diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fd09380e..afdf0e0a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
       "version": "6.0.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "glob": "^11.0.0"
+        "glob": "^11.0.0",
+        "package-json-from-dist": "^1.0.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "rimraf": "dist/esm/bin.mjs"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6073aa7e..a8a3c4b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
     "node": "20 || >=22"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "glob": "^11.0.0"
+    "glob": "^11.0.0",
+    "package-json-from-dist": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "rm",
diff --git a/src/bin.mts b/src/bin.mts
index 098d1633..3727ecf7 100755
--- a/src/bin.mts
+++ b/src/bin.mts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import { readFile } from 'fs/promises'
 import type { RimrafAsyncOptions } from './index.js'
 import { rimraf } from './index.js'
 
-const pj = fileURLToPath(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url))
-const pjDist = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../package.json', import.meta.url))
-const { version } = JSON.parse(
-  await readFile(pjDist, 'utf8').catch(() => readFile(pj, 'utf8')),
-) as { version: string }
+import { loadPackageJson } from 'package-json-from-dist'
+
+const { version } = loadPackageJson(import.meta.url, '../package.json')
 
 const runHelpForUsage = () =>
   console.error('run `rimraf --help` for usage information')
@@ -54,7 +51,6 @@ const cwd = process.cwd()
 
 import { Dirent, Stats } from 'fs'
 import { createInterface, Interface } from 'readline'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 const prompt = async (rl: Interface, q: string) =>
   new Promise<string>(res => rl.question(q, res))