Using jQuery datatables with webpack - Error on new imports-loader version

Question

I am using the latest datatables.net-bs version in a webpack setup (v1.11.5).

To make it work, I had to set the following configuration in my webpack.config.js:

{
    test: /datatables\.net.*/,
    use: 'imports-loader?define=>false'
}

I am using imports-loader==0.8.0. Unfortunately, this version is about 4 years old and I want to upgrade to the latest one (v3.1.1).

When I do this, I get an error about the changed API:

ValidationError: Invalid options object. Imports Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.

When I remove the configuration part from my webpack-config, I get this error:

Uncaught TypeError: can't access property "$", this is undefined

I tried to use the new imports-loader setup like this:

use: [
      {
       loader: "imports-loader",
       options: {
           imports: ["default jquery $"]
       }
  }
]

Unfortunately, this does not solve my problem.

My question: Does anybody know how to configure imports-loader so I can use the latest version without breaking my datatables?

Thx!