diff --git a/core/utils/xml.js b/core/utils/xml.js
index d7e8d77cd..34dfdb170 100644
--- a/core/utils/xml.js
+++ b/core/utils/xml.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 goog.module('Blockly.utils.xml');
 goog.module.declareLegacyNamespace();
 
+const {globalThis} = goog.require('Blockly.utils.global');
+
 
 /**
  * Namespace for Blockly's XML.
@@ -27,19 +29,31 @@ const NAME_SPACE = 'https://developers.google.com/blockly/xml';
 exports.NAME_SPACE = NAME_SPACE;
 
 /**
- * Get the document object.  This method is overridden in the Node.js build of
- * Blockly. See gulpfile.js, package-blockly-node task.
- *
- * Note that this function is named getDocument so as to not shadow the
- * global of the same name, but (for now) exported as .document to not
- * break existing importers.
- *
+ * The Document object to use.  By default this is just document, but
+ * the Node.js build of Blockly (see scripts/package/node/core.js)
+ * calls setDocument to supply a Document implementation from the
+ * jsdom package instead.
+ * @type {!Document}
+ */
+let xmlDocument = globalThis.document;
+
+/**
+ * Get the document object to use for XML serialization.
  * @return {!Document} The document object.
  */
 const getDocument = function() {
-  return document;
+  return xmlDocument;
 };
-exports.document = getDocument;
+exports.getDocument = getDocument;
+
+/**
+ * Get the document object to use for XML serialization.
+ * @param {!Document} document The document object to use.
+ */
+const setDocument = function(document) {
+  xmlDocument = document;
+};
+exports.setDocument = setDocument;
 
 /**
  * Create DOM element for XML.
@@ -47,7 +61,7 @@ exports.document = getDocument;
  * @return {!Element} New DOM element.
  */
 const createElement = function(tagName) {
-  return exports.document().createElementNS(NAME_SPACE, tagName);
+  return xmlDocument.createElementNS(NAME_SPACE, tagName);
 };
 exports.createElement = createElement;
 
@@ -57,7 +71,7 @@ exports.createElement = createElement;
  * @return {!Text} New DOM text node.
  */
 const createTextNode = function(text) {
-  return exports.document().createTextNode(text);
+  return xmlDocument.createTextNode(text);
 };
 exports.createTextNode = createTextNode;
 
diff --git a/scripts/migration/renamings.js b/scripts/migration/renamings.js
index 15c0a07f7..087964eae 100644
--- a/scripts/migration/renamings.js
+++ b/scripts/migration/renamings.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const renamings = {
           export: 'conditionalBind',
         },
       },
-    }
+    },
   },
   '6.20210701.0': {
     'Blockly': {
@@ -70,14 +70,21 @@ const renamings = {
     'Blockly.utils': {
       exports: {
         genUid: {module: 'Blockly.utils.idGenerator'},
-      }
+      },
     },
     'Blockly.utils.global': {
       export: 'globalThis',  // Previous default export now named.
     },
     'Blockly.utils.IdGenerator': {
       module: 'Blockly.utils.idGenerator',
-    }
+    },
+    'Blockly.utils.xml': {
+      exports: {
+        // document was a function before, too - not a static property
+        // or get accessor.
+        document: {export: 'getDocument'},
+      },
+    },
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/scripts/package/node/core.js b/scripts/package/node/core.js
index 21c2ac812..35e063b91 100644
--- a/scripts/package/node/core.js
+++ b/scripts/package/node/core.js
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ Blockly.setLocale = function (locale) {
 // XMLSerializer.
 const globalThis = Blockly.utils.global.globalThis;
 if (typeof globalThis.document !== 'object') {
-  globalThis.DOMParser = require('jsdom/lib/jsdom/living').DOMParser;
-  globalThis.XMLSerializer = require('jsdom/lib/jsdom/living').XMLSerializer;
-  var doc = Blockly.utils.xml.textToDomDocument(
-    '<xml xmlns="https://developers.google.com/blockly/xml"></xml>');
-  Blockly.utils.xml.document = function() {
-    return doc;
-  };
+  const jsdom = require('jsdom/lib/jsdom/living');
+  globalThis.DOMParser = jsdom.DOMParser;
+  globalThis.XMLSerializer = jsdom.XMLSerializer;
+  const xmlDocument = Blockly.utils.xml.textToDomDocument(
+    `<xml xmlns="${Blockly.utils.xml.NAME_SPACE}"></xml>`);
+  Blockly.utils.xml.setDocument(xmlDocument);
 }
diff --git a/tests/deps.js b/tests/deps.js
index 75844ca38..dd99899f3 100644
--- a/tests/deps.js
+++ b/tests/deps.js
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ goog.addDependency('../../core/utils/svg.js', ['Blockly.utils.Svg'], [], {'lang'
 goog.addDependency('../../core/utils/svg_paths.js', ['Blockly.utils.svgPaths'], [], {'lang': 'es6', 'module': 'goog'});
 goog.addDependency('../../core/utils/toolbox.js', ['Blockly.utils.toolbox'], ['Blockly.Xml', 'Blockly.utils.userAgent'], {'lang': 'es6', 'module': 'goog'});
 goog.addDependency('../../core/utils/useragent.js', ['Blockly.utils.userAgent'], ['Blockly.utils.global'], {'lang': 'es6', 'module': 'goog'});
-goog.addDependency('../../core/utils/xml.js', ['Blockly.utils.xml'], [], {'lang': 'es6', 'module': 'goog'});
+goog.addDependency('../../core/utils/xml.js', ['Blockly.utils.xml'], ['Blockly.utils.global'], {'lang': 'es6', 'module': 'goog'});
 goog.addDependency('../../core/variable_map.js', ['Blockly.VariableMap'], ['Blockly.Events', 'Blockly.Events.VarDelete', 'Blockly.Events.VarRename', 'Blockly.Msg', 'Blockly.Names', 'Blockly.VariableModel', 'Blockly.dialog', 'Blockly.utils.idGenerator', 'Blockly.utils.object'], {'lang': 'es6', 'module': 'goog'});
 goog.addDependency('../../core/variable_model.js', ['Blockly.VariableModel'], ['Blockly.Events', 'Blockly.Events.VarCreate', 'Blockly.utils.idGenerator'], {'lang': 'es6', 'module': 'goog'});
 goog.addDependency('../../core/variables.js', ['Blockly.Variables'], ['Blockly.Blocks', 'Blockly.Msg', 'Blockly.VariableModel', 'Blockly.Xml', 'Blockly.dialog', 'Blockly.utils.xml'], {'lang': 'es6', 'module': 'goog'});