diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/plugins/code-format.ts b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/plugins/code-format.ts
index ac8d970936..1d74cff422 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/plugins/code-format.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/plugins/code-format.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 import { Plugin } from '@remixproject/engine'
-import prettier from 'prettier/standalone'
 import { Options } from 'prettier';
 import sol from './code-format/index'
-import * as ts from 'prettier/parser-typescript'
-import * as babel from 'prettier/parser-babel'
-import * as espree from 'prettier/parser-espree'
-import * as yml from 'prettier/parser-yaml'
 import path from 'path'
 import yaml from 'js-yaml'
 import toml from 'toml'
@@ -67,12 +62,28 @@ const defaultOptions = {
 
 export class CodeFormat extends Plugin {
 
+    prettier: any
+    ts: any
+    babel: any
+    espree: any
+    yml: any
+    sol: any
+
     constructor() {
         super(profile)
     }
 
     async format(file: string) {
 
+        // lazy load
+        if (!this.prettier) {
+            this.prettier = await import('prettier/standalone')
+            this.ts = await import('prettier/parser-typescript')
+            this.babel = await import('prettier/parser-babel')
+            this.espree = await import('prettier/parser-espree')
+            this.yml = await import('prettier/parser-yaml')
+        }
+
         try {
             const content = await this.call('fileManager', 'readFile', file)
             if (!content) return
@@ -241,8 +252,8 @@ export class CodeFormat extends Plugin {
             }
 
 
-            const result = prettier.format(content, {
-                plugins: [sol as any, ts, babel, espree, yml],
+            const result = this.prettier.format(content, {
+                plugins: [sol as any, this.ts, this.babel, this.espree, this.yml],
                 parser: parserName,
                 ...options
             })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6505fde6b..4a734ac10c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     "merge": "^2.1.1",
     "npm-install-version": "^6.0.2",
     "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
-    "prettier": "^2.7.1",
+    "prettier": "^2.8.4",
     "prettier-plugin-solidity": "^1.0.0-beta.24",
     "raw-loader": "^4.0.2",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5cd1986312..121dc5a01f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -22237,10 +22237,10 @@ prettier-plugin-solidity@^1.0.0-beta.24:
     solidity-comments-extractor "^0.0.7"
     string-width "^4.2.3"
 
-prettier@^2.7.1:
-  version "2.7.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prettier/-/prettier-2.7.1.tgz#e235806850d057f97bb08368a4f7d899f7760c64"
-  integrity sha512-ujppO+MkdPqoVINuDFDRLClm7D78qbDt0/NR+wp5FqEZOoTNAjPHWj17QRhu7geIHJfcNhRk1XVQmF8Bp3ye+g==
+prettier@^2.8.4:
+  version "2.8.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prettier/-/prettier-2.8.4.tgz#34dd2595629bfbb79d344ac4a91ff948694463c3"
+  integrity sha512-vIS4Rlc2FNh0BySk3Wkd6xmwxB0FpOndW5fisM5H8hsZSxU2VWVB5CWIkIjWvrHjIhxk2g3bfMKM87zNTrZddw==
 
 pretty-format@^27.0.0:
   version "27.2.5"