diff --git a/lib/shared/require-or-import.js b/lib/shared/require-or-import.js
index 4cf5877e..af98aac5 100644
--- a/lib/shared/require-or-import.js
+++ b/lib/shared/require-or-import.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ function requireOrImport(path, callback) {
     if (pathToFileURL && importESM) {
       // Because e.code is undefined on nyc process.
       /* istanbul ignore else */
-      if (e.code === 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM' || process.env.NYC_CONFIG) {
+      // Check 'ERR_REQUIRE_ASYNC_MODULE' if on node v22.12.0 or later to allow importing from files using top level await.
+      if (e.code === 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM' || process.env.NYC_CONFIG || e.code === 'ERR_REQUIRE_ASYNC_MODULE') {
         // This is needed on Windows, because import() fails if providing a Windows file path.
         var url = pathToFileURL(path);
         importESM(url).then(function(esm) { callback(null, esm); }, callback);
diff --git a/test/esm.js b/test/esm.js
index 52affdab..784a4036 100644
--- a/test/esm.js
+++ b/test/esm.js
@@ -60,4 +60,29 @@ describe('ESM', function() {
     }
   });
 
+  it('prints the task list (top-level await)', function(done) {
+    if (shouldSkip()) {
+      this.skip();
+    }
+
+    if (semver.satisfies(process.version, '10 || 12')) {
+      this.skip();
+    }
+
+    var options = '--tasks --sort-tasks --gulpfile ./test/fixtures/gulpfiles/gulpfile-tla.mjs';
+    var trailingLines = 1;
+
+    var opts = { cwd: baseDir };
+    exec(gulp(options), opts, cb);
+
+    function cb(err, stdout, stderr) {
+      expect(err).toBeNull();
+      expect(stderr).toEqual('');
+      var filepath = path.join(expectedDir, 'esm.txt');
+      var expected = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf-8');
+      expect(sliceLines(stdout, trailingLines)).toEqual(expected);
+      done(err);
+    }
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/gulpfiles/gulpfile-tla.mjs b/test/fixtures/gulpfiles/gulpfile-tla.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6a97a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/gulpfiles/gulpfile-tla.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const dynamicNoop = await Promise.resolve(function noop(cb) {
+  cb();
+});
+
+export const registered = dynamicNoop;
+export function exported(){};
+export const string = 'no function';