diff --git a/src/App.ts b/src/App.ts
index 5c6e442c6..4a79359b3 100644
--- a/src/App.ts
+++ b/src/App.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ import { IncomingEventType, getTypeAndConversation, assertNever } from './helper
 import { CodedError, asCodedError, AppInitializationError, MultipleListenerError } from './errors';
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/order
 import allSettled = require('promise.allsettled'); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
-const packageJson = require('../package.json'); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+import packageJson from '../package.json';
 
 // ----------------------------
 // For listener registration methods
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index fd14c4d54..972b8ac4e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import pleaseUpgradeNode from 'please-upgrade-node';
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
-const packageJson = require('../package.json'); // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+import packageJson from '../package.json';
 
 pleaseUpgradeNode(packageJson);
 
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 1d45f020a..5d6b83dff 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     /* Basic Options */
     "target": "ES2018",                       /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017','ES2018' or 'ESNEXT'. */
     "module": "commonjs",                     /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', or 'ESNext'. */
-    // "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     // "lib": [],                             /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */
     // "allowJs": true,                       /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */
     // "checkJs": true,                       /* Report errors in .js files. */