diff --git a/.github/workflows/labels.yml b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
index ff6905d62164..14876ecf6294 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labels.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token || github.token }}
           retries: 3
           script: |
-            require('./ci/github-script/labels.cjs')({
+            require('./ci/github-script/labels.js')({
               github,
               context,
               core,
diff --git a/ci/github-script/.editorconfig b/ci/github-script/.editorconfig
index 08ca1a194873..67d678ef170c 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/.editorconfig
+++ b/ci/github-script/.editorconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# TODO: Move to <top-level>/.editorconfig, once ci/.editorconfig has made its way through staging.
-[*.cjs]
+[run]
 indent_style = space
 indent_size = 2
diff --git a/ci/github-script/README.md b/ci/github-script/README.md
index e71a4f173c57..8ffff0c40922 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/README.md
+++ b/ci/github-script/README.md
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ To run any of the scripts locally:
 
 ## Labeler
 
-Run `./run.js labels OWNER REPO`, where OWNER is your username or "NixOS" and REPO the name of your fork or "nixpkgs".
+Run `./run labels OWNER REPO`, where OWNER is your username or "NixOS" and REPO the name of your fork or "nixpkgs".
diff --git a/ci/github-script/labels.cjs b/ci/github-script/labels.js
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/github-script/labels.cjs
rename to ci/github-script/labels.js
diff --git a/ci/github-script/package.json b/ci/github-script/package.json
index 906f371f0d5d..4671dd41f0cd 100644
--- a/ci/github-script/package.json
+++ b/ci/github-script/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/artifact": "2.3.2",
     "@actions/github": "6.0.1",
diff --git a/ci/github-script/run.js b/ci/github-script/run
similarity index 93%
rename from ci/github-script/run.js
rename to ci/github-script/run
index 5127a6a0ee95..1b670a8b2875 100755
--- a/ci/github-script/run.js
+++ b/ci/github-script/run
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
+#!/usr/bin/env -S node --import ./run
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process'
 import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ program
   .argument('<owner>', 'Owner of the GitHub repository to label (Example: NixOS)')
   .argument('<repo>', 'Name of the GitHub repository to label (Example: nixpkgs)')
   .action(async (owner, repo) => {
-    const labels = (await import('./labels.cjs')).default
+    const labels = (await import('./labels.js')).default
     run(labels, owner, repo)
   })