diff --git a/packages/payload/bin.js b/packages/payload/bin.cjs
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/payload/bin.js
rename to packages/payload/bin.cjs
index e66b50b9d..7c5f93c84 100755
--- a/packages/payload/bin.js
+++ b/packages/payload/bin.cjs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const swcOptions = {
     paths: undefined,
   },
   module: {
-    type: 'commonjs',
+    type: 'es6',
   },
   sourceMaps: 'inline',
 }
diff --git a/packages/payload/package.json b/packages/payload/package.json
index f46d9e978..4cf611e72 100644
--- a/packages/payload/package.json
+++ b/packages/payload/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "types": "./src/index.ts",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
-    "payload": "bin.js"
+    "payload": "bin.cjs"
   },
   "exports": {
     ".": {