diff --git a/modules/builders/BUILD.bazel b/modules/builders/BUILD.bazel
index 59747e2f6..49ce6d0c5 100644
--- a/modules/builders/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/modules/builders/BUILD.bazel
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ ts_library(
     deps = [
         "//modules/common/clover/server",
         "//modules/common/engine",
+        "//modules/common/tools",
         "@npm//@angular-devkit/architect",
         "@npm//@angular-devkit/build-angular",
         "@npm//@angular-devkit/core",
+        "@npm//@angular/core",
+        "@npm//@angular/platform-server",
         "@npm//@types/browser-sync",
         "@npm//@types/express",
         "@npm//guess-parser",
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ pkg_npm(
     package_name = "@nguniversal/builders",
     srcs = [":builders_assets"],
     tags = ["release"],
+    visibility = [
+        "//integration:__subpackages__",
+    ],
     deps = [":builders"],
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/builders/src/prerender/index.ts b/modules/builders/src/prerender/index.ts
index a797aaa68..dd8324b81 100644
--- a/modules/builders/src/prerender/index.ts
+++ b/modules/builders/src/prerender/index.ts
@@ -19,13 +19,10 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import ora from 'ora';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import Piscina from 'piscina';
-import { promisify } from 'util';
 import { PrerenderBuilderOptions, PrerenderBuilderOutput } from './models';
 import { getIndexOutputFile, getRoutes } from './utils';
 import { RenderOptions, RenderResult } from './worker';
 
-export const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile);
-
 type BuildBuilderOutput = BuilderOutput & {
   baseOutputPath: string;
   outputPaths: string[];
@@ -103,11 +100,13 @@ async function _renderUniversal(
     browserOptions.optimization,
   );
 
+  const zonePackage = require.resolve('zone.js', { paths: [context.workspaceRoot] });
+
   const { baseOutputPath = '' } = serverResult;
   const worker = new Piscina({
     filename: path.join(__dirname, 'worker.js'),
-    name: 'render',
     maxThreads: numProcesses,
+    workerData: { zonePackage },
   });
 
   try {
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ async function _renderUniversal(
               serverBundlePath,
             };
 
-            return worker.run(options, { name: 'render' });
+            return worker.run(options);
           }),
         )) as RenderResult[];
         let numErrors = 0;
diff --git a/modules/builders/src/prerender/worker.ts b/modules/builders/src/prerender/worker.ts
index de53f9da0..f2eb4ce00 100644
--- a/modules/builders/src/prerender/worker.ts
+++ b/modules/builders/src/prerender/worker.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
+import type { Type } from '@angular/core';
+import type * as platformServer from '@angular/platform-server';
+import type { ɵInlineCriticalCssProcessor } from '@nguniversal/common/tools';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import { workerData } from 'worker_threads';
 import { loadEsmModule } from '../utils/utils';
 
 export interface RenderOptions {
@@ -24,10 +28,18 @@ export interface RenderResult {
   warnings?: string[];
 }
 
+/**
+ * The fully resolved path to the zone.js package that will be loaded during worker initialization.
+ * This is passed as workerData when setting up the worker via the `piscina` package.
+ */
+const { zonePackage } = workerData as {
+  zonePackage: string;
+};
+
 /**
  * Renders each route in routes and writes them to <outputPath>/<route>/index.html.
  */
-export async function render({
+async function render({
   indexFile,
   deployUrl,
   minifyCss,
@@ -41,31 +53,38 @@ export async function render({
   const outputFolderPath = path.join(outputPath, route);
   const outputIndexPath = path.join(outputFolderPath, 'index.html');
 
-  const { ɵInlineCriticalCssProcessor: InlineCriticalCssProcessor } = await loadEsmModule<
-    typeof import('@nguniversal/common/tools')
-  >('@nguniversal/common/tools');
+  const { AppServerModule, renderModule } = (await import(serverBundlePath)) as {
+    renderModule: typeof platformServer.renderModule | undefined;
+    AppServerModule: Type<unknown> | undefined;
+  };
 
-  const { renderModule, AppServerModule } = await import(serverBundlePath);
+  if (!renderModule) {
+    throw new Error(`renderModule was not exported from: ${serverBundlePath}.`);
+  }
+
+  if (!AppServerModule) {
+    throw new Error(`AppServerModule was not exported from: ${serverBundlePath}.`);
+  }
 
   const indexBaseName = fs.existsSync(path.join(outputPath, 'index.original.html'))
     ? 'index.original.html'
     : indexFile;
   const browserIndexInputPath = path.join(outputPath, indexBaseName);
-  let indexHtml = await fs.promises.readFile(browserIndexInputPath, 'utf8');
-  indexHtml = indexHtml.replace(
+  let document = await fs.promises.readFile(browserIndexInputPath, 'utf8');
+  document = document.replace(
     '</html>',
     '<!-- This page was prerendered with Angular Universal -->\n</html>',
   );
   if (inlineCriticalCss) {
     // Workaround for https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/critters/issues/64
-    indexHtml = indexHtml.replace(
+    document = document.replace(
       / media="print" onload="this\.media='all'"><noscript><link .+?><\/noscript>/g,
       '>',
     );
   }
 
   let html = await renderModule(AppServerModule, {
-    document: indexHtml,
+    document,
     url: route,
   });
 
@@ -94,3 +113,30 @@ export async function render({
 
   return result;
 }
+
+let InlineCriticalCssProcessor: typeof ɵInlineCriticalCssProcessor;
+/**
+ * Initializes the worker when it is first created by loading the Zone.js package
+ * into the worker instance.
+ *
+ * @returns A promise resolving to the render function of the worker.
+ */
+async function initialize() {
+  const { ɵInlineCriticalCssProcessor } = await loadEsmModule<
+    typeof import('@nguniversal/common/tools')
+  >('@nguniversal/common/tools');
+
+  InlineCriticalCssProcessor = ɵInlineCriticalCssProcessor;
+
+  // Setup Zone.js
+  await import(zonePackage);
+
+  // Return the render function for use
+  return render;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The default export will be the promise returned by the initialize function.
+ * This is awaited by piscina prior to using the Worker.
+ */
+export default initialize();