diff --git a/packages/replay-worker/tsconfig.json b/packages/replay-worker/tsconfig.json
index f3db9c003516..7680405478e9 100644
--- a/packages/replay-worker/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/replay-worker/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
     "module": "esnext",
     "lib": ["webworker", "scripthost"],
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "target": "es2018",
+    // Keep ES5 target for web worker compatibility
+    // Web worker code is embedded as strings and cannot be transpiled by user build tools
+    "target": "es5",
     "strictPropertyInitialization": false
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]