diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/list.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/list.ts
index 361558e04d..082d0e255b 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/list.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/list.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
 import { date, duration } from "./date"
 
+import {
+  math,
+  array,
+  number,
+  url,
+  string,
+  comparison,
+  object,
+  regex,
+  uuid,
+  // @ts-expect-error
+} from "@budibase/handlebars-helpers"
+
 // https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/56
-const getExternalCollections = (): Record<string, () => any> => ({
-  math: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/math"),
-  array: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/array"),
-  number: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/number"),
-  url: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/url"),
-  string: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/string"),
-  comparison: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/comparison"),
-  object: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/object"),
-  regex: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/regex"),
-  uuid: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/uuid"),
-})
+const externalCollections = {
+  math,
+  array,
+  number,
+  url,
+  string,
+  comparison,
+  object,
+  regex,
+  uuid,
+}
 
 export const helpersToRemoveForJs = ["sortBy"]
 
@@ -28,8 +41,8 @@ export function getJsHelperList() {
   }
 
   helpers = {}
-  for (let collection of Object.values(getExternalCollections())) {
-    for (let [key, func] of Object.entries(collection)) {
+  for (let collection of Object.values(externalCollections)) {
+    for (let [key, func] of Object.entries<any>(collection)) {
       // Handlebars injects the hbs options to the helpers by default. We are adding an empty {} as a last parameter to simulate it
       helpers[key] = (...props: any) => func(...props, {})
     }