diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8caa5f6..4b320e4f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
   },
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.7.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ricky0123/vad-web": "^0.0.30"
+    "@ricky0123/vad-web": "^0.0.30",
+    "onnxruntime-web": "1.18.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/livekit/SileroVADGate.ts b/src/livekit/SileroVADGate.ts
index 2fd7cae9..bfcbd15b 100644
--- a/src/livekit/SileroVADGate.ts
+++ b/src/livekit/SileroVADGate.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
 import { MicVAD, getDefaultRealTimeVADOptions } from "@ricky0123/vad-web";
-// ort is not re-exported from the index, import from submodule
-import { ort } from "@ricky0123/vad-web/dist/real-time-vad";
+// ort is not re-exported from the vad-web index; import from the submodule
+import { ort } from "@ricky0123/vad-web/dist/real-time-vad.js";
 import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/logger";
 
 const log = logger.getChild("[SileroVADGate]");
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 19e4a04b..dadeceb1 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ export default ({
           src: "node_modules/onnxruntime-web/dist/*.wasm",
           dest: "vad",
         },
-        {
-          src: "node_modules/onnxruntime-web/dist/ort-wasm-simd-threaded.mjs",
-          dest: "vad",
-        },
       ],
     }),
     react(),
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e92d3172..76fa551f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8450,6 +8450,7 @@ __metadata:
     node-stdlib-browser: "npm:^1.3.1"
     normalize.css: "npm:^8.0.1"
     observable-hooks: "npm:^4.2.3"
+    onnxruntime-web: "npm:1.18.0"
     pako: "npm:^2.0.4"
     postcss: "npm:^8.4.41"
     postcss-preset-env: "npm:^10.0.0"
@@ -9635,6 +9636,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"flatbuffers@npm:^1.12.0":
+  version: 1.12.0
+  resolution: "flatbuffers@npm:1.12.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/14f9fb55f3063b389fc4e3d67ee8ffc71e351b478369fdae919701e458fc7766f2fea4f51181d6e73b4930fbc018cb7013558930367811b960cff01f23aae618
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "flatbuffers@npm:^25.1.24":
   version: 25.9.23
   resolution: "flatbuffers@npm:25.9.23"
@@ -12046,6 +12054,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"onnxruntime-common@npm:1.18.0":
+  version: 1.18.0
+  resolution: "onnxruntime-common@npm:1.18.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/dc5caab4c5b95b4255ba3dcd5ea3e04e10a3a8c605d60c53dac25facfbe9d59a60c510b8ffc3e5f1c8816fded479b6f946b7840a0d10cbd32914ef8ce81c7218
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "onnxruntime-common@npm:1.24.3":
   version: 1.24.3
   resolution: "onnxruntime-common@npm:1.24.3"
@@ -12053,6 +12068,20 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"onnxruntime-web@npm:1.18.0":
+  version: 1.18.0
+  resolution: "onnxruntime-web@npm:1.18.0"
+  dependencies:
+    flatbuffers: "npm:^1.12.0"
+    guid-typescript: "npm:^1.0.9"
+    long: "npm:^5.2.3"
+    onnxruntime-common: "npm:1.18.0"
+    platform: "npm:^1.3.6"
+    protobufjs: "npm:^7.2.4"
+  checksum: 10c0/90d9eed3e8d8bcfea61858eee2a1b94c680c67f6265bb5924752ae1bd9db93cb2dd8bc562ffba6b048fc32c721fcc30fd0b0669da5607fc6c41eaecaba3d4bd7
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "onnxruntime-web@npm:^1.17.0":
   version: 1.24.3
   resolution: "onnxruntime-web@npm:1.24.3"