diff --git a/libs/wingcompiler/preflight.shim.cjs b/libs/wingcompiler/preflight.shim.cjs
index 67f05f9862f..b7c5ae1a495 100644
--- a/libs/wingcompiler/preflight.shim.cjs
+++ b/libs/wingcompiler/preflight.shim.cjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /// 1. The environment variable WING_PREFLIGHT_ENTRYPOINT is a JSON string of the entrypoint to load
 /// 2. Runs in a child process with an IPC channel to the parent process
 
-process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback((reason) => {
+process.on("uncaughtException", (reason) => {
   if (reason instanceof Error) {
     // The Error object does not serialize well over IPC (even with 'advanced' serialization)
     // So we extract the properties we need to recreate most error objects
diff --git a/libs/wingsdk/src/shared/sandbox.ts b/libs/wingsdk/src/shared/sandbox.ts
index 5a28e780ba1..f430f963adc 100644
--- a/libs/wingsdk/src/shared/sandbox.ts
+++ b/libs/wingsdk/src/shared/sandbox.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class Sandbox {
     // wrap contents with a shim that handles the communication with the parent process
     // we insert this shim before bundling to ensure source maps are generated correctly
     contents += `
-process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback((reason) => {
+process.on("uncaughtException", (reason) => {
   process.send({ type: "reject", reason });
 });