diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
index c647dfe48..f798ebfc3 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
@@ -362,6 +362,35 @@ describe("contextual JavaScript package path resolution", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("generic package entry heuristics", () => {
+  it.each([
+    ['{"main":"actual.cjs","module":"bundler.mjs"}', "actual.cjs"],
+    ['{"module":"bundler.mjs"}', "bundler.mjs"],
+  ])(
+    "preserves generic entry heuristics without a module kind for %s",
+    (metadata, entry) => {
+      const files = fileMap([
+        file("app/consumer.js", "root"),
+        file("app/node_modules/fixture/package.json", "root", metadata),
+        file("app/node_modules/fixture/actual.cjs", "root"),
+        file("app/node_modules/fixture/bundler.mjs", "root"),
+        file("app/node_modules/fixture/index.js", "root"),
+      ]);
+      expect(
+        resolve({
+          declaredPath: "fixture",
+          sourcePath: "app/consumer.js",
+          context: "module-specifier",
+          files,
+        }),
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        resolution_status: "resolved",
+        resolved_path: `app/node_modules/fixture/${entry}`,
+      });
+    },
+  );
+});
+
 describe("directory package entrypoint precedence", () => {
   it.each([
     ["require", '{"main":"actual.cjs"}', "actual.cjs"],
diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
index 143d4503a..dca7ac8e7 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
@@ -461,10 +461,12 @@ const packageEntry = (
         ? { ...exported, source: "exports" }
         : exported;
     }
-    const preferred =
-      moduleKind === "import"
-        ? [Reflect.get(value, "module"), Reflect.get(value, "main")]
-        : [Reflect.get(value, "main"), Reflect.get(value, "module")];
+    // Node imports and requires ignore the bundler-only module field. Keep
+    // that fallback for callers without an explicit module-loading kind.
+    const preferred = [
+      Reflect.get(value, "main"),
+      ...(moduleKind === undefined ? [Reflect.get(value, "module")] : []),
+    ];
     const entry = preferred.find((candidate) => candidate !== undefined);
     if (entry === undefined) return { status: "missing" };
     const legacy = packagePathValue(entry);
diff --git a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascriptPackagePrecedence.test.ts b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascriptPackagePrecedence.test.ts
index 14c056166..4c730fb73 100644
--- a/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascriptPackagePrecedence.test.ts
+++ b/tests/boundary/filesystem/javascriptPackagePrecedence.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-import { mkdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdir, realpath, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import { dirname, join, relative, sep } from "node:path";
 
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+
 import { expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 import { reconstructJavaScriptArtifact } from "../../../src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactReconstruction.js";
@@ -160,3 +164,108 @@ it.each(cases)(
     expect(result.graph.coverage.status).toBe("complete");
   },
 );
+
+const runNode = promisify(execFile);
+
+it.each([
+  {
+    name: "import uses main before bundler module",
+    kind: "import",
+    metadata: { main: "actual.cjs", module: "bundler.mjs" },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "import ignores a module-only entry",
+    kind: "import",
+    metadata: { module: "bundler.mjs" },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "require ignores a module-only entry",
+    kind: "require",
+    metadata: { module: "bundler.mjs" },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "import preserves a main-only entry",
+    kind: "import",
+    metadata: { main: "actual.cjs" },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "require preserves main before bundler module",
+    kind: "require",
+    metadata: { main: "actual.cjs", module: "bundler.mjs" },
+  },
+  {
+    name: "import preserves declared exports before legacy entries",
+    kind: "import",
+    metadata: {
+      main: "actual.cjs",
+      module: "bundler.mjs",
+      exports: { import: "./exported.mjs", require: "./actual.cjs" },
+    },
+  },
+] as const)(
+  "matches the native Node loader when $name",
+  async ({ kind, metadata }) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-node-package-fields-");
+    const entry = kind === "import" ? "main.mjs" : "main.cjs";
+    const source =
+      kind === "import"
+        ? `import value from "fixture"; console.log(JSON.stringify({value, resolved: import.meta.resolve("fixture")}));`
+        : `const value = require("fixture"); console.log(JSON.stringify({value, resolved: require.resolve("fixture")}));`;
+    const files = {
+      "package.json": JSON.stringify({
+        name: "app",
+        main: entry,
+        type: kind === "import" ? "module" : "commonjs",
+      }),
+      [entry]: source,
+      "node_modules/fixture/package.json": JSON.stringify({
+        name: "fixture",
+        ...metadata,
+      }),
+      "node_modules/fixture/actual.cjs": "module.exports = 'actual.cjs';",
+      "node_modules/fixture/index.js": "module.exports = 'index.js';",
+      "node_modules/fixture/bundler.mjs": "export default 'bundler.mjs';",
+      "node_modules/fixture/exported.mjs": "export default 'exported.mjs';",
+    };
+    await Promise.all(
+      Object.entries(files).map(async ([path, text]) => {
+        await mkdir(dirname(join(root, path)), { recursive: true });
+        await writeFile(join(root, path), text);
+      }),
+    );
+    const { stdout } = await runNode(process.execPath, [join(root, entry)], {
+      cwd: root,
+    });
+    const oracle: unknown = JSON.parse(stdout);
+    expect(oracle).toMatchObject({
+      value: expect.any(String),
+      resolved: expect.any(String),
+    });
+    if (typeof oracle !== "object" || oracle === null)
+      throw new Error("Node returned no package identity");
+    const resolved: unknown = Reflect.get(oracle, "resolved");
+    if (typeof resolved !== "string")
+      throw new Error("Node returned no resolved path");
+    const expected = relative(
+      await realpath(root),
+      kind === "import" ? fileURLToPath(resolved) : resolved,
+    )
+      .split(sep)
+      .join("/");
+    expect(Reflect.get(oracle, "value")).toBe(expected.split("/").at(-1));
+    const result = await reconstructJavaScriptArtifact({
+      input_path: root,
+      format: "directory",
+    });
+    const edge = result.graph.edges.find(
+      ({ properties }) =>
+        properties.module_link_kind === kind &&
+        properties.specifier === "fixture",
+    );
+    expect(edge?.properties).toMatchObject({
+      resolution_status: "resolved",
+      resolved_path: expected,
+    });
+    expect(result.graph.coverage.status).toBe("complete");
+  },
+);