diff --git a/src/main/java/tech/jhipster/lite/generator/typescript/core/domain/TypescriptModuleFactory.java b/src/main/java/tech/jhipster/lite/generator/typescript/core/domain/TypescriptModuleFactory.java
index ebc4780869e..8b7e4110230 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tech/jhipster/lite/generator/typescript/core/domain/TypescriptModuleFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tech/jhipster/lite/generator/typescript/core/domain/TypescriptModuleFactory.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public JHipsterModule buildModule(JHipsterModuleProperties properties) {
     //@formatter:off
     return moduleBuilder(properties)
       .packageJson()
+        .addType("module")
         .addDevDependency(packageName("typescript"), COMMON)
         .addDevDependency(packageName("@tsconfig/recommended"), COMMON)
         .addDevDependency(packageName("@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin"), COMMON)
diff --git a/src/test/java/tech/jhipster/lite/generator/typescript/domain/core/TypescriptModuleFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/tech/jhipster/lite/generator/typescript/domain/core/TypescriptModuleFactoryTest.java
index 1c4839fe3f7..ba994c07f74 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tech/jhipster/lite/generator/typescript/domain/core/TypescriptModuleFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tech/jhipster/lite/generator/typescript/domain/core/TypescriptModuleFactoryTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ void shouldCreateTypescriptModule() {
 
     assertThatModuleWithFiles(module, packageJsonFile())
       .hasFile("package.json")
+      .containing("\"type\": \"module\"")
       .containing(nodeDependency("typescript"))
       .containing(nodeDependency("@tsconfig/recommended"))
       .containing(nodeDependency("@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin"))