diff --git a/bin/prepare-package.js b/bin/prepare-package.mjs
similarity index 53%
rename from bin/prepare-package.js
rename to bin/prepare-package.mjs
index ee9cf9f2d..4bf0543a0 100755
--- a/bin/prepare-package.js
+++ b/bin/prepare-package.mjs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 'use strict';
 
-const fs = require('fs');
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 
-const paths = require('../config/paths');
+const APP_DIRECTORY = fs.realpathSync(process.cwd());
+const PACKAGE_JSON_PATH = path.resolve(APP_DIRECTORY, 'package.json');
 
-const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(paths.appPackageJson, 'utf-8'));
+const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(PACKAGE_JSON_PATH, 'utf-8'));
 
 // make package.json modifications to be able to publish the package. Workspaces require
 // private=true, but to publish it, it must be private=false. While publishing the
@@ -13,4 +15,4 @@ const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(paths.appPackageJson, 'utf-8'));
 packageJson.private = false;
 
 const stringified = JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2) + '\n';
-fs.writeFileSync(paths.appPackageJson, stringified);
+fs.writeFileSync(PACKAGE_JSON_PATH, stringified);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c1363732..0036d438b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "build": "BUILD_TARGET=umd vite build && BUILD_TARGET=esm vite build",
     "test": "TZ=Europe/Amsterdam vitest",
     "test:storybook": "test-storybook --coverage",
-    "prepare-package": "node bin/prepare-package.js",
+    "prepare-package": "node bin/prepare-package.mjs",
     "makemessages-en": "formatjs extract 'src/**/*.{js,jsx}' --format bin/i18n-formatter.js --out-file src/i18n/messages/en.json --id-interpolation-pattern '[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]'",
     "makemessages-nl": "formatjs extract 'src/**/*.{js,jsx}' --format bin/i18n-formatter.js --out-file src/i18n/messages/nl.json --id-interpolation-pattern '[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]'",
     "makemessages": "npm run makemessages-nl && npm run makemessages-en",