diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-forks-drum.md b/.changeset/nasty-forks-drum.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac3d51918db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-forks-drum.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: use fallback if `untrack` doesn't exist in svelte package
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
index 84beeb95d79a..7d07af6aa5a6 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { BROWSER, DEV } from 'esm-env';
-import { onMount, tick, untrack } from 'svelte';
+import * as svelte from 'svelte';
+const { onMount, tick } = svelte;
+// Svelte 4 and under don't have `untrack`, so we have to fallback if `untrack` is not exported
+const untrack = svelte.untrack ?? ((value) => value());
 import {
 	decode_params,
 	decode_pathname,