@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 const isDependencyKind = require("../graph/isDependencyKind");
 
 /** @import Compiler from "../Compiler" */
-/** @import Module from "../module/Module" */
+/** @import Module, { BuildMeta } from "../module/Module" */
 
 const PLUGIN_NAME = "InferAsyncModulesPlugin";
 
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ class InferAsyncModulesPlugin {
 									(isDependencyKind(c.dependency, "esm-import") ||
 										// only an ESM module has the async wrapper to await it in
 										(isDependencyKind(c.dependency, "provided") &&
-											originModule.buildMeta.exportsType === "namespace")) &&
+											/** @type {BuildMeta} */
+											(/** @type {Module} */ (originModule).buildMeta)
+												.exportsType === "namespace")) &&
 									c.isTargetActive(undefined)
 							)
 						) {