diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03d6576a27f6..e1f231c13a54 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "lint": "npx nx run-many --target=lint --parallel",
     "postinstall": "npx nx run repo-tools:postinstall-script",
     "pre-commit": "yarn lint-staged",
-    "release": "tsx tools/release/release.ts",
+    "release": "tsx tools/release/release.mts",
     "start": "npx nx run website:start",
     "test": "npx nx run-many --target=test --parallel --exclude integration-tests --exclude website --exclude website-eslint",
     "test-integration": "npx nx run integration-tests:test",
diff --git a/tools/release/release.mts b/tools/release/release.mts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8306324325c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release/release.mts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { execaSync } from 'execa';
+import {
+  releaseChangelog,
+  releasePublish,
+  releaseVersion,
+} from 'nx/src/command-line/release';
+import yargs from 'yargs';
+
+const options = await yargs
+  .version(false)
+  .option('version', {
+    description:
+      'Explicit version specifier to use, if overriding conventional commits',
+    type: 'string',
+  })
+  .option('dryRun', {
+    alias: 'd',
+    description:
+      'Whether to perform a dry-run of the release process, defaults to true',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: true,
+  })
+  .option('verbose', {
+    description: 'Whether or not to enable verbose logging, defaults to false',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: false,
+  })
+  .parseAsync();
+
+const { workspaceVersion, projectsVersionData } = await releaseVersion({
+  specifier: options.version,
+  // stage package.json updates to be committed later by the changelog command
+  stageChanges: true,
+  dryRun: options.dryRun,
+  verbose: options.verbose,
+});
+
+// Update the lock file after the version bumps and stage it ready to be committed by the changelog step
+if (!options.dryRun) {
+  console.log('⏳ Updating yarn.lock...');
+  execaSync(`yarn`, [`install`], {
+    env: { ...process.env, SKIP_POSTINSTALL: 'true' },
+  });
+  execaSync(`git`, [`add`, `yarn.lock`]);
+  console.log('✅ Updated and staged yarn.lock\n');
+}
+
+// This will create a release on GitHub
+await releaseChangelog({
+  versionData: projectsVersionData,
+  version: workspaceVersion,
+  dryRun: options.dryRun,
+  verbose: options.verbose,
+});
+
+// An explicit null value here means that no changes were detected across any package
+// eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
+if (workspaceVersion === null) {
+  console.log(
+    '⏭️ No changes detected across any package, skipping publish step altogether',
+  );
+} else {
+  await releasePublish({
+    dryRun: options.dryRun,
+    verbose: options.verbose,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tools/release/release.ts b/tools/release/release.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 74341bb2dfe3..000000000000
--- a/tools/release/release.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-import { execaSync } from 'execa';
-import {
-  releaseChangelog,
-  releasePublish,
-  releaseVersion,
-} from 'nx/src/command-line/release';
-import yargs from 'yargs';
-
-void (async () => {
-  try {
-    const options = await yargs
-      .version(false)
-      .option('version', {
-        description:
-          'Explicit version specifier to use, if overriding conventional commits',
-        type: 'string',
-      })
-      .option('dryRun', {
-        alias: 'd',
-        description:
-          'Whether to perform a dry-run of the release process, defaults to true',
-        type: 'boolean',
-        default: true,
-      })
-      .option('verbose', {
-        description:
-          'Whether or not to enable verbose logging, defaults to false',
-        type: 'boolean',
-        default: false,
-      })
-      .parseAsync();
-
-    const { workspaceVersion, projectsVersionData } = await releaseVersion({
-      specifier: options.version,
-      // stage package.json updates to be committed later by the changelog command
-      stageChanges: true,
-      dryRun: options.dryRun,
-      verbose: options.verbose,
-    });
-
-    // Update the lock file after the version bumps and stage it ready to be committed by the changelog step
-    if (!options.dryRun) {
-      console.log('⏳ Updating yarn.lock...');
-      execaSync(`yarn`, [`install`], {
-        env: { ...process.env, SKIP_POSTINSTALL: 'true' },
-      });
-      execaSync(`git`, [`add`, `yarn.lock`]);
-      console.log('✅ Updated and staged yarn.lock\n');
-    }
-
-    // This will create a release on GitHub
-    await releaseChangelog({
-      versionData: projectsVersionData,
-      version: workspaceVersion,
-      dryRun: options.dryRun,
-      verbose: options.verbose,
-    });
-
-    // An explicit null value here means that no changes were detected across any package
-    // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
-    if (workspaceVersion === null) {
-      console.log(
-        '⏭️ No changes detected across any package, skipping publish step altogether',
-      );
-    } else {
-      await releasePublish({
-        dryRun: options.dryRun,
-        verbose: options.verbose,
-      });
-    }
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-exit
-    process.exit(0);
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.error(err);
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-process-exit
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-})();
diff --git a/tsconfig.eslint.json b/tsconfig.eslint.json
index 36b912142b9a..7e9f118ed405 100644
--- a/tsconfig.eslint.json
+++ b/tsconfig.eslint.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "extends": "./tsconfig.base.json",
   "include": [
     "tools/**/*.ts",
+    "tools/**/*.mts",
     ".eslintrc.js",
     "jest.config.base.js",
     "jest.config.js",