diff --git a/test/sequential/test-debugger-exec-scope.js b/test/sequential/test-debugger-exec-scope.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e5d2ac7ebaeeb..00000000000000
--- a/test/sequential/test-debugger-exec-scope.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-
-common.skipIfInspectorDisabled();
-
-const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
-const startCLI = require('../common/debugger');
-
-const assert = require('assert');
-
-// exec .scope
-{
-  const cli = startCLI([fixtures.path('debugger/backtrace.js')]);
-
-  function onFatal(error) {
-    cli.quit();
-    throw error;
-  }
-
-  cli.waitForInitialBreak()
-    .then(() => cli.waitForPrompt())
-    .then(() => cli.stepCommand('c'))
-    .then(() => cli.command('exec .scope'))
-    .then(() => {
-      assert.match(
-        cli.output,
-        /'moduleScoped'/, 'displays closure from module body');
-      assert.match(cli.output, /'a'/, 'displays local / function arg');
-      assert.match(cli.output, /'l1'/, 'displays local scope');
-      assert.doesNotMatch(
-        cli.output,
-        /'encodeURIComponent'/,
-        'omits global scope'
-      );
-    })
-    .then(() => cli.quit())
-    .then(null, onFatal);
-}
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-debugger-exec-scope.mjs b/test/sequential/test-debugger-exec-scope.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..08b37e279556f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sequential/test-debugger-exec-scope.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { skipIfInspectorDisabled } from '../common/index.mjs';
+
+skipIfInspectorDisabled();
+
+import { path } from '../common/fixtures.mjs';
+import startCLI from '../common/debugger.js';
+
+import assert from 'assert';
+
+const cli = startCLI([path('debugger/backtrace.js')]);
+
+try {
+  await cli.waitForInitialBreak();
+  await cli.waitForPrompt();
+  await cli.stepCommand('c');
+  await cli.command('exec .scope');
+  assert.match(cli.output, /'moduleScoped'/, 'displays closure from module body');
+  assert.match(cli.output, /'a'/, 'displays local / function arg');
+  assert.match(cli.output, /'l1'/, 'displays local scope');
+  assert.doesNotMatch(cli.output, /'encodeURIComponent'/, 'omits global scope');
+} finally {
+  await cli.quit();
+}