diff --git a/.changeset/purple-weeks-cross.md b/.changeset/purple-weeks-cross.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a578ea60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/purple-weeks-cross.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hono/typebox-validator': patch
+---
+
+Fix transiently importing typebox as cjs even when typebox-validator imported as esm
diff --git a/packages/typebox-validator/package.json b/packages/typebox-validator/package.json
index b41a1576..ddd4d2de 100644
--- a/packages/typebox-validator/package.json
+++ b/packages/typebox-validator/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest",
     "build:cjs": "tsc -p tsconfig.cjs.json",
-    "build:esm": "tsc -p tsconfig.esm.json",
+    "build:esm": "tsc -p tsconfig.esm.json && echo '{\"type\": \"module\"}' > dist/esm/package.json",
     "build": "rimraf dist && yarn build:cjs && yarn build:esm",
     "prerelease": "yarn build && yarn test",
     "release": "yarn publish"
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@
     "jest": "^29.7.0",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.5"
   }
-}
+}
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