diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-internal/src/util/createRule.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin-internal/src/util/createRule.ts
index 62f4e54b022..068fde1f586 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-internal/src/util/createRule.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-internal/src/util/createRule.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ESLintUtils } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 
 // note - cannot migrate this to an import statement because it will make TSC copy the package.json to the dist folder
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
-const version: string = require('../../package.json');
+const { version }: { version: string } = require('../../package.json');
 
 const createRule = ESLintUtils.RuleCreator(
   name =>