diff --git a/scripts/release.ts b/scripts/release.ts
index 1e44e490d838..1164aba01fc3 100644
--- a/scripts/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/release.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ import { spawn } from 'cross-spawn'
 import type { SpawnOptions } from 'node:child_process'
 import { once } from 'node:events'
 import fs from 'node:fs'
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
 import { resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import * as prompts from '@clack/prompts'
 import semver from 'semver'
+import { version as currentVersion } from '../package.json' with { type: 'json' }
 
-const { version: currentVersion } = createRequire(import.meta.url)(
-  '../package.json'
-)
 const { inc: _inc, valid } = semver
 
 const versionIncrements = ['patch', 'minor', 'major'] as const