diff --git a/crates/node_binding/napi-binding.d.ts b/crates/node_binding/napi-binding.d.ts
index bdc3a3ff8484..9119898c0d3a 100644
--- a/crates/node_binding/napi-binding.d.ts
+++ b/crates/node_binding/napi-binding.d.ts
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ export interface KnownAssetInfo {
   isOverSizeLimit?: boolean
 }
 
-export declare function loadBrowserslist(input: string | undefined | null, context: string): Array<string> | null
+export declare function loadBrowserslist(input: string | undefined | null, context: string): Array<string>
 
 export declare function minify(source: string, options: string): Promise<TransformOutput>
 
diff --git a/crates/rspack/src/builder/browserslist_target.rs b/crates/rspack/src/builder/browserslist_target.rs
index f8b78f22c134..17a33174df11 100644
--- a/crates/rspack/src/builder/browserslist_target.rs
+++ b/crates/rspack/src/builder/browserslist_target.rs
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ mod tests {
       .to_string();
 
     // Example: Load browsers list, pass query string or None for default config
-    let browsers =
-      load_browserslist(Some("last 2 versions, not dead"), &context).unwrap_or_default();
+    let browsers = load_browserslist(Some("last 2 versions, not dead"), &context).unwrap();
 
     println!("browsers: {browsers:?}");
 
@@ -359,6 +358,21 @@ mod tests {
 
     println!("prop: {properties:#?}")
   }
+  #[test]
+  fn test_unsupported_node_version() {
+    let context = std::env::current_dir()
+      .unwrap()
+      .to_str()
+      .unwrap()
+      .to_string();
+
+    // Example: Load browsers list, pass query string or None for default config
+    let browsers_error = load_browserslist(Some("node 30.6.0"), &context).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(
+      browsers_error.to_string(),
+      "missing config for Browserslist environment 'node 30.6.0'"
+    );
+  }
 
   #[test]
   fn test_browserslist_targets_snapshots() {
diff --git a/crates/rspack/src/builder/mod.rs b/crates/rspack/src/builder/mod.rs
index 707ecf6b7ace..8ea44356fb82 100644
--- a/crates/rspack/src/builder/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rspack/src/builder/mod.rs
@@ -898,8 +898,7 @@ impl CompilerOptionsBuilder {
     });
 
     let target = f!(self.target.take(), || {
-      let use_browserlist =
-        rspack_browserslist::load_browserslist(None, context.as_str()).is_some();
+      let use_browserlist = rspack_browserslist::load_browserslist(None, context.as_str()).is_ok();
 
       // If it's not able to find config with regard to context, then `browserslist_rs` will fallback to default query,
       // making it always a non-empty value.
diff --git a/crates/rspack/tests/snapshots/defaults__default_options.snap b/crates/rspack/tests/snapshots/defaults__default_options.snap
index 69d8c0cf9aa7..944fb6a81548 100644
--- a/crates/rspack/tests/snapshots/defaults__default_options.snap
+++ b/crates/rspack/tests/snapshots/defaults__default_options.snap
@@ -97,22 +97,22 @@ CompilerOptions {
         script_type: "",
         environment: Environment {
             const: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
             arrow_function: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
             node_prefix_for_core_modules: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
             async_function: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
             big_int_literal: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
             destructuring: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
             document: Some(
                 true,
@@ -121,19 +121,17 @@ CompilerOptions {
                 false,
             ),
             for_of: Some(
-                false,
-            ),
-            global_this: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
+            global_this: None,
             module: Some(
                 false,
             ),
             optional_chaining: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
             template_literal: Some(
-                false,
+                true,
             ),
             dynamic_import_in_worker: Some(
                 false,
diff --git a/crates/rspack_binding_api/src/browserslist.rs b/crates/rspack_binding_api/src/browserslist.rs
index 61e7930c6b23..cd87cb452ec4 100644
--- a/crates/rspack_binding_api/src/browserslist.rs
+++ b/crates/rspack_binding_api/src/browserslist.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #[napi]
-pub fn load_browserslist(input: Option<String>, context: String) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+pub fn load_browserslist(
+  input: Option<String>,
+  context: String,
+) -> Result<Vec<String>, napi::Error> {
   rspack_browserslist::load_browserslist(input.as_deref(), context.as_str())
+    .map_err(|e| napi::Error::from_reason(format!("Failed to load browserslist: {}", e)))
 }
diff --git a/crates/rspack_browserslist/src/lib.rs b/crates/rspack_browserslist/src/lib.rs
index 7fddcce28580..695ea52c2911 100644
--- a/crates/rspack_browserslist/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rspack_browserslist/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mod lightningcss;
 mod load_config;
-
+pub use browserslist::Error;
 pub use lightningcss::browserslist_to_lightningcss_targets;
 pub use load_config::load_browserslist;
diff --git a/crates/rspack_browserslist/src/load_config.rs b/crates/rspack_browserslist/src/load_config.rs
index 5f55e5fe0f67..8496c16fc2c6 100644
--- a/crates/rspack_browserslist/src/load_config.rs
+++ b/crates/rspack_browserslist/src/load_config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use browserslist::Opts;
+use browserslist::{Error, Opts};
 
 /// Configuration parsed from input string and context directory
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub fn parse<'a>(input: Option<&str>, context: &'a str) -> BrowserslistHandlerCo
 }
 
 /// Loads the browsers list based on the input and context.
-pub fn load_browserslist(input: Option<&str>, context: &str) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+pub fn load_browserslist(input: Option<&str>, context: &str) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
   let BrowserslistHandlerConfig {
     config_path,
     env,
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ pub fn load_browserslist(input: Option<&str>, context: &str) -> Option<Vec<Strin
     query,
     context,
   } = parse(input, context);
-
-  let mut opts = Opts::default();
+  // don't support unknown Node.js version, align with babel
+  let mut opts = Opts {
+    throw_on_missing: true,
+    ignore_unknown_versions: false,
+    ..Default::default()
+  };
   if let Some(config) = config_path {
     opts.config = Some(config);
   } else {
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ pub fn load_browserslist(input: Option<&str>, context: &str) -> Option<Vec<Strin
       browserslist::execute(&opts)
     }
   } {
-    Ok(browsers) => Some(browsers.into_iter().map(|d| d.to_string()).collect()),
-    Err(_) => None,
+    Ok(browsers) => Ok(browsers.into_iter().map(|d| d.to_string()).collect()),
+    Err(err) => Err(err),
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/errors.js b/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/errors.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19dbbfdeef8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/errors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module.exports = [[/Failed to load browserslist: unknown Node.js version: 32.8.0/]]
+
diff --git a/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/index.js b/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b1a393741c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// empty
diff --git a/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/package.json b/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79811a7ffc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "browserslist": [
+    "node 32.8.0"
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/rspack.config.js b/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/rspack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9457c724ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rspack-test/configCases/errors/wrong-browserslist/rspack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = {
+	context: __dirname,
+	entry: {
+		main: './index.js'
+	},
+	target:['browserslist']
+}