diff --git a/apps/desktop/scripts/build.mjs b/apps/desktop/scripts/build.mjs
index c62b8c593..9388258f7 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/apps/desktop/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import path from "path";
 import fs, { readFile, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
-import { existsSync } from "fs";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs";
 import yargs from "yargs-parser";
 import os from "os";
 import * as childProcess from "child_process";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-import packageJson from "../package.json" with {type: "json"};
 
 const args = yargs(process.argv);
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+const packageJson = JSON.parse(
+  readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "..", "package.json"), "utf-8")
+);
 
 const webAppPath = path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "web"));