diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
index 4f334c7d88c336..78f338226cc137 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function detectModuleFormat(source, url) {
  */
 function getDataProtocolModuleFormat(parsed) {
   const { 1: mime } = RegExpPrototypeExec(
-    /^([^/]+\/[^;,]+)(?:[^,]*?)(;base64)?,/,
+    /^([^/]+\/[^;,]+)(?:;[^,]*)?,/,
     parsed.pathname,
   ) || [ null, null, null ];
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
index c284163fba86ec..70c3fc89222bbf 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ function throwIfUnsupportedURLScheme(parsed) {
  */
 function throwUnknownModuleFormat(url, format) {
   const dataUrl = RegExpPrototypeExec(
-    /^data:([^/]+\/[^;,]+)(?:[^,]*?)(;base64)?,/,
+    /^data:([^/]+\/[^;,]+)(?:;[^,]*)?,/,
     url,
   );
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-esm-data-url-format-regex-backtracking.js b/test/parallel/test-esm-data-url-format-regex-backtracking.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..29b7cbae3ab7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-esm-data-url-format-regex-backtracking.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Flags: --expose-internals
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { defaultGetFormat } = require('internal/modules/esm/get_format');
+
+// Regression test for #61904. This malformed data URL path is crafted to
+// stress the MIME regex without triggering URL parsing failures.
+const longPath = `data:a/${'a'.repeat(2 ** 17)}B`;
+const start = process.hrtime.bigint();
+const format = defaultGetFormat(new URL(longPath), { parentURL: undefined });
+const elapsedMs = Number(process.hrtime.bigint() - start) / 1e6;
+
+assert.strictEqual(format, null);
+assert.ok(
+  elapsedMs < common.platformTimeout(1000),
+  `Expected format detection to complete quickly, took ${elapsedMs}ms`,
+);