diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementDiagram.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementDiagram.ts
index 246d91197..5ad89949a 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementDiagram.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementDiagram.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { DiagramDefinition } from '../../diagram-api/types.js';
 import parser from './parser/requirementDiagram.jison';
 import { RequirementDB } from './requirementDb.js';
 import styles from './styles.js';
-import renderer from './requirementRenderer.js';
+import * as renderer from './requirementRenderer.js';
 
 export const diagram: DiagramDefinition = {
   parser,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer.ts
index 7e190f2c9..de18a08f3 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/requirement/requirementRenderer.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,3 @@ export const draw = async function (text: string, id: string, _version: string,
 
   setupViewPortForSVG(svg, padding, 'requirementDiagram', conf?.useMaxWidth ?? true);
 };
-
-export default {
-  draw,
-};