diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.cjs
similarity index 100%
rename from .eslintrc.js
rename to .eslintrc.cjs
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 075d821ec9a..29624b30b0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "keywords": [
         "matrix-org"
     ],
+    "type": "module",
     "main": "./src/index.ts",
     "browser": "./src/browser-index.ts",
     "matrix_src_main": "./src/index.ts",
diff --git a/scripts/release/pre-release.sh b/scripts/release/pre-release.sh
index 19319fb6105..6b47ef180ff 100755
--- a/scripts/release/pre-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/pre-release.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ do
         jq ".$i = .matrix_lib_$i" package.json > package.json.new && mv package.json.new package.json && yarn prettier --write package.json
     fi
 done
-
-# Ensure that "type": "module" is present
-jq '.type = "module"' package.json > package.json.new && mv package.json.new package.json && yarn prettier --write package.json
diff --git a/scripts/switch_package_to_release.cjs b/scripts/switch_package_to_release.cjs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6d857a4070a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/switch_package_to_release.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fsProm = require("fs/promises");
+
+const PKGJSON = "package.json";
+
+async function main() {
+    const pkgJson = JSON.parse(await fsProm.readFile(PKGJSON, "utf8"));
+    for (const field of ["main", "typings"]) {
+        if (pkgJson["matrix_lib_" + field] !== undefined) {
+            pkgJson[field] = pkgJson["matrix_lib_" + field];
+        }
+    }
+
+    await fsProm.writeFile(PKGJSON, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2));
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/scripts/switch_package_to_release.js b/scripts/switch_package_to_release.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 353840d4d92..00000000000
--- a/scripts/switch_package_to_release.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-const fsProm = require("fs/promises");
-
-const PKGJSON = "package.json";
-
-async function main() {
-    const pkgJson = JSON.parse(await fsProm.readFile(PKGJSON, "utf8"));
-    for (const field of ["main", "typings"]) {
-        if (pkgJson["matrix_lib_" + field] !== undefined) {
-            pkgJson[field] = pkgJson["matrix_lib_" + field];
-        }
-    }
-
-    // matrix-js-sdk is built into ECMAScript modules. Make sure we declare it as such.
-    // See https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#type.
-    pkgJson["type"] = "module";
-
-    await fsProm.writeFile(PKGJSON, JSON.stringify(pkgJson, null, 2));
-}
-
-main();
diff --git a/scripts/switch_package_to_release.js b/scripts/switch_package_to_release.js
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..27f1619c9a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/switch_package_to_release.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+switch_package_to_release.cjs
\ No newline at end of file