diff --git a/benchmark/bencode.js b/benchmark/bencode.js
index becfba2..6cebc2f 100644
--- a/benchmark/bencode.js
+++ b/benchmark/bencode.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-const bench = require('nanobench')
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import bench from 'nanobench'
 
-const bencode = require('../')
+import bencode from '../'
 
 const buffer = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test.torrent'))
 const object = bencode.decode(buffer)
diff --git a/benchmark/buffer-vs-string.js b/benchmark/buffer-vs-string.js
index f459819..4b3ed49 100644
--- a/benchmark/buffer-vs-string.js
+++ b/benchmark/buffer-vs-string.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-const bencode = require('../')
-const bench = require('nanobench')
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import bencode from '../'
+import bench from 'nanobench'
 
 const buffer = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test.torrent'))
 const str = buffer.toString('ascii')
diff --git a/benchmark/compare-decode.js b/benchmark/compare-decode.js
index fb54b19..4890647 100644
--- a/benchmark/compare-decode.js
+++ b/benchmark/compare-decode.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-const bench = require('nanobench')
-
-const bencode = require('../')
-const bencoding = require('bencoding')
-const bncode = require('bncode')
-const btparse = require('btparse')
-const dht = require('dht.js/lib/dht/bencode')
-const dhtBencode = require('dht-bencode')
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import bench from 'nanobench'
+
+import bencode from '../'
+import bencoding from 'bencoding'
+import bncode from 'bncode'
+import btparse from 'btparse'
+import dht from 'dht.js/lib/dht/bencode'
+import dhtBencode from 'dht-bencode'
 
 const buffer = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test.torrent'))
 
diff --git a/benchmark/compare-encode.js b/benchmark/compare-encode.js
index f20241c..3f18d6c 100644
--- a/benchmark/compare-encode.js
+++ b/benchmark/compare-encode.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-const bench = require('nanobench')
-
-const bencode = require('../')
-const bencoding = require('bencoding')
-const bncode = require('bncode')
-const dht = require('dht.js/lib/dht/bencode')
-const dhtBencode = require('dht-bencode')
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import bench from 'nanobench'
+
+import bencode from '../'
+import bencoding from 'bencoding'
+import bncode from 'bncode'
+import dht from 'dht.js/lib/dht/bencode'
+import dhtBencode from 'dht-bencode'
 
 const buffer = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test.torrent'))
 const object = bencode.decode(buffer)
diff --git a/benchmark/encoding-length.js b/benchmark/encoding-length.js
index d92f291..0384ff5 100644
--- a/benchmark/encoding-length.js
+++ b/benchmark/encoding-length.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-const bencode = require('..')
-const bench = require('nanobench')
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import bencode from '..'
+import bench from 'nanobench'
 
 const buffer = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test.torrent'))
 const torrent = bencode.decode(buffer)
diff --git a/lib/decode.js b/lib/decode.js
index 2f95075..3d3bd40 100644
--- a/lib/decode.js
+++ b/lib/decode.js
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ decode.buffer = function () {
     : decode.data.slice(sep, end)
 }
 
-module.exports = decode
+export default decode
diff --git a/lib/encode.js b/lib/encode.js
index da4c3f3..3e6d7ae 100644
--- a/lib/encode.js
+++ b/lib/encode.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { getType } = require('./util.js')
+import { getType } from './util.js'
 
 /**
  * Encodes data in bencode.
@@ -131,4 +131,4 @@ encode.listSet = function (buffers, data) {
   buffers.push(buffE)
 }
 
-module.exports = encode
+export default encode
diff --git a/lib/encoding-length.js b/lib/encoding-length.js
index 7feb291..5340fd2 100644
--- a/lib/encoding-length.js
+++ b/lib/encoding-length.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { digitCount, getType } = require('./util.js')
+import { digitCount, getType } from './util.js'
 
 function listLength (list) {
   let length = 1 + 1 // type marker + end-of-type marker
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ function encodingLength (value) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = encodingLength
+export default encodingLength
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 19edb72..ea0bf16 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-const bencode = module.exports
-
-bencode.encode = require('./encode.js')
-bencode.decode = require('./decode.js')
-
+import encode from './encode.js'
+import decode from './decode.js'
+import byteLength from './encoding-length.js'
 /**
  * Determines the amount of bytes
  * needed to encode the given value
  * @param  {Object|Array|Buffer|String|Number|Boolean} value
  * @return {Number} byteCount
  */
-bencode.byteLength = bencode.encodingLength = require('./encoding-length.js')
+const encodingLength = byteLength
+export default { encode, decode, byteLength, encodingLength }
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 1036fa3..aee0439 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-const util = module.exports
-
-util.digitCount = function digitCount (value) {
+export function digitCount (value) {
   // Add a digit for negative numbers, as the sign will be prefixed
   const sign = value < 0 ? 1 : 0
   // Guard against negative numbers & zero going into log10(),
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@ util.digitCount = function digitCount (value) {
   return Math.floor(Math.log10(value)) + 1 + sign
 }
 
-util.getType = function getType (value) {
+export function getType (value) {
   if (Buffer.isBuffer(value)) return 'buffer'
   if (ArrayBuffer.isView(value)) return 'arraybufferview'
   if (Array.isArray(value)) return 'array'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9ed9926..912282f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/themasch/node-bencode/issues"
   },
+  "type": "module",
   "contributors": [
     {
       "name": "Mark Schmale",
@@ -38,7 +39,12 @@
     "torrent"
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
-  "main": "lib",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=12.20.0"
+  },
+  "exports": {
+    "import": "./lib/index.js"
+  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/themasch/node-bencode.git"
diff --git a/test/BEP-0023.test.js b/test/BEP-0023.test.js
index 9ac808e..f54aa01 100644
--- a/test/BEP-0023.test.js
+++ b/test/BEP-0023.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-const path = require('path')
-const fs = require('fs')
-const test = require('tape').test
-const bencode = require('../lib/index.js')
+import path, { dirname } from 'path'
+import fs from 'fs'
+import test from 'tape'
+import bencode from '../lib/index.js'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename)
 
 // @see http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0023.html
 test('BEP 0023', function (t) {
diff --git a/test/abstract-encoding.test.js b/test/abstract-encoding.test.js
index 4685d6e..7072b68 100644
--- a/test/abstract-encoding.test.js
+++ b/test/abstract-encoding.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const test = require('tape').test
-const bencode = require('../lib/index.js')
+import test from 'tape'
+import bencode from '../lib/index.js'
 
 test('abstract encoding', function (t) {
   t.test('encodingLength( value )', function (t) {
diff --git a/test/data.js b/test/data.js
index ccd4cea..661f83e 100644
--- a/test/data.js
+++ b/test/data.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module.exports = {
+export default {
   binKeyData: Buffer.from('ZDU6ZmlsZXNkMzY6N++/vVXvv73go5rvv71L77+9z6fXlu+/ve+/ve+/ve+/vSR3ZDg6Y29tcGxldGVpMGUxMDpkb3dubG9hZGVkaTEwZTEwOmluY29tcGxldGVpMGVlZWU=', 'base64'),
   binKeyName: Buffer.from('N++/vVXvv73go5rvv71L77+9z6fXlu+/ve+/ve+/ve+/vSR3', 'base64'),
   binResultData: Buffer.from('NzrDtsKxc2Rm', 'base64'),
diff --git a/test/decode.buffer.test.js b/test/decode.buffer.test.js
index 680f0b7..909e16c 100644
--- a/test/decode.buffer.test.js
+++ b/test/decode.buffer.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const test = require('tape').test
-const data = require('./data')
-const bencode = require('../lib/index.js')
+import test from 'tape'
+import data from './data.js'
+import bencode from '../lib/index.js'
 
 test('bencode#decode(x)', function (t) {
   t.test('should be able to decode an integer', function (t) {
diff --git a/test/decode.utf8.test.js b/test/decode.utf8.test.js
index c87f9f6..c1e87f8 100644
--- a/test/decode.utf8.test.js
+++ b/test/decode.utf8.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const test = require('tape').test
-const data = require('./data')
-const bencode = require('../lib/index.js')
+import test from 'tape'
+import data from './data.js'
+import bencode from '../lib/index.js'
 
 test("bencode#decode(x, 'uft8')", function (t) {
   t.test('should be able to decode an integer', function (t) {
diff --git a/test/encode.test.js b/test/encode.test.js
index a93881a..14e731a 100644
--- a/test/encode.test.js
+++ b/test/encode.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-const test = require('tape').test
-const data = require('./data.js')
-const bencode = require('../lib/index.js')
+import test from 'tape'
+import data from './data.js'
+import bencode from '../lib/index.js'
 
 test('bencode#encode()', function (t) {
   // prevent the warning showing up in the test
diff --git a/test/encoding-length.test.js b/test/encoding-length.test.js
index 5aab644..294a4db 100644
--- a/test/encoding-length.test.js
+++ b/test/encoding-length.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-const test = require('tape').test
-const bencode = require('../lib/index.js')
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path, { dirname } from 'path'
+import test from 'tape'
+import bencode from '../lib/index.js'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename)
 
 const torrent = fs.readFileSync(
   path.join(__dirname, '..', 'benchmark', 'test.torrent')
diff --git a/test/null-values.test.js b/test/null-values.test.js
index 79eb9a8..5632ebd 100644
--- a/test/null-values.test.js
+++ b/test/null-values.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const test = require('tape').test
-const bencode = require('../lib/index.js')
+import test from 'tape'
+import bencode from '../lib/index.js'
 
 test('Data with null values', function (t) {
   t.test('should return an empty value when encoding either null or undefined', function (t) {