diff --git a/version-check.js b/version-check.js
index 43a0a7ed60..68bfb74a19 100644
--- a/version-check.js
+++ b/version-check.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 // This script is supposed to be run in travis to check package version matches
-// because of this it is designed to be run on a "clean" git checkout 
+// because of this it is designed to be run on a "clean" git checkout
 // this will fail if run after npm install (since npm install updates package-lock)
-const packageVersion = require('./package.json').version 
-const lockVersion = require('./package-lock.json').version
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const packageVersion = require('./package.json').version;
+const lockVersion = require('./package-lock.json').version;
 if (packageVersion != lockVersion) {
-    console.log(`version in package.json (${packageVersion}) does not match package-lock.json (${lockVersion})`);
+    console.log(
+        `version in package.json (${packageVersion}) does not match package-lock.json (${lockVersion})`,
+    );
     process.exit(1);
 }