diff --git a/tools/build-icons/cli.ts b/tools/build-icons/cli.ts
index 2c9fce7ac..55c11290e 100755
--- a/tools/build-icons/cli.ts
+++ b/tools/build-icons/cli.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import getArgumentOptions from 'minimist';
 
 import { readSvgDirectory } from '@lucide/helpers';
@@ -76,7 +77,9 @@ async function buildIcons() {
 
   const icons = await renderIconsObject(svgFiles, ICONS_DIR, renderUniqueKey);
 
-  const { default: iconFileTemplate } = await import(path.resolve(process.cwd(), templateSrc));
+  const { default: iconFileTemplate } = await import(
+    pathToFileURL(path.resolve(process.cwd(), templateSrc)).href
+  );
 
   const iconMetaData = await getIconMetaData(ICONS_DIR);
 
@@ -135,4 +138,5 @@ try {
   await buildIcons();
 } catch (error) {
   console.error(error);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
 }
diff --git a/tools/build-icons/utils/getIconMetaData.ts b/tools/build-icons/utils/getIconMetaData.ts
index d835bb8e5..e3c0d94f8 100644
--- a/tools/build-icons/utils/getIconMetaData.ts
+++ b/tools/build-icons/utils/getIconMetaData.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import { readSvgDirectory } from '@lucide/helpers';
 import { type IconMetadata } from '../types.ts';
 
@@ -7,7 +8,9 @@ async function getIconMetaData(iconDirectory: string): Promise<Record<string, Ic
   const aliasesEntries = await Promise.all(
     iconJsons.map(async (jsonFile: string) => {
       /** eslint-disable */
-      const file = await import(path.join(iconDirectory, jsonFile), { with: { type: 'json' } });
+      const file = await import(pathToFileURL(path.join(iconDirectory, jsonFile)).href, {
+        with: { type: 'json' },
+      });
       return [path.basename(jsonFile, '.json'), file.default];
     }),
   );