diff --git a/fixtures/flight/config/webpack.config.js b/fixtures/flight/config/webpack.config.js
index f1579c3a7b7b0..9b4b7edb09c71 100644
--- a/fixtures/flight/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/fixtures/flight/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -208,7 +208,13 @@ module.exports = function (webpackEnv) {
       : isEnvDevelopment && 'cheap-module-source-map',
     // These are the "entry points" to our application.
     // This means they will be the "root" imports that are included in JS bundle.
-    entry: paths.appIndexJs,
+    entry: isEnvProduction
+      ? [paths.appIndexJs]
+      : [
+          paths.appIndexJs,
+          // HMR client
+          'webpack-hot-middleware/client?path=/__webpack_hmr&timeout=20000',
+        ],
     output: {
       // The build folder.
       path: paths.appBuild,
@@ -571,6 +577,7 @@ module.exports = function (webpackEnv) {
       ].filter(Boolean),
     },
     plugins: [
+      new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
       // Generates an `index.html` file with the <script> injected.
       new HtmlWebpackPlugin(
         Object.assign(
diff --git a/fixtures/flight/package.json b/fixtures/flight/package.json
index 57a93807f8296..3124178467c11 100644
--- a/fixtures/flight/package.json
+++ b/fixtures/flight/package.json
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@
     "style-loader": "^3.3.1",
     "tailwindcss": "^3.0.2",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "^5.2.5",
+    "undici": "^5.20.0",
     "webpack": "^5.64.4",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^5.3.1"
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^5.3.1",
+    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.25.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "predev": "cp -r ../../build/oss-experimental/* ./node_modules/",
diff --git a/fixtures/flight/server/global.js b/fixtures/flight/server/global.js
index a626129352683..c58cdfa05fcc4 100644
--- a/fixtures/flight/server/global.js
+++ b/fixtures/flight/server/global.js
@@ -38,12 +38,69 @@ const chalk = require('chalk');
 const express = require('express');
 const app = express();
 
+const http = require('http');
+
 app.use(compress());
 
+function request(options, body) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const req = http.request(options, res => {
+      resolve(res);
+    });
+    req.on('error', e => {
+      reject(e);
+    });
+    body.pipe(req);
+  });
+}
+
+app.all('/', async function (req, res, next) {
+  if (req.accepts('text/html')) {
+    // Pass-through to the html file
+    next();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Proxy the request to the regional server.
+  const proxiedHeaders = {
+    'X-Forwarded-Host': req.hostname,
+    'X-Forwarded-For': req.ips,
+    'X-Forwarded-Port': 3000,
+    'X-Forwarded-Proto': req.protocol,
+  };
+  // Proxy other headers as desired.
+  if (req.get('rsc-action')) {
+    proxiedHeaders['Content-type'] = req.get('Content-type');
+    proxiedHeaders['rsc-action'] = req.get('rsc-action');
+  }
+
+  const promiseForData = request(
+    {
+      host: '127.0.0.1',
+      port: 3001,
+      method: req.method,
+      path: '/',
+      headers: proxiedHeaders,
+    },
+    req
+  );
+
+  try {
+    const rscResponse = await promiseForData;
+    res.set('Content-type', 'text/x-component');
+    rscResponse.pipe(res);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(`Failed to proxy request: ${e.stack}`);
+    res.statusCode = 500;
+    res.end();
+  }
+});
+
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
   // In development we host the Webpack server for live bundling.
   const webpack = require('webpack');
   const webpackMiddleware = require('webpack-dev-middleware');
+  const webpackHotMiddleware = require('webpack-hot-middleware');
   const paths = require('../config/paths');
   const configFactory = require('../config/webpack.config');
   const getClientEnvironment = require('../config/env');
@@ -59,13 +116,21 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
 
   // Create a webpack compiler that is configured with custom messages.
   const compiler = webpack(config);
-  const devMiddleware = {
-    writeToDisk: filePath => {
-      return /(react-client-manifest|react-ssr-manifest)\.json$/.test(filePath);
-    },
-    publicPath: paths.publicUrlOrPath.slice(0, -1),
-  };
-  app.use(webpackMiddleware(compiler, devMiddleware));
+  app.use(
+    webpackMiddleware(compiler, {
+      writeToDisk: filePath => {
+        return /(react-client-manifest|react-ssr-manifest)\.json$/.test(
+          filePath
+        );
+      },
+      publicPath: paths.publicUrlOrPath.slice(0, -1),
+    })
+  );
+  app.use(
+    webpackHotMiddleware(compiler, {
+      /* Options */
+    })
+  );
   app.use(express.static('public'));
 } else {
   // In production we host the static build output.
diff --git a/fixtures/flight/server/region.js b/fixtures/flight/server/region.js
index feda90f6ed8a3..5aa9d1acf8db4 100644
--- a/fixtures/flight/server/region.js
+++ b/fixtures/flight/server/region.js
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ babelRegister({
   plugins: ['@babel/transform-modules-commonjs'],
 });
 
+if (typeof fetch === 'undefined') {
+  // Patch fetch for earlier Node versions.
+  global.fetch = require('undici').fetch;
+}
+
 const express = require('express');
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const app = express();
@@ -51,19 +56,11 @@ app.get('/', async function (req, res) {
     'utf8'
   );
   const App = m.default.default || m.default;
-  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
   const moduleMap = JSON.parse(data);
   const {pipe} = renderToPipeableStream(React.createElement(App), moduleMap);
   pipe(res);
 });
 
-app.options('/', function (req, res) {
-  res.setHeader('Allow', 'Allow: GET,HEAD,POST');
-  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
-  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'rsc-action');
-  res.end();
-});
-
 app.post('/', bodyParser.text(), async function (req, res) {
   const {renderToPipeableStream} = await import(
     'react-server-dom-webpack/server'
@@ -81,13 +78,11 @@ app.post('/', bodyParser.text(), async function (req, res) {
   const args = JSON.parse(req.body);
   const result = action.apply(null, args);
 
-  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
   const {pipe} = renderToPipeableStream(result, {});
   pipe(res);
 });
 
 app.get('/todos', function (req, res) {
-  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
   res.json([
     {
       id: 1,
diff --git a/fixtures/flight/src/index.js b/fixtures/flight/src/index.js
index 8b052b327b067..a7866784f57b2 100644
--- a/fixtures/flight/src/index.js
+++ b/fixtures/flight/src/index.js
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
 import ReactServerDOMReader from 'react-server-dom-webpack/client';
 
 let data = ReactServerDOMReader.createFromFetch(
-  fetch('http://localhost:3001'),
+  fetch('/', {
+    headers: {
+      Accept: 'text/x-component',
+    },
+  }),
   {
     callServer(id, args) {
-      const response = fetch('http://localhost:3001', {
+      const response = fetch('/', {
         method: 'POST',
-        cors: 'cors',
         headers: {
+          Accept: 'text/x-component',
           'rsc-action': JSON.stringify({filepath: id.id, name: id.name}),
         },
         body: JSON.stringify(args),
diff --git a/fixtures/flight/yarn.lock b/fixtures/flight/yarn.lock
index ecbf97dede7f6..facf7d999d558 100644
--- a/fixtures/flight/yarn.lock
+++ b/fixtures/flight/yarn.lock
@@ -2651,7 +2651,7 @@ ansi-escapes@^4.3.1:
   dependencies:
     type-fest "^0.11.0"
 
-ansi-html-community@^0.0.8:
+ansi-html-community@0.0.8, ansi-html-community@^0.0.8:
   version "0.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-html-community/-/ansi-html-community-0.0.8.tgz#69fbc4d6ccbe383f9736934ae34c3f8290f1bf41"
   integrity sha512-1APHAyr3+PCamwNw3bXCPp4HFLONZt/yIH0sZp0/469KWNTEy+qN5jQ3GVX6DMZ1UXAi34yVwtTeaG/HpBuuzw==
@@ -3061,6 +3061,13 @@ buffer-from@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.1.tgz#32713bc028f75c02fdb710d7c7bcec1f2c6070ef"
 
+busboy@^1.6.0:
+  version "1.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/busboy/-/busboy-1.6.0.tgz#966ea36a9502e43cdb9146962523b92f531f6893"
+  integrity sha512-8SFQbg/0hQ9xy3UNTB0YEnsNBbWfhf7RtnzpL7TkBiTBRfrQ9Fxcnz7VJsleJpyp6rVLvXiuORqjlHi5q+PYuA==
+  dependencies:
+    streamsearch "^1.1.0"
+
 bytes@3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bytes/-/bytes-3.0.0.tgz#d32815404d689699f85a4ea4fa8755dd13a96048"
@@ -7903,6 +7910,11 @@ statuses@2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/statuses/-/statuses-2.0.1.tgz#55cb000ccf1d48728bd23c685a063998cf1a1b63"
   integrity sha512-RwNA9Z/7PrK06rYLIzFMlaF+l73iwpzsqRIFgbMLbTcLD6cOao82TaWefPXQvB2fOC4AjuYSEndS7N/mTCbkdQ==
 
+streamsearch@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/streamsearch/-/streamsearch-1.1.0.tgz#404dd1e2247ca94af554e841a8ef0eaa238da764"
+  integrity sha512-Mcc5wHehp9aXz1ax6bZUyY5afg9u2rv5cqQI3mRrYkGC8rW2hM02jWuwjtL++LS5qinSyhj2QfLyNsuc+VsExg==
+
 string-length@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-length/-/string-length-4.0.1.tgz#4a973bf31ef77c4edbceadd6af2611996985f8a1"
@@ -8388,6 +8400,13 @@ undefsafe@^2.0.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/undefsafe/-/undefsafe-2.0.5.tgz#38733b9327bdcd226db889fb723a6efd162e6e2c"
   integrity sha512-WxONCrssBM8TSPRqN5EmsjVrsv4A8X12J4ArBiiayv3DyyG3ZlIg6yysuuSYdZsVz3TKcTg2fd//Ujd4CHV1iA==
 
+undici@^5.20.0:
+  version "5.20.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/undici/-/undici-5.20.0.tgz#6327462f5ce1d3646bcdac99da7317f455bcc263"
+  integrity sha512-J3j60dYzuo6Eevbawwp1sdg16k5Tf768bxYK4TUJRH7cBM4kFCbf3mOnM/0E3vQYXvpxITbbWmBafaDbxLDz3g==
+  dependencies:
+    busboy "^1.6.0"
+
 unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript/-/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript-1.0.4.tgz#2619800c4c825800efdd8343af7dd9933cbe2818"
@@ -8548,6 +8567,15 @@ webpack-dev-middleware@^5.3.1:
     range-parser "^1.2.1"
     schema-utils "^4.0.0"
 
+webpack-hot-middleware@^2.25.3:
+  version "2.25.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-hot-middleware/-/webpack-hot-middleware-2.25.3.tgz#be343ce2848022cfd854dd82820cd730998c6794"
+  integrity sha512-IK/0WAHs7MTu1tzLTjio73LjS3Ov+VvBKQmE8WPlJutgG5zT6Urgq/BbAdRrHTRpyzK0dvAvFh1Qg98akxgZpA==
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-html-community "0.0.8"
+    html-entities "^2.1.0"
+    strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
+
 webpack-sources@^3.2.3:
   version "3.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-3.2.3.tgz#2d4daab8451fd4b240cc27055ff6a0c2ccea0cde"
diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightWebpackNodeLoader.js b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightWebpackNodeLoader.js
index 297cb62c979fb..08e571f10c3de 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightWebpackNodeLoader.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightWebpackNodeLoader.js
@@ -266,10 +266,17 @@ async function parseExportNamesInto(
           if (typeof source !== 'string') {
             throw new Error('Expected the transformed source to be a string.');
           }
-          const {body: childBody} = acorn.parse(source, {
-            ecmaVersion: '2019',
-            sourceType: 'module',
-          });
+          let childBody;
+          try {
+            childBody = acorn.parse(source, {
+              ecmaVersion: '2024',
+              sourceType: 'module',
+            }).body;
+          } catch (x) {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/no-production-logging
+            console.error('Error parsing %s %s', url, x.message);
+            continue;
+          }
           await parseExportNamesInto(childBody, names, url, loader);
           continue;
         }
@@ -381,10 +388,17 @@ async function transformModuleIfNeeded(
     return source;
   }
 
-  const {body} = acorn.parse(source, {
-    ecmaVersion: '2019',
-    sourceType: 'module',
-  });
+  let body;
+  try {
+    body = acorn.parse(source, {
+      ecmaVersion: '2024',
+      sourceType: 'module',
+    }).body;
+  } catch (x) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/no-production-logging
+    console.error('Error parsing %s %s', url, x.message);
+    return source;
+  }
 
   let useClient = false;
   let useServer = false;
@@ -450,8 +464,8 @@ export async function load(
   context: LoadContext,
   defaultLoad: LoadFunction,
 ): Promise<{format: string, shortCircuit?: boolean, source: Source}> {
-  if (context.format === 'module') {
-    const result = await defaultLoad(url, context, defaultLoad);
+  const result = await defaultLoad(url, context, defaultLoad);
+  if (result.format === 'module') {
     if (typeof result.source !== 'string') {
       throw new Error('Expected source to have been loaded into a string.');
     }
@@ -462,5 +476,5 @@ export async function load(
     );
     return {format: 'module', source: newSrc};
   }
-  return defaultLoad(url, context, defaultLoad);
+  return result;
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightWebpackNodeRegister.js b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightWebpackNodeRegister.js
index 14b841c4b9cd4..7d4eb95ca2a05 100644
--- a/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightWebpackNodeRegister.js
+++ b/packages/react-server-dom-webpack/src/ReactFlightWebpackNodeRegister.js
@@ -244,10 +244,17 @@ module.exports = function register() {
       return originalCompile.apply(this, arguments);
     }
 
-    const {body} = acorn.parse(content, {
-      ecmaVersion: '2019',
-      sourceType: 'source',
-    });
+    let body;
+    try {
+      body = acorn.parse(content, {
+        ecmaVersion: '2024',
+        sourceType: 'source',
+      }).body;
+    } catch (x) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line react-internal/no-production-logging
+      console.error('Error parsing %s %s', url, x.message);
+      return originalCompile.apply(this, arguments);
+    }
 
     let useClient = false;
     let useServer = false;