diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/constants.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/constants.ts
index 5a108652ef7ce6..ba7994a712528c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/constants.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const ESBUILD_MODULES_TARGET = [
   'edge88',
   'firefox78',
   'chrome87',
-  'safari13' // transpile nullish coalescing
+  'safari14'
 ]
 
 export const DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS = [