diff --git a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/testing/index.js b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/testing/index.js
index 116009e26ea22..c96f18d453592 100644
--- a/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/testing/index.js
+++ b/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/testing/index.js
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 const fs = require('node:fs')
 const path = require('node:path')
 const { isatty } = require('node:tty')
-const { runfiles } = require('@bazel/runfiles')
 const chrome = require('../chrome')
 const edge = require('../edge')
 const firefox = require('../firefox')
@@ -46,6 +45,14 @@ const { Browser } = require('../lib/capabilities')
 const { Builder } = require('../index')
 const { getBinaryPaths } = require('../common/driverFinder')
 
+let runfiles
+try {
+  // Attempt to require @bazel/runfiles
+  runfiles = require('@bazel/runfiles').runfiles
+} catch {
+  // Fall through
+}
+
 /**
  * Describes a browser targeted by a {@linkplain suite test suite}.
  * @record
@@ -544,6 +551,10 @@ function locate(fileLike) {
     return fileLike
   }
 
+  if (!runfiles) {
+    throw new Error('Unable to find ' + fileLike)
+  }
+
   try {
     return runfiles.resolve(fileLike)
   } catch {