diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5aa6bbcc92d..fe51392b6e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "test": "node --experimental-vm-modules ./node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js --coverage",
     "test.analysis": "cd test && npm run analysis.build-and-analyze",
     "test.bundlers": "cd test && npm run bundlers",
-    "test.dist": "npx scripts/index.ts --validate-build",
+    "test.dist": "tsx scripts/index.ts --validate-build",
     "test.end-to-end": "cd test/end-to-end && npm ci && npm test && npm run test.dist",
     "test.jest": "node --experimental-vm-modules ./node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js",
     "test.karma": "cd test/karma && npm ci && npm run karma",
diff --git a/scripts/index.ts b/scripts/index.ts
index efb8ffb13f6..16fdf493ad8 100644
--- a/scripts/index.ts
+++ b/scripts/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import * as build from './build';
 
 // This path is relative to the final location of the compiled script, not its TypeScript source
-const stencilProjectRoot = join(__dirname, '..', '..');
+const stencilProjectRoot = join(__dirname, '..');
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 build.run(stencilProjectRoot, args);