diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b0744dac2..0fc7ccca4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pnpm link ../eslint-plugin-jsdoc
 ## Building the project
 
 After running `pnpm install` to get the latest dependencies and devDependencies,
-you can run the following command to update the `dist` files, with `dist/index.js`
+you can run the following command to update the `dist` files, with `dist/index.cjs`
 being the `main` entry point from `package.json`:
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 989b2315d..d6ba23df8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "*.js": "npm run lint-arg -- --fix"
   },
   "type": "module",
-  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "main": "./dist/index.cjs",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
   "exports": {
     "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",