diff --git a/packages/ember/.eslintignore b/packages/ember/.eslintignore
index a310aa45debb..ef6a9cb20ac9 100644
--- a/packages/ember/.eslintignore
+++ b/packages/ember/.eslintignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # unconventional js
 /blueprints/*/files/
-/vendor/
 
 # compiled output
 /dist/
diff --git a/packages/ember/.eslintrc.js b/packages/ember/.eslintrc.js
index 83d1d1583fdb..d626d24fce6c 100644
--- a/packages/ember/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/ember/.eslintrc.js
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ module.exports = {
   extends: ['../../.eslintrc.js'],
 
   overrides: [
+    {
+      // Vendor scripts are injected as inline <script> tags and must use ES5 syntax
+      // to ensure compatibility with older browsers that cannot transpile inline scripts.
+      // Setting ecmaVersion: 5 ensures ESLint will error on ANY ES6+ syntax at parse time.
+      files: ['vendor/**/*.js'],
+      parserOptions: {
+        sourceType: 'script',
+        ecmaVersion: 5,
+      },
+      env: {
+        browser: true,
+        node: false,
+      },
+    },
     {
       // addon files
       files: ['{addon,app,tests}/**/*.{js,ts,d.ts}'],
diff --git a/packages/ember/vendor/initial-load-body.js b/packages/ember/vendor/initial-load-body.js
index a4924bcc27cf..c538bf091d70 100644
--- a/packages/ember/vendor/initial-load-body.js
+++ b/packages/ember/vendor/initial-load-body.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-if (window.performance?.mark) {
+if (window.performance && window.performance.mark) {
   window.performance.mark('@sentry/ember:initial-load-end');
 }
diff --git a/packages/ember/vendor/initial-load-head.js b/packages/ember/vendor/initial-load-head.js
index 36260f8291ad..27152f5aa5ef 100644
--- a/packages/ember/vendor/initial-load-head.js
+++ b/packages/ember/vendor/initial-load-head.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-if (window.performance?.mark) {
+if (window.performance && window.performance.mark) {
   window.performance.mark('@sentry/ember:initial-load-start');
 }