diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.ts
index 8bec8b700..9c03e27f3 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import classDiagramV2 from '../diagrams/class/classDetector-V2.js';
 import state from '../diagrams/state/stateDetector.js';
 import stateV2 from '../diagrams/state/stateDetector-V2.js';
 import journey from '../diagrams/user-journey/journeyDetector.js';
-import { diagram as errorDiagram } from '../diagrams/error/errorDiagram.js';
+import errorDiagram from '../diagrams/error/errorDiagram.js';
 import flowchartElk from '../diagrams/flowchart/elk/detector.js';
 import timeline from '../diagrams/timeline/detector.js';
 import mindmap from '../diagrams/mindmap/detector.js';
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/error/errorDiagram.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/error/errorDiagram.ts
index 8f0fcdf28..284dfd744 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/error/errorDiagram.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/error/errorDiagram.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { DiagramDefinition } from '../../diagram-api/types.js';
 import { renderer } from './errorRenderer.js';
 
-export const diagram: DiagramDefinition = {
+const diagram: DiagramDefinition = {
   db: {},
   renderer,
   parser: {
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ export const diagram: DiagramDefinition = {
     },
   },
 };
+
+export default diagram;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/error/errorRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/error/errorRenderer.ts
index b7049d4b7..ebe0d0d73 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/error/errorRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/error/errorRenderer.ts
@@ -77,3 +77,5 @@ export const draw = (_text: string, id: string, version: string) => {
 };
 
 export const renderer = { draw };
+
+export default renderer;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
index e0c280f63..70b314daa 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { version } from '../package.json';
 import * as configApi from './config.js';
 import { addDiagrams } from './diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.js';
 import { Diagram, getDiagramFromText } from './Diagram.js';
-import { renderer as errorRenderer } from './diagrams/error/errorRenderer.js';
+import errorRenderer from './diagrams/error/errorRenderer.js';
 import { attachFunctions } from './interactionDb.js';
 import { log, setLogLevel } from './logger.js';
 import getStyles from './styles.js';