diff --git a/bin/cmd.js b/bin/cmd.js
index 47be647..fb1ef52 100755
--- a/bin/cmd.js
+++ b/bin/cmd.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import Yargs from 'yargs'
 import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers'
 import open from 'open'
 
-const { version: webTorrentCliVersion } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url)))
+import webTorrentCliVersion from '../version.cjs'
 const webTorrentVersion = WebTorrent.VERSION
 
 const yargs = Yargs()
diff --git a/version.cjs b/version.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..738f2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Exports package.json version to work around "with" and "assert" imports for backwards compatability.
+module.exports = require('./package.json').version