diff --git a/.changeset/forty-needles-compare.md b/.changeset/forty-needles-compare.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9599c4798ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/forty-needles-compare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@thirdweb-dev/payments": patch
+---
+
+Minor bug fix importing package.json
diff --git a/packages/payments/src/lib/CreatePaymentElement.ts b/packages/payments/src/lib/CreatePaymentElement.ts
index c93c7e50f41..60c268e9bce 100644
--- a/packages/payments/src/lib/CreatePaymentElement.ts
+++ b/packages/payments/src/lib/CreatePaymentElement.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // CHANGED: packageJson import + version string
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires, better-tree-shaking/no-top-level-side-effects
-const packageJson = require("../package.json");
+import packageJson from "../../package.json";
 
 export interface PaperPaymentElementConstructorArgs {
   onLoad?: (event?: Event) => void;