diff --git a/packages/react-native/local-cli/runMacOS/runMacOS.js b/packages/react-native/local-cli/runMacOS/runMacOS.mjs
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/react-native/local-cli/runMacOS/runMacOS.js
rename to packages/react-native/local-cli/runMacOS/runMacOS.mjs
index 9fad4f6555c681..898a9d30a02d32 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/local-cli/runMacOS/runMacOS.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/local-cli/runMacOS/runMacOS.mjs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @format
  */
 // @noflow
-'use strict';
 
 /**
  * @typedef {{
@@ -35,11 +34,12 @@
  * }} ProjectConfig
  */
 
-const child_process = require('node:child_process');
-const path = require('node:path');
+import child_process from 'node:child_process';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import {createRequire} from 'node:module';
+import {WriteStream} from 'node:tty';
 
 const colors = (() => {
-  const {WriteStream} = require('node:tty');
   if (WriteStream.prototype.hasColors() &&
     !process.env.NODE_TEST_CONTEXT &&
     process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test'
@@ -54,11 +54,13 @@ const colors = (() => {
   return { bold: passthrough, dim: passthrough };
 })();
 
-const {logger, CLIError, getDefaultUserTerminal} = ((projectRoot = process.cwd()) => {
+const {logger, CLIError, getDefaultUserTerminal} = await (async (projectRoot = process.cwd()) => {
+  const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
   const cli = require.resolve('@react-native-community/cli/package.json', {paths: [projectRoot]});
   const options = {paths: [path.dirname(cli)]};
   const tools = require.resolve('@react-native-community/cli-tools', options);
-  return require(tools);
+  const module = await import(tools);
+  return module.default || module;
 })();
 
 /**
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ const commonOptions = [
   },
 ];
 
-module.exports = [
+export const macosCommands = [
   {
     name: 'build-macos',
     description: 'builds your app',
diff --git a/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js b/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
index 4fc760e979c04d..699cbdd8f3818c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/react-native.config.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 // $FlowFixMe[untyped-import]
-const macosCommands = require('./local-cli/runMacOS/runMacOS');
+const {macosCommands} = require('./local-cli/runMacOS/runMacOS.mjs');
 const {
   bundleCommand,
   startCommand,