diff --git a/test/package.json b/test/package.json
index d090d90..67bd623 100644
--- a/test/package.json
+++ b/test/package.json
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
     "chromedriver": "^147.0.1",
     "mocha": "^11.7.5",
     "selenium-webdriver": "^4.41.0"
-  }
+  },
+  "type": "module"
 }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 560c3e6..ca0ff00 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-/* jshint esversion: 8 */
+import 'chromedriver';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import timers from 'node:timers/promises';
+import { Builder, By, until } from 'selenium-webdriver';
+import { Options } from 'selenium-webdriver/chrome';
+
 /* global it, xit, describe, before, after, afterEach */
 
-'use strict';
-
-require('chromedriver');
-
-const execSync = require('child_process').execSync,
-    assert = require('node:assert/strict'),
-    fs = require('fs'),
-    path = require('path'),
-    timers = require('timers/promises'),
-    { Builder, By, until } = require('selenium-webdriver'),
-    { Options } = require('selenium-webdriver/chrome');
-
 if (!process.env.USERNAME || !process.env.PASSWORD) {
     console.log('USERNAME and PASSWORD env vars need to be set');
     process.exit(1);
@@ -27,7 +23,7 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     const TEST_TIMEOUT = 30000;
     const FOLDER = 'xmf'; // keep this small. long folder names fail in automation, not sure why
     const SYNC_PORT = 22001;
-    const EXEC_ARGS = { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' };
+    const EXEC_ARGS = { cwd: path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' };
 
     let browser, app;
     const adminUsername = 'admin', adminPassword = 'changeme';