diff --git a/packages/language-server/package.json b/packages/language-server/package.json
index e9bd7c68d..46f970633 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/language-server/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         "globrex": "^0.1.2",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "prettier": "~3.3.3",
-        "prettier-plugin-svelte": "^3.2.6",
+        "prettier-plugin-svelte": "^3.2.8",
         "svelte": "^4.2.19",
         "svelte2tsx": "workspace:~",
         "typescript": "^5.6.3",
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/svelte/SveltePlugin.ts b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/svelte/SveltePlugin.ts
index f3d941716..3fe7c49a5 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/svelte/SveltePlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/svelte/SveltePlugin.ts
@@ -127,11 +127,9 @@ export class SveltePlugin
         /**
          * Prettier v2 can't use v3 plugins and vice versa. Therefore, we need to check
          * which version of prettier is used in the workspace and import the correct
-         * version of the Svelte plugin. If user uses Prettier >= 3 and has no Svelte plugin
-         * then fall back to our built-in versions which are both v2 and compatible with
+         * version of the Svelte plugin. If user uses Prettier < 3 and has no Svelte plugin
+         * then fall back to our built-in versions which are both v3 and compatible with
          * each other.
-         * TODO switch this around at some point to load Prettier v3 by default because it's
-         * more likely that users have that installed.
          */
         const importFittingPrettier = async () => {
             const getConfig = async (p: any) => {
@@ -206,6 +204,15 @@ export class SveltePlugin
             return [];
         }
 
+        if (isFallback || !(await hasSveltePluginLoaded(prettier, resolvedPlugins))) {
+            // If the user uses Svelte 5 but doesn't have prettier installed, we need to provide
+            // the compiler path to the plugin so it can use its parser method; else it will crash.
+            const svelteCompilerInfo = getPackageInfo('svelte', filePath);
+            if (svelteCompilerInfo.version.major >= 5) {
+                config.svelte5CompilerPath = svelteCompilerInfo.path + '/compiler';
+            }
+        }
+
         // Prettier v3 format is async, v2 is not
         const formattedCode = await prettier.format(document.getText(), {
             ...config,
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 4148832ee..39dbfbe20 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ~3.3.3
         version: 3.3.3
       prettier-plugin-svelte:
-        specifier: ^3.2.6
-        version: 3.2.6(prettier@3.3.3)(svelte@4.2.19)
+        specifier: ^3.2.8
+        version: 3.2.8(prettier@3.3.3)(svelte@4.2.19)
       svelte:
         specifier: ^4.2.19
         version: 4.2.19
@@ -1100,8 +1100,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-JU3teHTNjmE2VCGFzuY8EXzCDVwEqB2a8fsIvwaStHhAWJEeVd1o1QD80CU6+ZdEXXSLbSsuLwJjkCBWqRQUVA==}
     engines: {node: '>=8.6'}
 
-  prettier-plugin-svelte@3.2.6:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Y1XWLw7vXUQQZmgv1JAEiLcErqUniAF2wO7QJsw8BVMvpLET2dI5WpEIEJx1r11iHVdSMzQxivyfrH9On9t2IQ==}
+  prettier-plugin-svelte@3.2.8:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-PAHmmU5cGZdnhW4mWhmvxuG2PVbbHIxUuPOdUKvfE+d4Qt2d29iU5VWrPdsaW5YqVEE0nqhlvN4eoKmVMpIF3Q==}
     peerDependencies:
       prettier: ^3.0.0
       svelte: ^3.2.0 || ^4.0.0-next.0 || ^5.0.0-next.0
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   picomatch@2.3.1: {}
 
-  prettier-plugin-svelte@3.2.6(prettier@3.3.3)(svelte@4.2.19):
+  prettier-plugin-svelte@3.2.8(prettier@3.3.3)(svelte@4.2.19):
     dependencies:
       prettier: 3.3.3
       svelte: 4.2.19