diff --git a/packages/page-files/package.json b/packages/page-files/package.json
index 1ca1f30bd8..0cc3ec7e57 100644
--- a/packages/page-files/package.json
+++ b/packages/page-files/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "version": "0.124.2-152-x",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@polkadot/react-components": "^0.124.2-152-x"
+    "@polkadot/react-components": "^0.124.2-152-x",
+    "axios": "^1.3.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/page-files/src/UploadModal.tsx b/packages/page-files/src/UploadModal.tsx
index add9d798eb..a42bb200d9 100644
--- a/packages/page-files/src/UploadModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-files/src/UploadModal.tsx
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ function UploadModal ({ className, file, onClose = NOOP, onSuccess = NOOP }: Pro
         headers: { Authorization: AuthBasic },
         maxContentLength: 100 * 1024 * 1024,
         method: 'POST',
-        onUploadProgress: (p: { loaded: number, total: number }) => {
-          const percent = p.loaded / p.total;
+        onUploadProgress: ({ loaded, total }) => {
+          const percent = loaded / (total || loaded || 1);
 
           setUpState({ progress: Math.round(percent * 99), up: true });
         },
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/Spinner.tsx b/packages/react-components/src/Spinner.tsx
index 02c933c434..48b515c162 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/src/Spinner.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/Spinner.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 
-import spinnerSrc from './Spinner.png';
+import spinnerSrc from './Spinner.png.js';
 import { styled } from './styled.js';
 import { useTranslation } from './translate.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/i18n/index.ts b/packages/react-components/src/i18n/index.ts
index 5eaac06a11..ac9d823eea 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/src/i18n/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/i18n/index.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ import { LANGUAGE_DEFAULT, settings } from '@polkadot/ui-settings';
 
 import Backend from './Backend.js';
 
-interface Services {
-  languageDetector: {
-    detect: () => string;
-  };
-}
-
 const languageDetector = new LanguageDetector();
 
 languageDetector.addDetector({
@@ -91,10 +85,13 @@ i18next
   );
 
 settings.on('change', (settings): void => {
-  i18next.changeLanguage(
+  (
     settings.i18nLang === LANGUAGE_DEFAULT
-      ? (i18next.services as Services).languageDetector.detect()
-      : settings.i18nLang
+      // If we want to use the default language, we need to pass no
+      // actual param through here
+      // https://github.com/i18next/i18next/blob/21eac5a605601ec1067aac3583c6ec6bc2ecd3b7/src/i18next.js#L366
+      ? i18next.changeLanguage()
+      : i18next.changeLanguage(settings.i18nLang)
   ).catch(console.error);
 });
 
diff --git a/scripts/fixupModules.cjs b/scripts/fixupModules.cjs
index 267db7859b..3f90cb2d2d 100644
--- a/scripts/fixupModules.cjs
+++ b/scripts/fixupModules.cjs
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ const process = require('process');
 const PKG_FIX = [
   '@frequency-chain/api-augment',
   // we use the ESM path here
-  'chartjs-plugin-annotation'
+  'chartjs-plugin-annotation',
+  // the default export here is ESM
+  'i18next-browser-languagedetector'
 ];
 
 PKG_FIX.forEach((f) => {
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index da7049959a..50c97503a0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "lib": ["es2021", "dom"],
     "jsx": "react",
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    /* FIXME i18next-browser-languagedetector & axios is problematic with nodenext resolution */
+    /* FIXME we still have some issues with some deps that make the default nodenext impossible */
     "moduleResolution": "node",
 		"paths": {
       "@polkadot/apps": ["apps/src/index.tsx"],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 632059d22f..dc3b508077 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1486,6 +1486,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@polkadot/app-files@workspace:packages/page-files"
   dependencies:
     "@polkadot/react-components": ^0.124.2-152-x
+    axios: ^1.3.4
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -4801,6 +4802,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"axios@npm:^1.3.4":
+  version: 1.3.4
+  resolution: "axios@npm:1.3.4"
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects: ^1.15.0
+    form-data: ^4.0.0
+    proxy-from-env: ^1.1.0
+  checksum: 7440edefcf8498bc3cdf39de00443e8101f249972c83b739c6e880d9d669fea9486372dbe8739e88b3bf8bb1ad15f6106693f206f078f4516fe8fd47b1c3093c
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "babel-plugin-styled-components@npm:>= 1.12.0":
   version: 2.0.7
   resolution: "babel-plugin-styled-components@npm:2.0.7"
@@ -8827,6 +8839,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"follow-redirects@npm:^1.15.0":
+  version: 1.15.2
+  resolution: "follow-redirects@npm:1.15.2"
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    debug:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: faa66059b66358ba65c234c2f2a37fcec029dc22775f35d9ad6abac56003268baf41e55f9ee645957b32c7d9f62baf1f0b906e68267276f54ec4b4c597c2b190
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "foreach@npm:^2.0.5":
   version: 2.0.5
   resolution: "foreach@npm:2.0.5"
@@ -14098,6 +14120,13 @@ fsevents@~2.3.2:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"proxy-from-env@npm:^1.1.0":
+  version: 1.1.0
+  resolution: "proxy-from-env@npm:1.1.0"
+  checksum: ed7fcc2ba0a33404958e34d95d18638249a68c430e30fcb6c478497d72739ba64ce9810a24f53a7d921d0c065e5b78e3822759800698167256b04659366ca4d4
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "psl@npm:^1.1.28, psl@npm:^1.1.33":
   version: 1.8.0
   resolution: "psl@npm:1.8.0"