diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bbd6081ccf6..f23856d9789 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@
     "prettier:check": "prettier --cache --cache-strategy metadata --check .",
     "check:spelling": "cspell --cache --no-progress '**/*'",
     "check:integrations": "npm run build:npm && npm run build:deno && mocha --full-trace integrationTests/*-test.ts",
-    "start": "DOCUSAURUS_GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME=\"$(pwd)/.docusaurus\" docusaurus start ./website",
-    "build:website": "DOCUSAURUS_GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME=\"$(pwd)/.docusaurus\" docusaurus build --out-dir=\"$(pwd)/websiteDist\" ./website",
+    "serve": "docusaurus serve --dir websiteDist/ --config website/docusaurus.config.cjs",
+    "start": "npm run build:website && npm run serve",
+    "build:website": "ts-node resources/build-docusaurus.ts",
     "build:npm": "ts-node resources/build-npm.ts",
     "build:deno": "ts-node resources/build-deno.ts",
     "diff:npm": "ts-node resources/diff-npm-package.ts",
diff --git a/resources/build-docusaurus.ts b/resources/build-docusaurus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47451c967b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/build-docusaurus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// The whole script is a hack to allow building Docusaurus in ESM project
+// https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/6520
+// Should be just: `docusaurus build --out-dir ./websiteDist ./website`
+
+import * as fs from 'node:fs';
+import * as os from 'node:os';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+
+import { localRepoPath, npm, readPackageJSON } from './utils.js';
+
+const tmpDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'graphql-run-docusaurus');
+fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+fs.mkdirSync(tmpDir);
+
+const packageJSON = readPackageJSON();
+delete packageJSON.type;
+fs.writeFileSync(tmpDirPath('package.json'), JSON.stringify(packageJSON));
+
+copyToTmpDir('package-lock.json');
+copyToTmpDir('tsconfig.json');
+copyToTmpDir('src');
+copyToTmpDir('website');
+
+npm(['install', 'ci'], { cwd: tmpDir });
+
+const env = {
+  ...process.env,
+  DOCUSAURUS_GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME: tmpDirPath('.docusaurus'),
+};
+const docusaurusArgs = [
+  'build',
+  '--out-dir',
+  localRepoPath('websiteDist'),
+  tmpDirPath('website'),
+];
+npm(['exec', 'docusaurus', '--', ...docusaurusArgs], { env, cwd: tmpDir });
+
+function copyToTmpDir(relativePath: string) {
+  fs.cpSync(localRepoPath(relativePath), tmpDirPath(relativePath), {
+    recursive: true,
+  });
+}
+
+function tmpDirPath(...paths: ReadonlyArray<string>): string {
+  return path.join(tmpDir, ...paths);
+}