diff --git a/scripts/generate-changelog.js b/scripts/generate-changelog.js
index ac58cacd3..f2912f246 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-changelog.js
+++ b/scripts/generate-changelog.js
@@ -4,19 +4,15 @@
  * When you run the script, enter the number and category of the Pull Request at the prompt.
  * Get the PR title and author name via the GitHub API and create a file in ./changelog_unreleased
  *
- *   $ node ./scripts/generate-changelog.mjs
- *   ✔ Input your Pull Request number: · 10961
- *   ✔ Input category of your Pull Request: · typescript
+ *   $ node ./scripts/generate-changelog.js
+ *   ✔ Input your Pull Request number: 10961
+ *   ✔ Input category of your Pull Request: typescript
  */
 
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
-import path from "node:path";
 import enquirer from "enquirer";
-import createEsmUtils from "esm-utils";
 import { CHANGELOG_CATEGORIES } from "./utils/changelog-categories.js";
 
-const { __dirname } = createEsmUtils(import.meta);
-
 const prNumberPrompt = new enquirer.NumberPrompt({
   message: "Input your Pull Request number:",
 });
@@ -37,11 +33,14 @@ assertCategory(category);
 
 const { title, user } = await getPr(prNumber);
 
-const newChangelog = await createChangelog(title, user, prNumber, category);
+const content = await createChangelog(title, user, prNumber, category);
 
-const changelogPath = await addNewChangelog(prNumber, category, newChangelog);
+const file = await addNewChangelog(prNumber, category, content);
+
+const relativePath = file.href.slice(
+  new URL("../", import.meta.url).href.length,
+);
 
-const relativePath = path.relative(path.join(__dirname, ".."), changelogPath);
 console.log("Generated changelog file: " + relativePath);
 
 /**
@@ -73,16 +72,16 @@ async function getPr(prNumber) {
 /**
  * @param {number} prNumber
  * @param {string} category
- * @param {string} newChangelog
- * @returns {Promise<string>}
+ * @param {string} content
+ * @returns {Promise<URL>}
  */
-async function addNewChangelog(prNumber, category, newChangelog) {
-  const newChangelogPath = path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
+async function addNewChangelog(prNumber, category, content) {
+  const file = new URL(
     `../changelog_unreleased/${category}/${prNumber}.md`,
+    import.meta.url,
   );
-  await fs.writeFile(newChangelogPath, newChangelog);
-  return newChangelogPath;
+  await fs.writeFile(file, content);
+  return file;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -90,14 +89,14 @@ async function addNewChangelog(prNumber, category, newChangelog) {
  * @param {string} user
  * @param {number} prNumber
  * @param {string} string
- * @returns {string}
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
  */
 async function createChangelog(title, user, prNumber, category) {
-  const changelogTemplatePath = path.resolve(
-    __dirname,
+  const templateFile = new URL(
     "../changelog_unreleased/TEMPLATE.md",
+    import.meta.url,
   );
-  const changelogTemplate = await fs.readFile(changelogTemplatePath, "utf8");
+  const changelogTemplate = await fs.readFile(templateFile, "utf8");
 
   const titlePart = "Title";
   const prNumberPart = "#XXXX";