diff --git a/tools/tsp-client/src/utils.ts b/tools/tsp-client/src/utils.ts
index 20766ad2349..9205d8615a6 100644
--- a/tools/tsp-client/src/utils.ts
+++ b/tools/tsp-client/src/utils.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import { joinPaths, normalizeSlashes } from "@typespec/compiler";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { access, constants, mkdir, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { Logger } from "./log.js";
 import { TspLocation } from "./typespec.js";
 import { normalizeDirectory } from "./fs.js";
+import { createRequire } from "module";
 
 export function formatAdditionalDirectories(additionalDirectories?: string[]): string {
   let additionalDirOutput = "\n";
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ export function getServiceDir(configYaml: any, emitter: string): string {
  */
 export async function getPathToDependency(dependency: string): Promise<string> {
   // Example: /home/user/foo/node_modules/@autorest/bar/dist/index.js
-  const entrypoint = fileURLToPath(import.meta.resolve(dependency));
+  const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+  const entrypoint = require.resolve(dependency);
 
   // Walk up directory tree to first folder containing "package.json"
   let currentDir = dirname(entrypoint);