diff --git a/.changeset/brave-plants-occur.md b/.changeset/brave-plants-occur.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75b8020496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brave-plants-occur.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"electron-updater": patch
+---
+
+fix(electron-updater): default import throws error for fs and path leading to always requiring elevation
diff --git a/packages/electron-updater/src/BaseUpdater.ts b/packages/electron-updater/src/BaseUpdater.ts
index a52d15bd3d..3cb5fe2604 100644
--- a/packages/electron-updater/src/BaseUpdater.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-updater/src/BaseUpdater.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import fs from "fs"
-import path from "path"
+import * as fs from "fs"
+import * as path from "path"
 import { AllPublishOptions } from "builder-util-runtime"
 import { AppAdapter } from "./AppAdapter"
 import { AppUpdater, DownloadExecutorTask } from "./AppUpdater"