diff --git a/test/fixtures/multi-plugin.js b/test/fixtures/multi-plugin.cjs
similarity index 89%
rename from test/fixtures/multi-plugin.js
rename to test/fixtures/multi-plugin.cjs
index d43886e2d2..1691941cd4 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/multi-plugin.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/multi-plugin.cjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export default {
+module.exports = {
   verifyConditions: () => {},
   getLastRelease: () => {},
   analyzeCommits: () => {},
diff --git a/test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs b/test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc40a4649c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = () => {};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/plugin-noop.js b/test/fixtures/plugin-noop.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ead516c976..0000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/plugin-noop.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export default () => {}
diff --git a/test/plugins/plugins.test.js b/test/plugins/plugins.test.js
index faf2c1d6dc..6b10883034 100644
--- a/test/plugins/plugins.test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/plugins.test.js
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ test('Export plugins based on steps config', async (t) => {
       cwd,
       logger: t.context.logger,
       options: {
-        verifyConditions: ['./test/fixtures/plugin-noop', {path: './test/fixtures/plugin-noop'}],
-        generateNotes: './test/fixtures/plugin-noop',
-        analyzeCommits: {path: './test/fixtures/plugin-noop'},
+        verifyConditions: ['./test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs', {path: './test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs'}],
+        generateNotes: './test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs',
+        analyzeCommits: {path: './test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs'},
         verifyRelease: () => {},
       },
     },
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ test('Unknown steps of plugins configured in "plugins" are ignored', async (t) =
 test('Export plugins loaded from the dependency of a shareable config module', async (t) => {
   const cwd = temporaryDirectory();
   await copy(
-    './test/fixtures/plugin-noop.js',
+    './test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs',
     path.resolve(cwd, 'node_modules/shareable-config/node_modules/custom-plugin/index.js')
   );
   await outputFile(path.resolve(cwd, 'node_modules/shareable-config/index.js'), '');
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ test('Export plugins loaded from the dependency of a shareable config module', a
 
 test('Export plugins loaded from the dependency of a shareable config file', async (t) => {
   const cwd = temporaryDirectory();
-  await copy('./test/fixtures/plugin-noop.js', path.resolve(cwd, 'plugin/plugin-noop.js'));
+  await copy('./test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs', path.resolve(cwd, 'plugin/plugin-noop.cjs'));
   await outputFile(path.resolve(cwd, 'shareable-config.js'), '');
 
   const plugins = await getPlugins(
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ test('Export plugins loaded from the dependency of a shareable config file', asy
       cwd,
       logger: t.context.logger,
       options: {
-        verifyConditions: ['./plugin/plugin-noop', {path: './plugin/plugin-noop'}],
-        generateNotes: './plugin/plugin-noop',
-        analyzeCommits: {path: './plugin/plugin-noop'},
+        verifyConditions: ['./plugin/plugin-noop.cjs', {path: './plugin/plugin-noop.cjs'}],
+        generateNotes: './plugin/plugin-noop.cjs',
+        analyzeCommits: {path: './plugin/plugin-noop.cjs'},
         verifyRelease: () => {},
       },
     },
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ test('Throw EPLUGINSCONF error if the "plugins" option contains an old plugin de
         {
           cwd,
           logger: t.context.logger,
-          options: {plugins: ['./test/fixtures/multi-plugin', './test/fixtures/plugin-noop', () => {}]},
+          options: {plugins: ['./test/fixtures/multi-plugin.cjs', './test/fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs', () => {}]},
         },
         {}
       )
diff --git a/test/plugins/utils.test.js b/test/plugins/utils.test.js
index b2ac21ef97..2e9bfd95b1 100644
--- a/test/plugins/utils.test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/utils.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import test from 'ava';
 import {loadPlugin, parseConfig, validatePlugin, validateStep} from '../../lib/plugins/utils.js';
-import {imitate} from 'testdouble';
 
 test('validatePlugin', (t) => {
   const path = 'plugin-module';
@@ -194,10 +193,10 @@ test('loadPlugin', async (t) => {
   const cwd = process.cwd();
   const func = () => {};
 
-  t.is((await import('../fixtures/plugin-noop.js')).default, await loadPlugin({cwd: './test/fixtures'}, './plugin-noop', {}), 'From cwd');
+  t.is((await import('../fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs')).default, await loadPlugin({cwd: './test/fixtures'}, './plugin-noop.cjs', {}), 'From cwd');
   t.is(
-    (await import('../fixtures/plugin-noop.js')).default,
-    await loadPlugin({cwd}, './plugin-noop', {'./plugin-noop': './test/fixtures'}),
+    (await import('../fixtures/plugin-noop.cjs')).default,
+    await loadPlugin({cwd}, './plugin-noop.cjs', {'./plugin-noop.cjs': './test/fixtures'}),
     'From a shareable config context'
   );
   t.is(func, await loadPlugin({cwd}, func, {}), 'Defined as a function');