diff --git a/.changes/improve-esm-detection.md b/.changes/improve-esm-detection.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1c4b8185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/improve-esm-detection.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-codegen": patch
+---
+
+Improve ESM detection with regexes.
diff --git a/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
index 7ce0339d2..c88d8cc5b 100644
--- a/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ thiserror = "1"
 walkdir = "2"
 zstd = "0.9"
 kuchiki = "0.8"
+regex = "1"
diff --git a/core/tauri-codegen/src/embedded_assets.rs b/core/tauri-codegen/src/embedded_assets.rs
index c43b91fb5..0812264b4 100644
--- a/core/tauri-codegen/src/embedded_assets.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-codegen/src/embedded_assets.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use kuchiki::traits::*;
 use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
 use quote::{quote, ToTokens, TokenStreamExt};
+use regex::RegexSet;
 use std::{
   collections::HashMap,
   ffi::OsStr,
@@ -187,11 +188,24 @@ impl EmbeddedAssets {
         .any(|e| path.extension() == Some(OsStr::new(e)));
       if is_javascript {
         let js = String::from_utf8_lossy(&input).into_owned();
-        input = if [
-          "import{", "import*", "import ", "export{", "export*", "export ",
-        ]
-        .iter()
-        .any(|t| js.contains(t))
+        input = if RegexSet::new(&[
+          // import keywords
+          "import\\{",
+          "import \\{",
+          "import\\*",
+          "import \\*",
+          "import (\"|');?$",
+          "import\\(",
+          "import (.|\n)+ from (\"|')([A-Za-z\\-]+)(\"|')",
+          // export keywords
+          "export\\{",
+          "export \\{",
+          "export\\*",
+          "export \\*",
+          "export (default|class|let|const|function)",
+        ])
+        .unwrap()
+        .is_match(&js)
         {
           format!(
             r#"