diff --git a/src/display/api.js b/src/display/api.js
index e3f693e54..96f1ee7ea 100644
--- a/src/display/api.js
+++ b/src/display/api.js
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ if (typeof PDFJSDev === "undefined" || PDFJSDev.test("GENERIC")) {
     // We will rely on blob URL's property to specify origin.
     // We want this function to fail in case if createObjectURL or Blob do not
     // exist or fail for some reason -- our Worker creation will fail anyway.
-    const wrapper = `importScripts("${url}");`;
+    const wrapper = `await import("${url}");`;
     return URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([wrapper]));
   };
 }