diff --git a/.changeset/swift-readers-fail.md b/.changeset/swift-readers-fail.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..461cee646ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/swift-readers-fail.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@graphql-tools/import': patch
+---
+
+Avoid importing `process` and use it from `globalThis`.
+In some cases, `cwd` is not exported with this name in the environment in ESM scope.
diff --git a/packages/import/src/index.ts b/packages/import/src/index.ts
index a3fd2b5fd0f..eabc98dea96 100644
--- a/packages/import/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/import/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { readFileSync, realpathSync } from 'fs';
 import { dirname, isAbsolute, join } from 'path';
-import { cwd as cwdFactory } from 'process';
 import {
   DefinitionNode,
   DirectiveDefinitionNode,
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ export type VisitedFilesMap = Map<string, Map<string, Set<DefinitionNode>>>;
  */
 export function processImport(
   filePath: string,
-  cwd = cwdFactory(),
+  cwd = globalThis.process?.cwd(),
   predefinedImports: Record<string, string> = {},
   visitedFiles: VisitedFilesMap = new Map(),
 ): DocumentNode {