diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/.eslintrc b/packages/grpc-js/.eslintrc
index b18ad0ed..64585682 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/.eslintrc
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/.eslintrc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "node/no-unpublished-import": ["error", {
         "tryExtensions": [".ts", ".js", ".json", ".node"]
     }],
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": "off"
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": "off",
+    "node/no-unpublished-require": "off"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/index.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/index.ts
index e4bb3658..661e0efd 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/index.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ import {
   ServerDuplexStream,
 } from './server-call';
 
-import { engines as supportedEngines } from '../package.json';
-const supportedNodeVersions = supportedEngines.node;
+const supportedNodeVersions = require('../../package.json').engines.node;
 if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, supportedNodeVersions)) {
   throw new Error(`@grpc/grpc-js only works on Node ${supportedNodeVersions}`);
 }
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/subchannel.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/subchannel.ts
index 3f71720e..de69c486 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/subchannel.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/subchannel.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { LogVerbosity } from './constants';
 import { shouldUseProxy, getProxiedConnection } from './http_proxy';
 import * as net from 'net';
 
-import { version as clientVersion } from '../package.json';
+const clientVersion = require('../../package.json').version;
 
 const TRACER_NAME = 'subchannel';