diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index 62d957b3..d9380dd8 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -152,11 +152,10 @@ export async function validateElectronApp(
 }
 
 export async function hostInfo() {
-  const packageJsonPath = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../package.json');
-
-  const { default: metadata } = await import(packageJsonPath, {
-    with: { type: 'json' },
-  });
+  const packageJSONPath = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../package.json');
+  const metadata = JSON.parse(
+    await fs.promises.readFile(packageJSONPath, 'utf8'),
+  );
 
   return (
     `Electron Packager ${metadata.version}\n` +
diff --git a/src/packager.ts b/src/packager.ts
index 4f7f47f5..d564426f 100644
--- a/src/packager.ts
+++ b/src/packager.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+import url from 'node:url';
+
 import {
   baseTempDir,
   debug,
@@ -12,7 +15,6 @@ import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import { promisifiedGracefulFs } from './util.js';
 import { getMetadataFromPackageJSON } from './infer.js';
 import { runHooks } from './hooks.js';
-import path from 'node:path';
 import {
   createPlatformArchPairs,
   osModules,
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@ import type {
   Options,
   ProcessedOptions,
 } from './types.js';
-import { App } from './platform.js';
 
 async function debugHostInfo() {
   debug(await hostInfo());
@@ -192,10 +193,16 @@ export class Packager {
     debug(`Creating ${buildDir}`);
     await fs.promises.mkdir(buildDir, { recursive: true });
     await this.extractElectronZip(comboOpts, zipPath, buildDir);
-    const os = await import(
-      `${osModules[comboOpts.platform as OfficialPlatform]}.js`
-    );
-    const app = new os.App(comboOpts, buildDir) as App;
+    const osPackagerPath = url
+      .pathToFileURL(
+        path.resolve(
+          import.meta.dirname,
+          `${osModules[comboOpts.platform]}.js`,
+        ),
+      )
+      .toString();
+    const osPackager = await import(osPackagerPath);
+    const app = new osPackager.App(comboOpts, buildDir);
     return app.create();
   }
 
diff --git a/test/infer.spec.ts b/test/infer.spec.ts
index 1e1a5ff0..67114bb4 100644
--- a/test/infer.spec.ts
+++ b/test/infer.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import url from 'node:url';
 import { getMetadataFromPackageJSON } from '../src/infer.js';
 import { Options } from '../src/types.js';
 import semver from 'semver';
@@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ describe('getMetadataFromPackageJSON', () => {
     const opts: Options = {
       dir,
     };
-    const packageJSON = await import(path.join(dir, 'package.json'));
+    const packageJSON = await import(
+      url.pathToFileURL(path.join(dir, 'package.json')).toString()
+    );
     const result = await getMetadataFromPackageJSON([], opts, opts.dir);
     expect(result.electronVersion).toBeDefined();
     expect(