diff --git a/webpack/webpack.common.ts b/webpack/webpack.common.ts
index 8d433edf39..d8155288cb 100644
--- a/webpack/webpack.common.ts
+++ b/webpack/webpack.common.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const SCSS_LOADERS = [
 
 export const commonExports = {
   plugins: [
+    // @ts-expect-error: EnvironmentPlugin constructor types are currently to strict see issue https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/18719
     new EnvironmentPlugin({
       languageHashes: getFileHashes(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'src', 'assets', 'i18n'), /.*\.json5/g),
     }),
diff --git a/webpack/webpack.prod.ts b/webpack/webpack.prod.ts
index 559b7f1dc7..fce321d152 100644
--- a/webpack/webpack.prod.ts
+++ b/webpack/webpack.prod.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-import { commonExports } from './webpack.common';
-import { projectRoot } from './helpers';
+import { EnvironmentPlugin } from 'webpack';
 
-const webpack = require('webpack');
+import { projectRoot } from './helpers';
+import { commonExports } from './webpack.common';
 
 module.exports = Object.assign({}, commonExports, {
   plugins: [
     ...commonExports.plugins,
-    new webpack.EnvironmentPlugin({
+    // @ts-expect-error: EnvironmentPlugin constructor types are currently to strict see issue https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/18719
+    new EnvironmentPlugin({
       'process.env': {
-        NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify('production'),
-        AOT: true
-      }
+        NODE_ENV: 'production',
+        AOT: true,
+      },
     }),
   ],
   mode: 'production',