diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index b7568c554..878a1825a 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 const config = {
   collectCoverage: true,
-  collectCoverageFrom: ['lib/**/*.js'],
+  collectCoverageFrom: [
+    'lib/**/*.js',
+    // Avoid ESM import.meta parse error.
+    // (Can't measure coverage anyway, it's always mocked)
+    '!lib/resolveConfig.js',
+  ],
   moduleDirectories: ['node_modules'],
   setupFiles: ['./testSetup.js'],
   snapshotSerializers: ['jest-snapshot-serializer-ansi'],
diff --git a/lib/loadConfig.js b/lib/loadConfig.js
index 76493447d..8c9b8c55e 100644
--- a/lib/loadConfig.js
+++ b/lib/loadConfig.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import debug from 'debug'
 import { lilconfig } from 'lilconfig'
 import YAML from 'yaml'
 
+import { resolveConfig } from './resolveConfig.js'
+
 const debugLog = debug('lint-staged:loadConfig')
 
 /**
@@ -49,14 +51,6 @@ const loaders = {
   noExt: yamlParse,
 }
 
-const resolveConfig = (configPath) => {
-  try {
-    return require.resolve(configPath)
-  } catch {
-    return configPath
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {object} options
  * @param {string} [options.configPath] - Explicit path to a config file
diff --git a/lib/resolveConfig.js b/lib/resolveConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b9f357c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/resolveConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { createRequire } from 'module'
+
+/**
+ * require() does not exist for ESM, so we must create it to use require.resolve().
+ * @see https://nodejs.org/api/module.html#modulecreaterequirefilename
+ */
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+
+export function resolveConfig(configPath) {
+  try {
+    return require.resolve(configPath)
+  } catch {
+    return configPath
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/index.spec.js b/test/index.spec.js
index 004ef7444..81bd5193d 100644
--- a/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/index.spec.js
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ jest.mock('url', () => ({
 
 jest.mock('../lib/getStagedFiles')
 jest.mock('../lib/gitWorkflow')
+jest.mock('../lib/resolveConfig', () => ({
+  /** Unfortunately necessary due to non-ESM tests. */
+  resolveConfig: (configPath) => {
+    try {
+      return require.resolve(configPath)
+    } catch {
+      return configPath
+    }
+  },
+}))
 jest.mock('../lib/validateOptions', () => ({
   validateOptions: jest.fn().mockImplementation(async () => {}),
 }))
diff --git a/test/index2.spec.js b/test/index2.spec.js
index 8712feff5..41de135f3 100644
--- a/test/index2.spec.js
+++ b/test/index2.spec.js
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ import { Listr } from 'listr2'
 import makeConsoleMock from 'consolemock'
 
 jest.mock('listr2')
+jest.mock('../lib/resolveConfig', () => ({
+  /** Unfortunately necessary due to non-ESM tests. */
+  resolveConfig: (configPath) => {
+    try {
+      return require.resolve(configPath)
+    } catch {
+      return configPath
+    }
+  },
+}))
+
 jest.mock('../lib/resolveGitRepo')
 
 import lintStaged from '../lib/index'
diff --git a/test/integration.test.js b/test/integration.test.js
index cc9c2da11..d044a3a13 100644
--- a/test/integration.test.js
+++ b/test/integration.test.js
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ import normalize from 'normalize-path'
 
 jest.unmock('lilconfig')
 jest.unmock('execa')
+jest.mock('../lib/resolveConfig', () => ({
+  /** Unfortunately necessary due to non-ESM tests. */
+  resolveConfig: (configPath) => {
+    try {
+      return require.resolve(configPath)
+    } catch {
+      return configPath
+    }
+  },
+}))
 
 import { execGit as execGitBase } from '../lib/execGit'
 import lintStaged from '../lib/index'
@@ -88,6 +98,9 @@ describe('lint-staged', () => {
 
 const globalConsoleTemp = console
 
+// Tests should be resilient to `git config init.defaultBranch` that is _not_ "master"
+let defaultBranchName = 'UNSET'
+
 describe('lint-staged', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     console = makeConsoleMock()
@@ -104,6 +117,10 @@ describe('lint-staged', () => {
     await appendFile('README.md', '# Test\n')
     await execGit(['add', 'README.md'])
     await execGit(['commit', '-m initial commit'])
+
+    if (defaultBranchName === 'UNSET') {
+      defaultBranchName = await execGit(['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'])
+    }
   })
 
   afterEach(async () => {
@@ -451,7 +468,7 @@ describe('lint-staged', () => {
     await gitCommit(fixJsConfig, ['-m commit a'])
     expect(await readFile('test.js')).toEqual(fileInBranchA)
 
-    await execGit(['checkout', 'master'])
+    await execGit(['checkout', defaultBranchName])
 
     // Create another branch
     await execGit(['checkout', '-b', 'branch-b'])
@@ -461,7 +478,7 @@ describe('lint-staged', () => {
     expect(await readFile('test.js')).toEqual(fileInBranchBFixed)
 
     // Merge first branch
-    await execGit(['checkout', 'master'])
+    await execGit(['checkout', defaultBranchName])
     await execGit(['merge', 'branch-a'])
     expect(await readFile('test.js')).toEqual(fileInBranchA)
     expect(await execGit(['log', '-1', '--pretty=%B'])).toMatch('commit a')
@@ -512,7 +529,7 @@ describe('lint-staged', () => {
     await gitCommit(fixJsConfig, ['-m commit a'])
     expect(await readFile('test.js')).toEqual(fileInBranchA)
 
-    await execGit(['checkout', 'master'])
+    await execGit(['checkout', defaultBranchName])
 
     // Create another branch
     await execGit(['checkout', '-b', 'branch-b'])
@@ -522,7 +539,7 @@ describe('lint-staged', () => {
     expect(await readFile('test.js')).toEqual(fileInBranchBFixed)
 
     // Merge first branch
-    await execGit(['checkout', 'master'])
+    await execGit(['checkout', defaultBranchName])
     await execGit(['merge', 'branch-a'])
     expect(await readFile('test.js')).toEqual(fileInBranchA)
     expect(await execGit(['log', '-1', '--pretty=%B'])).toMatch('commit a')
@@ -1073,7 +1090,7 @@ describe('lintStaged', () => {
     await execGit(['add', 'test.js'], { cwd })
 
     await expect(execGit(['log', '-1'], { cwd })).rejects.toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
-      `"fatal: your current branch 'master' does not have any commits yet"`
+      `"fatal: your current branch '${defaultBranchName}' does not have any commits yet"`
     )
 
     await gitCommit({
diff --git a/test/loadConfig.spec.js b/test/loadConfig.spec.js
index 33272e610..2123012ae 100644
--- a/test/loadConfig.spec.js
+++ b/test/loadConfig.spec.js
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+jest.mock('../lib/resolveConfig', () => ({
+  /** Unfortunately necessary due to non-ESM tests. */
+  resolveConfig: (configPath) => {
+    try {
+      return require.resolve(configPath)
+    } catch {
+      return configPath
+    }
+  },
+}))
+
 import { dynamicImport } from '../lib/loadConfig.js'
 
 describe('dynamicImport', () => {