diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/loaders.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/loaders.js
index 552f3d3997d395..064a735f9a637e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/loaders.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/loaders.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const {
   SafeSet,
   String,
   StringPrototypeStartsWith,
+  StringPrototypeSlice,
   TypeError,
 } = primordials;
 
@@ -369,7 +370,9 @@ function requireBuiltin(id) {
 // Allow internal modules from dependencies to require
 // other modules from dependencies by providing fallbacks.
 function requireWithFallbackInDeps(request) {
-  if (!BuiltinModule.map.has(request)) {
+  if (StringPrototypeStartsWith(request, 'node:')) {
+    request = StringPrototypeSlice(request, 5);
+  } else if (!BuiltinModule.map.has(request)) {
     request = `internal/deps/${request}`;
   }
   return requireBuiltin(request);