diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46eef0ff0..29d168cf7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Changelog
 
 # 2.x release
 
+## v2.6.5
+
+- Fix: import `whatwg-url` in a way compatible with ESM
+
 ## v2.6.4
 
 - Hotfix: fix v2.6.3 that did not sending query params
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98cf5f4c5..4178c1a32 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "node-fetch",
-    "version": "2.6.4",
+    "version": "2.6.5",
     "description": "A light-weight module that brings window.fetch to node.js",
     "main": "lib/index.js",
     "browser": "./browser.js",
diff --git a/src/request.js b/src/request.js
index 3c27c81cf..59850fd95 100644
--- a/src/request.js
+++ b/src/request.js
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
 
 import Url from 'url';
 import Stream from 'stream';
-import {URL} from 'whatwg-url';
+import whatwgUrl from 'whatwg-url';
 import Headers, { exportNodeCompatibleHeaders } from './headers.js';
 import Body, { clone, extractContentType, getTotalBytes } from './body';
 
 const INTERNALS = Symbol('Request internals');
+const URL = whatwgUrl.URL;
 
 // fix an issue where "format", "parse" aren't a named export for node <10
 const parse_url = Url.parse;