diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/FileReader.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/FileReader.js
index 3e20afe5c6e1a7..f8154bd237368f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/FileReader.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/FileReader.js
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import type Blob from './Blob';
 
 import NativeFileReaderModule from './NativeFileReaderModule';
 import {toByteArray} from 'base64-js';
-
-const EventTarget = require('event-target-shim');
+import EventTarget from 'event-target-shim';
 
 type ReadyState =
   | 0 // EMPTY
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
index f66d194863a457..e6191b10f7b560 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 import type {IPerformanceLogger} from '../Utilities/createPerformanceLogger';
 
 import {type EventSubscription} from '../vendor/emitter/EventEmitter';
+import EventTarget from 'event-target-shim';
 
 const BlobManager = require('../Blob/BlobManager');
 const GlobalPerformanceLogger = require('../Utilities/GlobalPerformanceLogger');
 const RCTNetworking = require('./RCTNetworking').default;
 const base64 = require('base64-js');
-const EventTarget = require('event-target-shim');
 const invariant = require('invariant');
 
 const DEBUG_NETWORK_SEND_DELAY: false = false; // Set to a number of milliseconds when debugging