diff --git a/src/Defaults/index.ts b/src/Defaults/index.ts
index 3db088f4..846a8108 100644
--- a/src/Defaults/index.ts
+++ b/src/Defaults/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { AuthenticationState, SocketConfig, WAVersion } from '../Types'
 import { Browsers } from '../Utils/browser-utils'
 import logger from '../Utils/logger'
 // Single source of truth for WhatsApp Web version - imported from JSON
-import baileysVersionData from './baileys-version.json'
+import baileysVersionData from './baileys-version.json' with { type: 'json' }
 
 const version = baileysVersionData.version
 
diff --git a/src/Utils/generics.ts b/src/Utils/generics.ts
index 9c53b822..ce0a69c8 100644
--- a/src/Utils/generics.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/generics.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Boom } from '@hapi/boom'
 import { createHash, randomBytes } from 'crypto'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto/index.js'
 // Single source of truth for WhatsApp Web version - imported from JSON
-import baileysVersionData from '../Defaults/baileys-version.json'
+import baileysVersionData from '../Defaults/baileys-version.json' with { type: 'json' }
 
 const baileysVersion = baileysVersionData.version
 import type {