diff --git a/make_docs.js b/make_docs.js
index 19d03226b..bc828f659 100644
--- a/make_docs.js
+++ b/make_docs.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import exec from 'child_process'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 
-import pjson from './src/package.json'
+import pjson from './src/package.json' with {type: "json"}
+
 const VERSION=pjson.version
 console.log(`Building docs for version ${VERSION}`)