SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'

[tonprince]

When trying to import loader with: import { Loader } from '@googlemaps/js-api-loader/dist/index.esm.js';

there is an error thrown when compiling the code with Sveltekit/Vite with vite build

(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:14091) Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the package.json or use the .mjs extension.
/Users/tonprincepro/Documents/Backup/Tripstore/Website/workspace/com.tripstorekrabi/next/node_modules/@googlemaps/js-api-loader/dist/index.esm.js:318
export { DEFAULT_ID, Loader, LoaderStatus };
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'
    at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:352:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1033:15)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1069:27)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:170:29)
    at ModuleWrap.evaluate (<anonymous>)
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:198:25)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
[SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export']

Environment details

1. @googlemaps/js-api-loader
2. macOS 12.4 (21F79)
3. "@googlemaps/js-api-loader": "^1.14.3", "@sveltejs/adapter-auto": "1.0.0-next.60", "@sveltejs/kit": "1.0.0-next.375", "vite": "^3.0.0"

[tonprince]

When adding "type": "module" to package.json the error is gone.