diff --git a/lib/options-manager.js b/lib/options-manager.js
index 45c313bf..8f411509 100644
--- a/lib/options-manager.js
+++ b/lib/options-manager.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
 	CACHE_DIR_NAME,
 } from './constants.js';
 
-const {__dirname, json, require} = createEsmUtils(import.meta);
+const {__dirname, readJson, require} = createEsmUtils(import.meta);
 const {normalizePackageName} = Legacy.naming;
 const resolveModule = Legacy.ModuleResolver.resolve;
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ const handleTSConfig = async options => {
 
 	if (tsConfigProjectPath) {
 		options.tsConfigPath = path.resolve(options.cwd, tsConfigProjectPath);
-		options.tsConfig = await json.load(options.tsConfigPath);
+		options.tsConfig = await readJson(options.tsConfigPath);
 	} else {
 		const tsConfigExplorer = cosmiconfig([], {
 			searchPlaces: ['tsconfig.json'],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8219077..34cdb5f6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 		"eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
 		"eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
 		"eslint-plugin-unicorn": "^40.1.0",
-		"esm-utils": "^2.0.1",
+		"esm-utils": "^3.0.0",
 		"find-cache-dir": "^3.3.2",
 		"find-up": "^6.3.0",
 		"get-stdin": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/test/options-manager.js b/test/options-manager.js
index 59c2b3ab..2032f42b 100644
--- a/test/options-manager.js
+++ b/test/options-manager.js
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import MurmurHash3 from 'imurmurhash';
 import {DEFAULT_EXTENSION, DEFAULT_IGNORES, TSCONFIG_DEFAULTS} from '../lib/constants.js';
 import * as manager from '../lib/options-manager.js';
 
-const {__dirname, require, json} = createEsmUtils(import.meta);
-const parentConfig = json.loadSync('./fixtures/nested/package.json');
-const childConfig = json.loadSync('./fixtures/nested/child/package.json');
-const prettierConfig = json.loadSync('./fixtures/prettier/package.json');
-const enginesConfig = json.loadSync('./fixtures/engines/package.json');
+const {__dirname, require, readJson, readJsonSync} = createEsmUtils(import.meta);
+const parentConfig = readJsonSync('./fixtures/nested/package.json');
+const childConfig = readJsonSync('./fixtures/nested/child/package.json');
+const prettierConfig = readJsonSync('./fixtures/prettier/package.json');
+const enginesConfig = readJsonSync('./fixtures/engines/package.json');
 
 process.chdir(__dirname);
 
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ test('mergeWithFileConfig: resolves expected typescript file options', async t =
 	const cwd = path.resolve('fixtures', 'typescript', 'child');
 	const filePath = path.resolve(cwd, 'file.ts');
 	const tsConfigPath = path.resolve(cwd, 'tsconfig.json');
-	const tsConfig = await json.load(tsConfigPath);
+	const tsConfig = await readJson(tsConfigPath);
 	const {options} = await manager.mergeWithFileConfig({cwd, filePath});
 	const eslintConfigId = new MurmurHash3(path.resolve(cwd, 'package.json')).hash(tsConfigPath).result();
 	const expected = {
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ test('mergeWithFileConfig: resolves expected tsx file options', async t => {
 	const filePath = path.resolve(cwd, 'file.tsx');
 	const {options} = await manager.mergeWithFileConfig({cwd, filePath});
 	const tsConfigPath = path.resolve(cwd, 'tsconfig.json');
-	const tsConfig = await json.load(tsConfigPath);
+	const tsConfig = await readJson(tsConfigPath);
 	const eslintConfigId = new MurmurHash3(path.join(cwd, 'package.json')).hash(tsConfigPath).result();
 	const expected = {
 		filePath,