[Bug]: Error import package prisma in monorepo (turbo, pnpm) for adminjs 7+ (esm)

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What happened?

I have a project structure:

apps
   api (express)
   web
      adminjs ( version 7 +, AdminJS only supports ESM)
   packages 
       prisma 
  pnpm-lock.yaml
  pnpm-workspace.yaml

I get an error in adminjs:

2025-06-27 12:27:43 SyntaxError: Named export 'Prisma' not found. The requested module '@prisma/client' is a CommonJS module, which may not support all module.exports as named exports.
2025-06-27 12:27:43 CommonJS modules can always be imported via the default export, for example using:
2025-06-27 12:27:43
2025-06-27 12:27:43 import pkg from '@prisma/client';
2025-06-27 12:27:43 const { Prisma } = pkg;
2025-06-27 12:27:43
2025-06-27 12:27:43 at #_instantiate (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:249:21)
2025-06-27 12:27:43 at async ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:357:5)
2025-06-27 12:27:43 at async onImport.tracePromise.proto (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:665:26)
2025-06-27 12:27:43 at async asyncRunEntryPointWithESMLoader (node:internal/modules/run_main:99:5)

When importing (for adminjs) the package @mycompany/prisma:

import { Database, Resource } from '@adminjs/prisma';
import { prisma } from '@mycompany/prisma'; < --------------- this error
import AdminJS from 'adminjs';
AdminJS.registerAdapter({ Database, Resource });
const initialize = async () => ({ prisma });
export default initialize;
export { prisma };

Bug prevalence

Critical error

AdminJS dependencies version

apps/web/adminjs/package.json

{
"name": "@mycompany/adminjs",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
"dev": "rm -rf dist && tsc --watch",
"build": "rm -rf dist && tsc"
},
"dependencies": {
"@mycompany/prisma": "workspace:*",
"@adminjs/express": "6.1.1",
"@adminjs/prisma": "5.0.4",
"adminjs": "7.8.16",
"express": "^5.1.0",
"express-formidable": "^1.2.0",
"express-session": "^1.18.1",
"pg": "latest"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@types/react": "19.1.8",
"@types/express": "^5.0.3",
"@types/node": "^24.0.4",
"prettier": "^3.6.1",
"ts-node": "latest",
"tslib": "^2.8.1",
"tsx": "latest",
"typescript": "^5.8.3"
}
}

packages/prisma/package.json

{
"name": "@mycompany/prisma",
"version": "0.0.1",
"main": "index.ts",
"exports": {
".": "./index.ts"
},
"files": [
"client/index.js",
"client/index.d.ts",
"schema.prisma"
],
"scripts": {
"prisma:studio": "npx prisma studio --port 5555",
"prisma:push": "prisma db push",
"prisma:generate": "npx prisma generate",
"prisma:seed": "tsx src/seed.ts"
},
"prisma": {
"schema": "prisma/schema.prisma"
},
"devDependencies": {
"eslint": "9.29.0",
"tsup": "8.5.0",
"tsx": "4.20.3",
"typescript": "5.8.3",
"prisma": "6.10.q"
},
"dependencies": {
"@prisma/client": "6.10.1"
}
}

What browsers do you see the problem on?

Chrome

Relevant log output

Relevant code that's giving you issues

**apps/packages/prisma/package.json**

> import { PrismaClient } from "./client/index.js"; 
  export const prisma = new PrismaClient();
  export * from "./client/index.js";   


**apps/packages/prisma/package.json**

> datasource db {
  provider = "postgresql"
  url      = env("DATABASE_URL")
}

generator client {
  provider        = "prisma-client-js"
  previewFeatures = []
  output   = "../client" // Для доступа к типам данных сылаемся на сгенерированный пак
  binaryTargets   = ["native", "linux-musl-arm64-openssl-3.0.x"]
}