diff --git a/lib/get-config.js b/lib/get-config.js
index aa119f302d..cf305867d9 100644
--- a/lib/get-config.js
+++ b/lib/get-config.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { dirname, extname } from "node:path";
+import { dirname } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 import { castArray, isNil, isPlainObject, isString, pickBy } from "lodash-es";
 import { readPackageUp } from "read-pkg-up";
 import { cosmiconfig } from "cosmiconfig";
-import resolveFrom from "resolve-from";
+import importFrom from "import-from-esm";
 import debugConfig from "debug";
 import { repoUrl } from "./git.js";
 import PLUGINS_DEFINITIONS from "./definitions/plugins.js";
@@ -33,17 +33,7 @@ export default async (context, cliOptions) => {
     options = {
       ...(await castArray(extendPaths).reduce(async (eventualResult, extendPath) => {
         const result = await eventualResult;
-        const resolvedPath = resolveFrom.silent(__dirname, extendPath) || resolveFrom(cwd, extendPath);
-        const importAssertions =
-          extname(resolvedPath) === ".json"
-            ? {
-                assert: {
-                  type: "json",
-                },
-              }
-            : undefined;
-
-        const { default: extendsOptions } = await import(resolvedPath, importAssertions);
+        const extendsOptions = (await importFrom.silent(__dirname, extendPath)) || (await importFrom(cwd, extendPath));
 
         // For each plugin defined in a shareable config, save in `pluginsPath` the extendable config path,
         // so those plugin will be loaded relative to the config file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 493ec6a986..e3beea1e33 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         "git-log-parser": "^1.2.0",
         "hook-std": "^3.0.0",
         "hosted-git-info": "^7.0.0",
+        "import-from-esm": "^1.2.1",
         "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
         "marked": "^9.0.0",
         "marked-terminal": "^6.0.0",
@@ -6003,6 +6004,26 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/import-from-esm": {
+      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/import-from-esm/-/import-from-esm-1.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Nly5Ab75rWZmOwtMa0B0NQNnHGcHOQ2zkU/bVENwK2lbPq+kamPDqNKNJ0hF7w7lR/ETD5nGgJq0XbofsZpYCA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "import-meta-resolve": "^4.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16.20"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/import-meta-resolve": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/import-meta-resolve/-/import-meta-resolve-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-okYUR7ZQPH+efeuMJGlq4f8ubUgO50kByRPyt/Cy1Io4PSRsPjxME+YlVaCOx+NIToW7hCsZNFJyTPFFKepRSA==",
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "github",
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/wooorm"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/imurmurhash": {
       "version": "0.1.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/imurmurhash/-/imurmurhash-0.1.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3142052974..ecb30d881e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "git-log-parser": "^1.2.0",
     "hook-std": "^3.0.0",
     "hosted-git-info": "^7.0.0",
+    "import-from-esm": "^1.2.1",
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
     "marked": "^9.0.0",
     "marked-terminal": "^6.0.0",