diff --git a/packages/ws/src/utils/constants.ts b/packages/ws/src/utils/constants.ts
index af9e325a4..3856605ed 100644
--- a/packages/ws/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/ws/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
 import process from 'node:process';
 import { Collection } from '@discordjs/collection';
 import { lazy } from '@discordjs/util';
 import { APIVersion, GatewayOpcodes } from 'discord-api-types/v10';
+import { version } from '../../package.json';
 import type { OptionalWebSocketManagerOptions, SessionInfo } from '../ws/WebSocketManager.js';
 
 /**
@@ -20,10 +19,7 @@ export enum CompressionMethod {
 	ZlibStream = 'zlib-stream',
 }
 
-const packageJson = readFileSync(join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'package.json'), 'utf8');
-const Package = JSON.parse(packageJson);
-
-export const DefaultDeviceProperty = `@discordjs/ws ${Package.version}`;
+export const DefaultDeviceProperty = `@discordjs/ws ${version}`;
 
 const getDefaultSessionStore = lazy(() => new Collection<number, SessionInfo | null>());