diff --git a/templates/blank/src/payload.config.ts b/templates/blank/src/payload.config.ts
index e548d5c53..daae2a2d8 100644
--- a/templates/blank/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/templates/blank/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Users from './collections/Users'
 export default buildConfig({
   admin: {
     user: Users.slug,
+    bundler: webpackBundler(), // bundler-config
   },
   editor: lexicalEditor({}), // editor-config
   collections: [Users],
@@ -26,5 +27,4 @@ export default buildConfig({
     url: process.env.DATABASE_URI,
   }),
   // database-adapter-config-end
-  bundler: webpackBundler(), // bundler-config
 })
diff --git a/templates/ecommerce/src/payload/payload.config.ts b/templates/ecommerce/src/payload/payload.config.ts
index e9f3c7302..bb98a3cc8 100644
--- a/templates/ecommerce/src/payload/payload.config.ts
+++ b/templates/ecommerce/src/payload/payload.config.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const mockModulePath = path.resolve(__dirname, './emptyModuleMock.js')
 export default buildConfig({
   admin: {
     user: Users.slug,
+    bundler: webpackBundler(), // bundler-config
     components: {
       // The `BeforeLogin` component renders a message that you see while logging into your admin panel.
       // Feel free to delete this at any time. Simply remove the line below and the import `BeforeLogin` statement on line 15.
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ export default buildConfig({
     url: process.env.DATABASE_URI,
   }),
   // database-adapter-config-end
-  bundler: webpackBundler(), // bundler-config
   cors: ['https://checkout.stripe.com', process.env.PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL || ''].filter(
     Boolean,
   ),
diff --git a/templates/website/src/payload.config.ts b/templates/website/src/payload.config.ts
index 1c27b3f2b..a8a891a8b 100644
--- a/templates/website/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/templates/website/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const mockModulePath = path.resolve(__dirname, './emptyModuleMock.js')
 export default buildConfig({
   admin: {
     user: Users.slug,
+    bundler: webpackBundler(), // bundler-config
     components: {
       // The BeforeDashboard component renders the 'welcome' block that you see after logging into your admin panel.
       // Feel free to delete this at any time. Simply remove the line below and the import BeforeDashboard statement on line 15.
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ export default buildConfig({
     url: process.env.DATABASE_URI,
   }),
   // database-adapter-config-end
-  bundler: webpackBundler(), // bundler-config
   ...(process.env.PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SITE_URL
     ? {
         cors: [process.env.PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SITE_URL].filter(Boolean),