diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/config-ts.js b/packages/babel-core/test/config-ts.js
index f22c574ec308..04d9badc6680 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/config-ts.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/config-ts.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe("@babel/core config with ts", () => {
   semver.gte(process.version, "12.0.0")
     ? it
     : it.skip("should work with ts-node", async () => {
-        const service = import("ts-node").register({
+        const service = eval("import('ts-node')").register({
           experimentalResolver: true,
           compilerOptions: {
             module: "CommonJS",