diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index da419dec4..53f86d181 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ module.exports = {
       },
     },
     {
-      files: ["**/*.mjs"],
+      files: ["**/*.mjs", "scripts/release/**/*.js"],
       parserOptions: {
         sourceType: "module",
       },
diff --git a/scripts/release/package.json b/scripts/release/package.json
index afe9f8e64..c0662eab8 100644
--- a/scripts/release/package.json
+++ b/scripts/release/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "4.1.1",
     "execa": "5.1.1",
@@ -7,6 +8,6 @@
     "node-fetch": "2.6.1",
     "outdent": "0.8.0",
     "semver": "7.3.5",
-    "string-width": "4.2.0"
+    "string-width": "5.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/release/release.js b/scripts/release/release.js
index 8a737a6b9..5782d5093 100644
--- a/scripts/release/release.js
+++ b/scripts/release/release.js
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-"use strict";
-
-const { exec } = require("child_process");
+import { exec } from "node:child_process";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import path from "node:path";
 
 async function run() {
-  const chalk = require("chalk");
-  const minimist = require("minimist");
-  const semver = require("semver");
-  const { string: outdentString } = require("outdent");
-  const { runGit, readJson } = require("./utils.js");
+  const importDefault = async (module) => (await import(module)).default;
+
+  const chalk = await importDefault("chalk");
+  const minimist = await importDefault("minimist");
+  const semver = await importDefault("semver");
+  const { string: outdentString } = await importDefault("outdent");
+  const { runGit, readJson } = await import("./utils.js");
 
   const params = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
     string: ["version"],
@@ -32,20 +34,22 @@ async function run() {
     ).version;
   }
 
-  const steps = [
-    require("./steps/validate-new-version.js"),
-    require("./steps/check-git-status.js"),
-    require("./steps/install-dependencies.js"),
-    require("./steps/run-tests.js"),
-    require("./steps/update-version.js"),
-    require("./steps/generate-bundles.js"),
-    require("./steps/update-changelog.js"),
-    require("./steps/push-to-git.js"),
-    require("./steps/publish-to-npm.js"),
-    require("./steps/bump-prettier.js"),
-    require("./steps/update-dependents-count.js"),
-    require("./steps/post-publish-steps.js"),
-  ];
+  const steps = await Promise.all(
+    [
+      "./steps/validate-new-version.js",
+      "./steps/check-git-status.js",
+      "./steps/install-dependencies.js",
+      "./steps/run-tests.js",
+      "./steps/update-version.js",
+      "./steps/generate-bundles.js",
+      "./steps/update-changelog.js",
+      "./steps/push-to-git.js",
+      "./steps/publish-to-npm.js",
+      "./steps/bump-prettier.js",
+      "./steps/update-dependents-count.js",
+      "./steps/post-publish-steps.js",
+    ].map((step) => importDefault(step))
+  );
 
   try {
     for (const step of steps) {
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ exec(
     "git fetch --tags", // Fetch git tags to get the previous version number (i.e. the latest tag)
     "yarn install", // Install script's dependencies before any require
   ].join(" && "),
-  { cwd: __dirname },
+  { cwd: path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)) },
   (error) => {
     if (error) {
       console.error(error);
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/bump-prettier.js b/scripts/release/steps/bump-prettier.js
index 1a64b1911..0084a1eb2 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/bump-prettier.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/bump-prettier.js
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const fs = require("fs");
-const semver = require("semver");
-const {
-  runYarn,
-  runGit,
-  logPromise,
-  readJson,
-  writeJson,
-} = require("../utils.js");
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import semver from "semver";
+import { runYarn, runGit, logPromise, readJson, writeJson } from "../utils.js";
 
 async function format() {
   await runYarn(["lint:eslint", "--fix"]);
@@ -44,7 +36,7 @@ async function bump({
   await writeJson("package.json", pkg, { spaces: 2 });
 }
 
-module.exports = async function (params) {
+export default async function (params) {
   const { dry, version } = params;
 
   if (dry) {
@@ -59,4 +51,4 @@ module.exports = async function (params) {
   await logPromise("Updating files", format());
   await logPromise("Bump default branch version", bump(params));
   await logPromise("Committing changed files", commit(version));
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/check-git-status.js b/scripts/release/steps/check-git-status.js
index 139098a9a..7860b3ec3 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/check-git-status.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/check-git-status.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-"use strict";
+import { runGit } from "../utils.js";
 
-const { runGit } = require("../utils.js");
-
-module.exports = async function () {
+export default async function () {
   const { stdout: status } = await runGit(["status", "--porcelain"]);
 
   if (status) {
@@ -11,4 +9,4 @@ module.exports = async function () {
         "Please revert or commit all local changes before making a release."
     );
   }
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/generate-bundles.js b/scripts/release/steps/generate-bundles.js
index f52b77827..f5b799aba 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/generate-bundles.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/generate-bundles.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-"use strict";
+import chalk from "chalk";
+import { runYarn, logPromise, readJson } from "../utils.js";
 
-const chalk = require("chalk");
-const { runYarn, logPromise, readJson } = require("../utils.js");
-
-module.exports = async function ({ version }) {
+export default async function ({ version }) {
   await logPromise("Generating bundles", runYarn(["build", "--purge-cache"]));
 
   const builtPkg = await readJson("dist/package.json");
@@ -16,4 +14,4 @@ module.exports = async function ({ version }) {
   await logPromise("Running tests on generated bundles", runYarn("test:dist"));
 
   console.log(chalk.green.bold("Build successful!\n"));
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/install-dependencies.js b/scripts/release/steps/install-dependencies.js
index 62d156df3..8d5928143 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/install-dependencies.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/install-dependencies.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const execa = require("execa");
-const { runYarn, runGit, logPromise } = require("../utils.js");
+import execa from "execa";
+import { runYarn, runGit, logPromise } from "../utils.js";
 
 async function install() {
   await execa("rm", ["-rf", "node_modules"]);
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ async function install() {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = function () {
+export default function () {
   return logPromise("Installing NPM dependencies", install());
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/post-publish-steps.js b/scripts/release/steps/post-publish-steps.js
index 997cdccd2..3d4346149 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/post-publish-steps.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/post-publish-steps.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-"use strict";
+import chalk from "chalk";
+import outdent from "outdent";
+import execa from "execa";
+import { fetchText, logPromise } from "../utils.js";
 
-const chalk = require("chalk");
-const { string: outdentString } = require("outdent");
-const execa = require("execa");
-const { fetchText, logPromise } = require("../utils.js");
+const outdentString = outdent.string;
 
 const SCHEMA_REPO = "SchemaStore/schemastore";
 const SCHEMA_PATH = "src/schemas/json/prettierrc.json";
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function twitterAnnouncement() {
   `);
 }
 
-module.exports = async function () {
+export default async function () {
   const steps = [await checkSchema(), twitterAnnouncement()].filter(Boolean);
 
   console.log(chalk.bold.green("The script has finished!\n"));
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ module.exports = async function () {
       ${steps.join("\n\n")}
     `)
   );
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/publish-to-npm.js b/scripts/release/steps/publish-to-npm.js
index 9e884b177..f4fede901 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/publish-to-npm.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/publish-to-npm.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-"use strict";
+import chalk from "chalk";
+import outdent from "outdent";
+import execa from "execa";
+import { logPromise, waitForEnter } from "../utils.js";
 
-const chalk = require("chalk");
-const { string: outdentString } = require("outdent");
-const execa = require("execa");
-const { logPromise, waitForEnter } = require("../utils.js");
+const outdentString = outdent.string;
 
 /**
  * Retry "npm publish" when to enter OTP is failed.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async function retryNpmPublish() {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = async function ({ dry, version }) {
+export default async function ({ dry, version }) {
   if (dry) {
     return;
   }
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ module.exports = async function ({ dry, version }) {
     `)
   );
   await waitForEnter();
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/push-to-git.js b/scripts/release/steps/push-to-git.js
index 646fec422..914b53713 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/push-to-git.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/push-to-git.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const { runGit, logPromise } = require("../utils.js");
+import { runGit, logPromise } from "../utils.js";
 
 async function pushGit({ version }) {
   await runGit(["commit", "-am", `Release ${version}`]);
@@ -9,10 +7,10 @@ async function pushGit({ version }) {
   await runGit(["push", "--tags"]);
 }
 
-module.exports = function (params) {
+export default function (params) {
   if (params.dry) {
     return;
   }
 
   return logPromise("Committing and pushing to remote", pushGit(params));
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/run-tests.js b/scripts/release/steps/run-tests.js
index 84189ae78..cf1f4880b 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/run-tests.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/run-tests.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-"use strict";
+import { runYarn, logPromise } from "../utils.js";
 
-const { runYarn, logPromise } = require("../utils.js");
-
-module.exports = async function () {
+export default async function () {
   await logPromise("Running linter", runYarn("lint:eslint"));
   await logPromise("Running Prettier on docs", runYarn("lint:prettier"));
   await logPromise("Running tests", runYarn("test"));
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/update-changelog.js b/scripts/release/steps/update-changelog.js
index afc6c997f..1f3d0abcb 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/update-changelog.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/update-changelog.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-"use strict";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import execa from "execa";
+import chalk from "chalk";
+import outdent from "outdent";
+import semver from "semver";
+import { waitForEnter, runYarn, logPromise } from "../utils.js";
 
-const fs = require("fs");
-const execa = require("execa");
-const chalk = require("chalk");
-const { outdent, string: outdentString } = require("outdent");
-const semver = require("semver");
-const { waitForEnter, runYarn, logPromise } = require("../utils.js");
+const outdentString = outdent.string;
 
 function getBlogPostInfo(version) {
   const date = new Date();
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async function getChangelogForPatch({ version, previousVersion }) {
   return changelog;
 }
 
-module.exports = async function ({ version, previousVersion }) {
+export default async function ({ version, previousVersion }) {
   const semverDiff = semver.diff(version, previousVersion);
 
   if (semverDiff !== "patch") {
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ module.exports = async function ({ version, previousVersion }) {
     "Re-running Prettier on docs",
     runYarn(["lint:prettier", "--write"])
   );
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/update-dependents-count.js b/scripts/release/steps/update-dependents-count.js
index 43dd01a60..ce46a0e50 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/update-dependents-count.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/update-dependents-count.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const chalk = require("chalk");
-const { runGit, fetchText, logPromise, processFile } = require("../utils.js");
+import chalk from "chalk";
+import { runGit, fetchText, logPromise, processFile } from "../utils.js";
 
 async function update() {
   const npmPage = await logPromise(
@@ -73,10 +71,10 @@ function formatNumber(value) {
   return Math.floor(value / 1e5) / 10 + " million";
 }
 
-module.exports = async function () {
+export default async function () {
   try {
     await update();
   } catch (error) {
     console.log(chalk.red.bold(error.message));
   }
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/update-version.js b/scripts/release/steps/update-version.js
index 7e1b29ad9..dce557463 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/update-version.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/update-version.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const {
+import {
   runYarn,
   logPromise,
   readJson,
   writeJson,
   processFile,
-} = require("../utils.js");
+} from "../utils.js";
 
 async function bump({ version }) {
   const pkg = await readJson("package.json");
@@ -34,6 +32,6 @@ async function bump({ version }) {
   });
 }
 
-module.exports = async function (params) {
+export default async function (params) {
   await logPromise("Bumping version", bump(params));
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/steps/validate-new-version.js b/scripts/release/steps/validate-new-version.js
index fd3ab548f..b936f4625 100644
--- a/scripts/release/steps/validate-new-version.js
+++ b/scripts/release/steps/validate-new-version.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-"use strict";
+import chalk from "chalk";
+import semver from "semver";
 
-const chalk = require("chalk");
-const semver = require("semver");
-
-module.exports = function ({ version, previousVersion }) {
+export default function ({ version, previousVersion }) {
   if (!semver.valid(version)) {
     throw new Error("Invalid version specified");
   }
@@ -13,4 +11,4 @@ module.exports = function ({ version, previousVersion }) {
       `Version ${chalk.yellow(version)} has already been published`
     );
   }
-};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/release/utils.js b/scripts/release/utils.js
index 7f52e4d0a..8ce3589c1 100644
--- a/scripts/release/utils.js
+++ b/scripts/release/utils.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-"use strict";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import readline from "node:readline";
+import chalk from "chalk";
+import execa from "execa";
+import stringWidth from "string-width";
+import fetch from "node-fetch";
 
-require("readline").emitKeypressEvents(process.stdin);
-
-const fs = require("fs");
-const chalk = require("chalk");
-const execa = require("execa");
-const stringWidth = require("string-width");
-const fetch = require("node-fetch");
+readline.emitKeypressEvents(process.stdin);
 
 const OK = chalk.bgGreen.black(" DONE ");
 const FAIL = chalk.bgRed.black(" FAIL ");
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ async function fetchText(url) {
   return response.text();
 }
 
-module.exports = {
+export {
   runYarn,
   runGit,
   fetchText,
diff --git a/scripts/release/yarn.lock b/scripts/release/yarn.lock
index bb3fbe9a2..7040c660d 100644
--- a/scripts/release/yarn.lock
+++ b/scripts/release/yarn.lock
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
-ansi-regex@^5.0.0:
-  version "5.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-5.0.0.tgz#388539f55179bf39339c81af30a654d69f87cb75"
-  integrity sha512-bY6fj56OUQ0hU1KjFNDQuJFezqKdrAyFdIevADiqrWHwSlbmBNMHp5ak2f40Pm8JTFyM2mqxkG6ngkHO11f/lg==
+ansi-regex@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-6.0.0.tgz#ecc7f5933cbe5ac7b33e209a5ff409ab1669c6b2"
+  integrity sha512-tAaOSrWCHF+1Ear1Z4wnJCXA9GGox4K6Ic85a5qalES2aeEwQGr7UC93mwef49536PkCYjzkp0zIxfFvexJ6zQ==
 
 ansi-styles@^4.1.0:
   version "4.3.0"
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ cross-spawn@^7.0.3:
     shebang-command "^2.0.0"
     which "^2.0.1"
 
-emoji-regex@^8.0.0:
-  version "8.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-8.0.0.tgz#e818fd69ce5ccfcb404594f842963bf53164cc37"
-  integrity sha512-MSjYzcWNOA0ewAHpz0MxpYFvwg6yjy1NG3xteoqz644VCo/RPgnr1/GGt+ic3iJTzQ8Eu3TdM14SawnVUmGE6A==
+emoji-regex@^9.2.2:
+  version "9.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-9.2.2.tgz#840c8803b0d8047f4ff0cf963176b32d4ef3ed72"
+  integrity sha512-L18DaJsXSUk2+42pv8mLs5jJT2hqFkFE4j21wOmgbUqsZ2hL72NsUU785g9RXgo3s0ZNgVl42TiHp3ZtOv/Vyg==
 
 execa@5.1.1:
   version "5.1.1"
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ human-signals@^2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/human-signals/-/human-signals-2.1.0.tgz#dc91fcba42e4d06e4abaed33b3e7a3c02f514ea0"
   integrity sha512-B4FFZ6q/T2jhhksgkbEW3HBvWIfDW85snkQgawt07S7J5QXTk6BkNV+0yAeZrM5QpMAdYlocGoljn0sJ/WQkFw==
 
-is-fullwidth-code-point@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-3.0.0.tgz#f116f8064fe90b3f7844a38997c0b75051269f1d"
-  integrity sha512-zymm5+u+sCsSWyD9qNaejV3DFvhCKclKdizYaJUuHA83RLjb7nSuGnddCHGv0hk+KY7BMAlsWeK4Ueg6EV6XQg==
+is-fullwidth-code-point@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-fullwidth-code-point/-/is-fullwidth-code-point-4.0.0.tgz#fae3167c729e7463f8461ce512b080a49268aa88"
+  integrity sha512-O4L094N2/dZ7xqVdrXhh9r1KODPJpFms8B5sGdJLPy664AgvXsreZUyCQQNItZRDlYug4xStLjNp/sz3HvBowQ==
 
 is-stream@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
@@ -167,21 +167,21 @@ signal-exit@^3.0.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/signal-exit/-/signal-exit-3.0.3.tgz#a1410c2edd8f077b08b4e253c8eacfcaf057461c"
   integrity sha512-VUJ49FC8U1OxwZLxIbTTrDvLnf/6TDgxZcK8wxR8zs13xpx7xbG60ndBlhNrFi2EMuFRoeDoJO7wthSLq42EjA==
 
-string-width@4.2.0:
-  version "4.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.0.tgz#952182c46cc7b2c313d1596e623992bd163b72b5"
-  integrity sha512-zUz5JD+tgqtuDjMhwIg5uFVV3dtqZ9yQJlZVfq4I01/K5Paj5UHj7VyrQOJvzawSVlKpObApbfD0Ed6yJc+1eg==
+string-width@5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-5.0.0.tgz#19191f152f937b96f4ec54ba0986a5656660c5a2"
+  integrity sha512-zwXcRmLUdiWhMPrHz6EXITuyTgcEnUqDzspTkCLhQovxywWz6NP9VHgqfVg20V/1mUg0B95AKbXxNT+ALRmqCw==
   dependencies:
-    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
-    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
+    emoji-regex "^9.2.2"
+    is-fullwidth-code-point "^4.0.0"
+    strip-ansi "^7.0.0"
 
-strip-ansi@^6.0.0:
-  version "6.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.0.tgz#0b1571dd7669ccd4f3e06e14ef1eed26225ae532"
-  integrity sha512-AuvKTrTfQNYNIctbR1K/YGTR1756GycPsg7b9bdV9Duqur4gv6aKqHXah67Z8ImS7WEz5QVcOtlfW2rZEugt6w==
+strip-ansi@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-7.0.0.tgz#1dc49b980c3a4100366617adac59327eefdefcb0"
+  integrity sha512-UhDTSnGF1dc0DRbUqr1aXwNoY3RgVkSWG8BrpnuFIxhP57IqbS7IRta2Gfiavds4yCxc5+fEAVVOgBZWnYkvzg==
   dependencies:
-    ansi-regex "^5.0.0"
+    ansi-regex "^6.0.0"
 
 strip-final-newline@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"