diff --git a/packages/widgets_manager7/src/index.ts b/packages/widgets_manager7/src/index.ts
index fa098495c..63d3795ce 100644
--- a/packages/widgets_manager7/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/widgets_manager7/src/index.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const WIDGET_MIMETYPE = 'application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json';
 /**
  * The Voila widgets manager plugin.
  */
-export const widgetManager: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<IJupyterWidgetRegistry> = {
-  id: '@voila-dashboards/voila:widget-manager',
+const widgetManager: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<IJupyterWidgetRegistry> = {
+  id: '@voila-dashboards/voila:widget-manager7',
   autoStart: true,
   requires: [IRenderMimeRegistry],
   provides: IJupyterWidgetRegistry,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export const widgetManager: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<IJupyterWidgetRegistry> = {
 /**
  * The base widgets.
  */
-export const baseWidgets7Plugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
+const baseWidgets7Plugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
   id: `@jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager:base-${JUPYTER_WIDGETS_VERSION}`,
   requires: [IJupyterWidgetRegistry],
   autoStart: true,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export const baseWidgets7Plugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
 /**
  * The control widgets.
  */
-export const controlWidgets7Plugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
+const controlWidgets7Plugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
   id: `@jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager:controls-${JUPYTER_CONTROLS_VERSION}`,
   requires: [IJupyterWidgetRegistry],
   autoStart: true,
@@ -189,3 +189,9 @@ export const controlWidgets7Plugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
     });
   }
 };
+
+export default [
+  widgetManager,
+  baseWidgets7Plugin,
+  controlWidgets7Plugin
+];
diff --git a/packages/widgets_manager8/src/index.ts b/packages/widgets_manager8/src/index.ts
index 918f5ed29..ddf94ccdc 100644
--- a/packages/widgets_manager8/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/widgets_manager8/src/index.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ const WIDGET_MIMETYPE = 'application/vnd.jupyter.widget-view+json';
 /**
  * The Voila widgets manager plugin.
  */
-export const widgetManager: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<IJupyterWidgetRegistry> = {
-  id: '@voila-dashboards/voila:widget-manager',
+const widgetManager: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<IJupyterWidgetRegistry> = {
+  id: '@voila-dashboards/voila:widget-manager8',
   autoStart: true,
   requires: [IRenderMimeRegistry],
   provides: IJupyterWidgetRegistry,
@@ -88,3 +88,7 @@ export const widgetManager: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<IJupyterWidgetRegistry> = {
     };
   }
 };
+
+export default [
+  widgetManager
+];
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cf0d282a2..b9e8035eb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -16698,7 +16698,7 @@ __metadata:
 
 "typescript@patch:typescript@>=3 < 6#~builtin<compat/typescript>":
   version: 5.6.3
-  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A5.6.3#~builtin<compat/typescript>::version=5.6.3&hash=e012d7"
+  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A5.6.3#~builtin<compat/typescript>::version=5.6.3&hash=85af82"
   bin:
     tsc: bin/tsc
     tsserver: bin/tsserver
@@ -16708,11 +16708,11 @@ __metadata:
 
 "typescript@patch:typescript@~5.0.2#~builtin<compat/typescript>":
   version: 5.0.4
-  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A5.0.4#~builtin<compat/typescript>::version=5.0.4&hash=b5f058"
+  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A5.0.4#~builtin<compat/typescript>::version=5.0.4&hash=85af82"
   bin:
     tsc: bin/tsc
     tsserver: bin/tsserver
-  checksum: d26b6ba97b6d163c55dbdffd9bbb4c211667ebebc743accfeb2c8c0154aace7afd097b51165a72a5bad2cf65a4612259344ff60f8e642362aa1695c760d303ac
+  checksum: bb309d320c59a26565fb3793dba550576ab861018ff3fd1b7fccabbe46ae4a35546bc45f342c0a0b6f265c801ccdf64ffd68f548f117ceb7f0eac4b805cd52a9
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard