diff --git a/packages/scripts/config/playwright.config.js b/packages/scripts/config/playwright.config.js
index 16ee210bdfb86..6f380017ccdc4 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/config/playwright.config.js
+++ b/packages/scripts/config/playwright.config.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const config = defineConfig( {
 	snapshotPathTemplate:
 		'{testDir}/{testFileDir}/__snapshots__/{arg}-{projectName}{ext}',
 	globalSetup: fileURLToPath(
-		new URL( './playwright/global-setup.ts', 'file:' + __filename ).href
+		new URL( './playwright/global-setup.js', 'file:' + __filename ).href
 	),
 	use: {
 		baseURL: process.env.WP_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:8889',
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ const config = defineConfig( {
 	],
 } );
 
-export default config;
+module.exports = config;
diff --git a/packages/scripts/config/playwright/global-setup.js b/packages/scripts/config/playwright/global-setup.js
index eace349c6309d..9a4cbde9b7d24 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/config/playwright/global-setup.js
+++ b/packages/scripts/config/playwright/global-setup.js
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ async function globalSetup( config ) {
 	await requestContext.dispose();
 }
 
-export default globalSetup;
+module.exports = globalSetup;
diff --git a/test/e2e/playwright.config.ts b/test/e2e/playwright.config.ts
index 742ca54f4f2ac..cbbfbac3be415 100644
--- a/test/e2e/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/playwright.config.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';
 const baseConfig = require( '@wordpress/scripts/config/playwright.config' );
 
 const config = defineConfig( {
-	...baseConfig.default,
+	...baseConfig,
 	reporter: process.env.CI
 		? [ [ 'github' ], [ './config/flaky-tests-reporter.ts' ] ]
 		: 'list',
diff --git a/test/performance/playwright.config.ts b/test/performance/playwright.config.ts
index 0918b79d3144d..a8208342ac2d8 100644
--- a/test/performance/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/test/performance/playwright.config.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const baseConfig = require( '@wordpress/scripts/config/playwright.config' );
 process.env.ASSETS_PATH = path.join( __dirname, 'assets' );
 
 const config = defineConfig( {
-	...baseConfig.default,
+	...baseConfig,
 	reporter: process.env.CI
 		? './config/performance-reporter.ts'
 		: [ [ 'list' ], [ './config/performance-reporter.ts' ] ],
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const config = defineConfig( {
 		new URL( './config/global-setup.ts', 'file:' + __filename ).href
 	),
 	use: {
-		...baseConfig.default.use,
+		...baseConfig.use,
 		video: 'off',
 	},
 } );