diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/plugin_dependencies.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/plugin_dependencies.ts
index eab8cd0418d..90503ae2b41 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/plugin_dependencies.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/plugin_dependencies.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
  * Map with all dependencies that are exposed to plugins sandbox
  * e.g.: @grafana/ui, @grafana/data, etc...
  */
-export const sandboxPluginDependencies = new Map<string, unknown>([]);
+export const sandboxPluginDependencies = new Map<string, System.Module>([]);
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/sandbox_plugin_loader.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/sandbox_plugin_loader.ts
index df2db7d9962..c62919862bf 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/sandbox_plugin_loader.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/sandbox/sandbox_plugin_loader.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,11 @@ function resolvePluginDependencies(deps: string[]) {
   // resolve dependencies
   const resolvedDeps: CompartmentDependencyModule[] = [];
   for (const dep of deps) {
-    const resolvedDep = sandboxPluginDependencies.get(dep);
+    let resolvedDep = sandboxPluginDependencies.get(dep);
+    if (resolvedDep?.__useDefault) {
+      resolvedDep = resolvedDep.default;
+    }
+
     if (!resolvedDep) {
       throw new Error(`[sandbox] Could not resolve dependency ${dep}`);
     }