e4d53a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1732,6 +1732,11 @@
     esquery "^1.4.0"
     jsdoc-type-pratt-parser "~3.1.0"
 
+"@esbuild/linux-loong64@0.14.54":
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@esbuild/linux-loong64/-/linux-loong64-0.14.54.tgz#de2a4be678bd4d0d1ffbb86e6de779cde5999028"
+  integrity sha512-bZBrLAIX1kpWelV0XemxBZllyRmM6vgFQQG2GdNb+r3Fkp0FOh1NJSvekXDs7jq70k4euu1cryLMfU+mTXlEpw==
+
 "@eslint/eslintrc@^1.3.1":
   version "1.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@eslint/eslintrc/-/eslintrc-1.3.1.tgz#de0807bfeffc37b964a7d0400e0c348ce5a2543d"
@@ -5196,6 +5201,150 @@ es-module-lexer@^0.9.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/es-module-lexer/-/es-module-lexer-0.9.3.tgz#6f13db00cc38417137daf74366f535c8eb438f19"
   integrity sha512-1HQ2M2sPtxwnvOvT1ZClHyQDiggdNjURWpY2we6aMKCQiUVxTmVs2UYPLIrD84sS+kMdUwfBSylbJPwNnBrnHQ==
 
+esbuild-android-64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-android-64/-/esbuild-android-64-0.14.54.tgz#505f41832884313bbaffb27704b8bcaa2d8616be"
+  integrity sha512-Tz2++Aqqz0rJ7kYBfz+iqyE3QMycD4vk7LBRyWaAVFgFtQ/O8EJOnVmTOiDWYZ/uYzB4kvP+bqejYdVKzE5lAQ==
+
+esbuild-android-arm64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-android-arm64/-/esbuild-android-arm64-0.14.54.tgz#8ce69d7caba49646e009968fe5754a21a9871771"
+  integrity sha512-F9E+/QDi9sSkLaClO8SOV6etqPd+5DgJje1F9lOWoNncDdOBL2YF59IhsWATSt0TLZbYCf3pNlTHvVV5VfHdvg==
+
+esbuild-darwin-64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-darwin-64/-/esbuild-darwin-64-0.14.54.tgz#24ba67b9a8cb890a3c08d9018f887cc221cdda25"
+  integrity sha512-jtdKWV3nBviOd5v4hOpkVmpxsBy90CGzebpbO9beiqUYVMBtSc0AL9zGftFuBon7PNDcdvNCEuQqw2x0wP9yug==
+
+esbuild-darwin-arm64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-darwin-arm64/-/esbuild-darwin-arm64-0.14.54.tgz#3f7cdb78888ee05e488d250a2bdaab1fa671bf73"
+  integrity sha512-OPafJHD2oUPyvJMrsCvDGkRrVCar5aVyHfWGQzY1dWnzErjrDuSETxwA2HSsyg2jORLY8yBfzc1MIpUkXlctmw==
+
+esbuild-freebsd-64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-freebsd-64/-/esbuild-freebsd-64-0.14.54.tgz#09250f997a56ed4650f3e1979c905ffc40bbe94d"
+  integrity sha512-OKwd4gmwHqOTp4mOGZKe/XUlbDJ4Q9TjX0hMPIDBUWWu/kwhBAudJdBoxnjNf9ocIB6GN6CPowYpR/hRCbSYAg==
+
+esbuild-freebsd-arm64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-freebsd-arm64/-/esbuild-freebsd-arm64-0.14.54.tgz#bafb46ed04fc5f97cbdb016d86947a79579f8e48"
+  integrity sha512-sFwueGr7OvIFiQT6WeG0jRLjkjdqWWSrfbVwZp8iMP+8UHEHRBvlaxL6IuKNDwAozNUmbb8nIMXa7oAOARGs1Q==
+
+esbuild-linux-32@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-32/-/esbuild-linux-32-0.14.54.tgz#e2a8c4a8efdc355405325033fcebeb941f781fe5"
+  integrity sha512-1ZuY+JDI//WmklKlBgJnglpUL1owm2OX+8E1syCD6UAxcMM/XoWd76OHSjl/0MR0LisSAXDqgjT3uJqT67O3qw==
+
+esbuild-linux-64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-64/-/esbuild-linux-64-0.14.54.tgz#de5fdba1c95666cf72369f52b40b03be71226652"
+  integrity sha512-EgjAgH5HwTbtNsTqQOXWApBaPVdDn7XcK+/PtJwZLT1UmpLoznPd8c5CxqsH2dQK3j05YsB3L17T8vE7cp4cCg==
+
+esbuild-linux-arm64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-arm64/-/esbuild-linux-arm64-0.14.54.tgz#dae4cd42ae9787468b6a5c158da4c84e83b0ce8b"
+  integrity sha512-WL71L+0Rwv+Gv/HTmxTEmpv0UgmxYa5ftZILVi2QmZBgX3q7+tDeOQNqGtdXSdsL8TQi1vIaVFHUPDe0O0kdig==
+
+esbuild-linux-arm@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-arm/-/esbuild-linux-arm-0.14.54.tgz#a2c1dff6d0f21dbe8fc6998a122675533ddfcd59"
+  integrity sha512-qqz/SjemQhVMTnvcLGoLOdFpCYbz4v4fUo+TfsWG+1aOu70/80RV6bgNpR2JCrppV2moUQkww+6bWxXRL9YMGw==
+
+esbuild-linux-mips64le@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-mips64le/-/esbuild-linux-mips64le-0.14.54.tgz#d9918e9e4cb972f8d6dae8e8655bf9ee131eda34"
+  integrity sha512-qTHGQB8D1etd0u1+sB6p0ikLKRVuCWhYQhAHRPkO+OF3I/iSlTKNNS0Lh2Oc0g0UFGguaFZZiPJdJey3AGpAlw==
+
+esbuild-linux-ppc64le@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-ppc64le/-/esbuild-linux-ppc64le-0.14.54.tgz#3f9a0f6d41073fb1a640680845c7de52995f137e"
+  integrity sha512-j3OMlzHiqwZBDPRCDFKcx595XVfOfOnv68Ax3U4UKZ3MTYQB5Yz3X1mn5GnodEVYzhtZgxEBidLWeIs8FDSfrQ==
+
+esbuild-linux-riscv64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-riscv64/-/esbuild-linux-riscv64-0.14.54.tgz#618853c028178a61837bc799d2013d4695e451c8"
+  integrity sha512-y7Vt7Wl9dkOGZjxQZnDAqqn+XOqFD7IMWiewY5SPlNlzMX39ocPQlOaoxvT4FllA5viyV26/QzHtvTjVNOxHZg==
+
+esbuild-linux-s390x@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-linux-s390x/-/esbuild-linux-s390x-0.14.54.tgz#d1885c4c5a76bbb5a0fe182e2c8c60eb9e29f2a6"
+  integrity sha512-zaHpW9dziAsi7lRcyV4r8dhfG1qBidQWUXweUjnw+lliChJqQr+6XD71K41oEIC3Mx1KStovEmlzm+MkGZHnHA==
+
+esbuild-loader@^2.15.1:
+  version "2.19.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-loader/-/esbuild-loader-2.19.0.tgz#54f62d1da8262acfc3c5883c24da35af8324f116"
+  integrity sha512-urGNVE6Tl2rqx92ElKi/LiExXjGvcH6HfDBFzJ9Ppwqh4n6Jmx8x7RKAyMzSM78b6CAaJLhDncG5sPrL0ROh5Q==
+  dependencies:
+    esbuild "^0.14.39"
+    joycon "^3.0.1"
+    json5 "^2.2.0"
+    loader-utils "^2.0.0"
+    tapable "^2.2.0"
+    webpack-sources "^2.2.0"
+
+esbuild-netbsd-64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-netbsd-64/-/esbuild-netbsd-64-0.14.54.tgz#69ae917a2ff241b7df1dbf22baf04bd330349e81"
+  integrity sha512-PR01lmIMnfJTgeU9VJTDY9ZerDWVFIUzAtJuDHwwceppW7cQWjBBqP48NdeRtoP04/AtO9a7w3viI+PIDr6d+w==
+
+esbuild-openbsd-64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-openbsd-64/-/esbuild-openbsd-64-0.14.54.tgz#db4c8495287a350a6790de22edea247a57c5d47b"
+  integrity sha512-Qyk7ikT2o7Wu76UsvvDS5q0amJvmRzDyVlL0qf5VLsLchjCa1+IAvd8kTBgUxD7VBUUVgItLkk609ZHUc1oCaw==
+
+esbuild-sunos-64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-sunos-64/-/esbuild-sunos-64-0.14.54.tgz#54287ee3da73d3844b721c21bc80c1dc7e1bf7da"
+  integrity sha512-28GZ24KmMSeKi5ueWzMcco6EBHStL3B6ubM7M51RmPwXQGLe0teBGJocmWhgwccA1GeFXqxzILIxXpHbl9Q/Kw==
+
+esbuild-windows-32@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-windows-32/-/esbuild-windows-32-0.14.54.tgz#f8aaf9a5667630b40f0fb3aa37bf01bbd340ce31"
+  integrity sha512-T+rdZW19ql9MjS7pixmZYVObd9G7kcaZo+sETqNH4RCkuuYSuv9AGHUVnPoP9hhuE1WM1ZimHz1CIBHBboLU7w==
+
+esbuild-windows-64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-windows-64/-/esbuild-windows-64-0.14.54.tgz#bf54b51bd3e9b0f1886ffdb224a4176031ea0af4"
+  integrity sha512-AoHTRBUuYwXtZhjXZbA1pGfTo8cJo3vZIcWGLiUcTNgHpJJMC1rVA44ZereBHMJtotyN71S8Qw0npiCIkW96cQ==
+
+esbuild-windows-arm64@0.14.54:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild-windows-arm64/-/esbuild-windows-arm64-0.14.54.tgz#937d15675a15e4b0e4fafdbaa3a01a776a2be982"
+  integrity sha512-M0kuUvXhot1zOISQGXwWn6YtS+Y/1RT9WrVIOywZnJHo3jCDyewAc79aKNQWFCQm+xNHVTq9h8dZKvygoXQQRg==
+
+esbuild@^0.12.28:
+  version "0.12.29"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild/-/esbuild-0.12.29.tgz#be602db7c4dc78944a9dbde0d1ea19d36c1f882d"
+  integrity sha512-w/XuoBCSwepyiZtIRsKsetiLDUVGPVw1E/R3VTFSecIy8UR7Cq3SOtwKHJMFoVqqVG36aGkzh4e8BvpO1Fdc7g==
+
+esbuild@^0.14.39:
+  version "0.14.54"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esbuild/-/esbuild-0.14.54.tgz#8b44dcf2b0f1a66fc22459943dccf477535e9aa2"
+  integrity sha512-Cy9llcy8DvET5uznocPyqL3BFRrFXSVqbgpMJ9Wz8oVjZlh/zUSNbPRbov0VX7VxN2JH1Oa0uNxZ7eLRb62pJA==
+  optionalDependencies:
+    "@esbuild/linux-loong64" "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-android-64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-android-arm64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-darwin-64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-darwin-arm64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-freebsd-64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-freebsd-arm64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-linux-32 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-linux-64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-linux-arm "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-linux-arm64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-linux-mips64le "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-linux-ppc64le "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-linux-riscv64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-linux-s390x "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-netbsd-64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-openbsd-64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-sunos-64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-windows-32 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-windows-64 "0.14.54"
+    esbuild-windows-arm64 "0.14.54"
+
 escalade@^3.1.1:
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escalade/-/escalade-3.1.1.tgz#d8cfdc7000965c5a0174b4a82eaa5c0552742e40"
@@ -7655,6 +7804,11 @@ joi@^17.4.0:
     "@sideway/formula" "^3.0.0"
     "@sideway/pinpoint" "^2.0.0"
 
+joycon@^3.0.1:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/joycon/-/joycon-3.1.1.tgz#bce8596d6ae808f8b68168f5fc69280996894f03"
+  integrity sha512-34wB/Y7MW7bzjKRjUKTa46I2Z7eV62Rkhva+KkopW7Qvv/OSWBqvkSY7vusOPrNuZcUG3tApvdVgNB8POj3SPw==
+
 jpeg-js@0.4.4:
   version "0.4.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jpeg-js/-/jpeg-js-0.4.4.tgz#a9f1c6f1f9f0fa80cdb3484ed9635054d28936aa"
@@ -7783,7 +7937,7 @@ json5@^0.5.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-0.5.1.tgz#1eade7acc012034ad84e2396767ead9fa5495821"
   integrity sha1-Hq3nrMASA0rYTiOWdn6tn6VJWCE=
 
-json5@^2.1.2, json5@^2.2.1:
+json5@^2.1.2, json5@^2.2.0, json5@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-2.2.1.tgz#655d50ed1e6f95ad1a3caababd2b0efda10b395c"
   integrity sha512-1hqLFMSrGHRHxav9q9gNjJ5EXznIxGVO09xQRrwplcS8qs28pZ8s8hupZAmqDwZUmVZ2Qb2jnyPOWcDH8m8dlA==
@@ -10536,6 +10690,11 @@ socks@^2.3.3:
     ip "^1.1.5"
     smart-buffer "^4.2.0"
 
+source-list-map@^2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-list-map/-/source-list-map-2.0.1.tgz#3993bd873bfc48479cca9ea3a547835c7c154b34"
+  integrity sha512-qnQ7gVMxGNxsiL4lEuJwe/To8UnK7fAnmbGEEH8RpLouuKbeEm0lhbQVFIrNSuB+G7tVrAlVsZgETT5nljf+Iw==
+
 source-map-resolve@^0.5.0:
   version "0.5.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-resolve/-/source-map-resolve-0.5.3.tgz#190866bece7553e1f8f267a2ee82c606b5509a1a"
@@ -11907,6 +12066,14 @@ webpack-node-externals@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-node-externals/-/webpack-node-externals-3.0.0.tgz#1a3407c158d547a9feb4229a9e3385b7b60c9917"
   integrity sha512-LnL6Z3GGDPht/AigwRh2dvL9PQPFQ8skEpVrWZXLWBYmqcaojHNN0onvHzie6rq7EWKrrBfPYqNEzTJgiwEQDQ==
 
+webpack-sources@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-2.3.1.tgz#570de0af163949fe272233c2cefe1b56f74511fd"
+  integrity sha512-y9EI9AO42JjEcrTJFOYmVywVZdKVUfOvDUPsJea5GIr1JOEGFVqwlY2K098fFoIjOkDzHn2AjRvM8dsBZu+gCA==
+  dependencies:
+    source-list-map "^2.0.1"
+    source-map "^0.6.1"
+
 webpack-sources@^3.2.3:
   version "3.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-3.2.3.tgz#2d4daab8451fd4b240cc27055ff6a0c2ccea0cde"