diff --git a/packages/collector/src/announceCycle/agentready.js b/packages/collector/src/announceCycle/agentready.js
index 62c89dfd58..eac9745ac3 100644
--- a/packages/collector/src/announceCycle/agentready.js
+++ b/packages/collector/src/announceCycle/agentready.js
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ function enter(_ctx) {
   }
 
   logger.info('The Instana Node.js collector is now fully initialized and connected to the Instana host agent.');
-
   // CASE: This is an IPC message only for a parent process.
   // TODO: Add an EventEmitter functionality for the current process
   //       such as `instana.on('instana.collector.initialized')`.
diff --git a/packages/collector/test/tracing/misc/cjs-via-esm/app.js b/packages/collector/test/tracing/misc/cjs-via-esm/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e960129b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/collector/test/tracing/misc/cjs-via-esm/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2025
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+// NOTE: c8 bug https://github.com/bcoe/c8/issues/166
+process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
+  process.disconnect();
+  process.exit(0);
+});
+
+const logPrefix = `CJS via ESM (${process.pid}):\t`;
+const port = require('../../../test_util/app-port')();
+const express = require('express');
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+const pinoLogger = require('pino')();
+
+const app = express();
+app.use(bodyParser.json());
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.sendStatus(200);
+});
+
+app.get('/trigger', async (req, res) => {
+  log('Received request');
+  await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}`);
+  pinoLogger.error('wtf');
+  res.json({ success: true });
+});
+
+app.listen(port, () => {
+  log(`Listening on port: ${port}`);
+});
+
+function log() {
+  /* eslint-disable no-console */
+  const args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+  args[0] = logPrefix + args[0];
+  console.log.apply(console, args);
+}
diff --git a/packages/collector/test/tracing/misc/cjs-via-esm/test.js b/packages/collector/test/tracing/misc/cjs-via-esm/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d316d8ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/collector/test/tracing/misc/cjs-via-esm/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2025
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const semver = require('semver');
+const path = require('path');
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+const supportedVersion = require('@instana/core').tracing.supportedVersion;
+const ProcessControls = require('../../../test_util/ProcessControls');
+const globalAgent = require('../../../globalAgent');
+const { retry } = require('../../../../../core/test/test_util');
+
+const mochaSuiteFn =
+  supportedVersion(process.versions.node) && semver.gte(process.versions.node, '18.19.0') ? describe : describe.skip;
+
+mochaSuiteFn('tracing/cjs-via-esm', function () {
+  this.timeout(1000 * 60);
+  globalAgent.setUpCleanUpHooks();
+
+  let controls;
+  const agentControls = globalAgent.instance;
+
+  before(async () => {
+    const rootFolder = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..');
+
+    controls = new ProcessControls({
+      useGlobalAgent: true,
+      dirname: __dirname,
+      enableOtelIntegration: true,
+      execArgv: ['--import', `${rootFolder}/esm-register.mjs`]
+    });
+
+    await controls.startAndWaitForAgentConnection();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await agentControls.clearReceivedTraceData();
+  });
+
+  after(async () => {
+    await controls.stop();
+  });
+
+  it('must trace', async () => {
+    await controls.sendRequest({
+      path: '/trigger'
+    });
+
+    return retry(async () => {
+      const spans = await agentControls.getSpans();
+
+      expect(spans.length).to.equal(4);
+
+      const pinoSpan = spans.find(span => span.n === 'log.pino');
+      expect(pinoSpan).to.exist;
+
+      const httpServerSpan = spans.find(span => span.n === 'node.http.server');
+      expect(httpServerSpan).to.exist;
+
+      const httpClientSpan = spans.find(span => span.n === 'node.http.client');
+      expect(httpClientSpan).to.exist;
+      expect(httpClientSpan.data).to.exist;
+    });
+  });
+});