diff --git a/packages/browser/build_npm.ts b/packages/browser/build_npm.ts
index 24810e8f..067d38b2 100644
--- a/packages/browser/build_npm.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/build_npm.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ import { nodeResolve } from '@rollup/plugin-node-resolve';
 import { getBabelOutputPlugin } from '@rollup/plugin-babel';
 import replace from '@rollup/plugin-replace';
 
-const outDir = './npm';
+import denoJSON from './deno.json' with { type: 'json' };
+import typesDenoJSON from '../types/deno.json' with { type: 'json' };
+
 
-const denoJSON: { version: string } = JSON.parse(
-  Deno.readTextFileSync('./deno.jsonc'),
-);
-const typesDenoJSON: { version: string } = JSON.parse(
-  Deno.readTextFileSync('../types/deno.jsonc'),
-);
+const outDir = './npm';
 
 /**
  * Generate ESM and CJS builds using Deno to Node Transform (dnt)
diff --git a/packages/server/build_npm.ts b/packages/server/build_npm.ts
index 57b064af..edecaae2 100644
--- a/packages/server/build_npm.ts
+++ b/packages/server/build_npm.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import { build, emptyDir } from '@deno/dnt';
 
-const outDir = './npm';
+import denoJSON from './deno.json' with { type: 'json' };
+import typesDenoJSON from '../types/deno.json' with { type: 'json' };
+
 
-const denoJSON: { version: string } = JSON.parse(
-  Deno.readTextFileSync('./deno.jsonc'),
-);
-const typesDenoJSON: { version: string } = JSON.parse(
-  Deno.readTextFileSync('../types/deno.jsonc'),
-);
+const outDir = './npm';
 
 await emptyDir(outDir);
 
diff --git a/packages/types/build_npm.ts b/packages/types/build_npm.ts
index efbf0c9a..909b8c10 100644
--- a/packages/types/build_npm.ts
+++ b/packages/types/build_npm.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { build, emptyDir } from '@deno/dnt';
 
+import denoJSON from './deno.json' with { type: 'json' };
+
+
 const outDir = './npm';
-const denoJSON: { version: string } = JSON.parse(
-  Deno.readTextFileSync('./deno.jsonc'),
-);
 
 await emptyDir(outDir);