diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
index 0d68b90943..819ec4f9d0 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/ngcc_spec.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       mainNgcc({
         basePath: '/node_modules',
         targetEntryPointPath: 'test-package',
-        propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+        propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
       });
 
       const jsContents = fs.readFile(_(`/node_modules/test-package/index.js`)).replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       mainNgcc({
         basePath: '/node_modules',
         targetEntryPointPath: 'test-package',
-        propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+        propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
       });
 
       const jsContents = fs.readFile(_(`/node_modules/test-package/index.js`));
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       mainNgcc({
         basePath: '/node_modules',
         targetEntryPointPath: 'test-package',
-        propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+        propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
       });
       const after = fs.readFile(_(`/node_modules/test-package/index.js`));
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       mainNgcc({
         basePath: '/node_modules',
         targetEntryPointPath: 'test-package',
-        propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+        propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
       });
 
       const jsContents = fs.readFile(_(`/node_modules/test-package/index.js`));
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       mainNgcc({
         basePath: '/node_modules',
         targetEntryPointPath: 'test-package',
-        propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+        propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
       });
 
       const jsContents = fs.readFile(_(`/node_modules/test-package/index.js`));
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       });
       mainNgcc({
         basePath: '/node_modules',
-        propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+        propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
         logger: new MockLogger(),
       });
 
@@ -685,15 +685,15 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
       // Now run ngcc again to see that it cleans out the outdated artifacts
       mainNgcc({
         basePath: '/node_modules',
-        propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+        propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
         logger: new MockLogger(),
       });
       const newPackageJson = loadPackage('test-package', _('/node_modules'));
       expect(newPackageJson.__processed_by_ivy_ngcc__).toEqual({
-        main: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
+        module: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
         typings: '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER',
       });
-      expect(newPackageJson.main_ivy_ngcc).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(newPackageJson.module_ivy_ngcc).toBeUndefined();
       expect(fs.exists(_('/node_modules/test-package/x.js'))).toBe(true);
       expect(fs.exists(_('/node_modules/test-package/x.js.__ivy_ngcc_bak'))).toBe(false);
       expect(fs.readFile(_('/node_modules/test-package/x.js'))).toEqual('original content');
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
            mainNgcc({
              basePath: '/node_modules',
              targetEntryPointPath: 'test-package',
-             propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+             propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
            });
 
 
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
            mainNgcc({
              basePath: '/node_modules',
              targetEntryPointPath: 'test-package',
-             propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+             propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
            });
 
 
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ runInEachFileSystem(() => {
            mainNgcc({
              basePath: '/node_modules',
              targetEntryPointPath: 'test-package',
-             propertiesToConsider: ['main'],
+             propertiesToConsider: ['module'],
            });
 
            const dtsContents = fs.readFile(_(`/node_modules/test-package/index.d.ts`));
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/util.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/util.ts
index 32a42a2078..e088007483 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/util.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test/integration/util.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export function compileIntoFlatEs5Package(pkgName: string, sources: PackageSourc
   compileIntoFlatPackage(pkgName, sources, {
     target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES5,
     module: ts.ModuleKind.ESNext,
+    formatProperty: 'module',
   });
 }
 
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ export interface FlatLayoutOptions {
    * The module kind to use in the compiled result.
    */
   module: ts.ModuleKind;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the property in package.json that refers to the root source file.
+   */
+  formatProperty: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ function compileIntoFlatPackage(
   const pkgJson: unknown = {
     name: pkgName,
     version: '0.0.1',
-    main: './index.js',
+    [options.formatProperty]: './index.js',
     typings: './index.d.ts',
   };