diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test-node-api.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test-node-api.yml
index b342d8867..e540be0a5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-test-node-api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test-node-api.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: latest
       - run: yarn
       - name: run chromatic via node
-        run: yarn ts-node ./scripts/run-via-node.ts
+        run: ./scripts/run-via-node.mjs
         env:
           LOG_LEVEL: debug
           DEBUG: chromatic-cli
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6467eb29..349ae80b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@
     "tmp-promise": "3.0.2",
     "ts-dedent": "^1.0.0",
     "ts-loader": "^9.2.5",
-    "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "tsup": "^7.2.0",
     "typescript": "^5.2.2",
     "util-deprecate": "^1.0.2",
diff --git a/scripts/run-via-node.ts b/scripts/run-via-node.mjs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 92%
rename from scripts/run-via-node.ts
rename to scripts/run-via-node.mjs
index f51aeb59e..64b425c1a
--- a/scripts/run-via-node.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-via-node.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
 import process from 'process';
 import { run } from '../dist/node';