Module not found: Can't resolve 'cardinal' in '//node_modules/mysql2/lib'

When importing a wrapper function for the mysql2 package into the NextJS 13 /app directory I get this error:

Module not found: Can't resolve 'cardinal' in '//node_modules/mysql2/lib'

I dont get this error when importing inside the /pages directory.

Are there any conflicts with this package and the new server side app directory in NextJS 13

I'm importing this wrapper
import mysql from "mysql2/promise";

/lib/lib.js to /app/page.js

export async function query({ query, values = [] }) {
  const dbconnection = await mysql.createConnection({
    host: process.env.MYSQL_DB_HOST,
    database: process.env.MYSQL_DB_NAME,
    port: process.env.MYSQL_DB_PORT,
    user: process.env.MYSQL_DB_USER,
    password: process.env.MYSQL_DB_PWD,
  });
  try {
    const [results] = await dbconnection.execute(query, values);
    dbconnection.end();
    return results;
  } catch (error) {
    throw Error(error.message);
    return { error };
  }
}

Reproduce the import from /lib/lib.js into /app/page.js in a NextJS 13 app, then compare it with the working /pages directory case. Inspect how mysql2/promise resolves the cardinal dependency under the app directory; done means the wrapper loads there without the reported module-not-found error.