diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
index 1f5c6ee3b..f8bbd21fc 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ import {
   WalletCoreApiClient,
   WalletCoreResponseType,
 } from "./wallet-api-types.js";
-import versionInfo from "./version.json" assert { type: 'json' };
+import versionInfo from "./version.json";
 
 const logger = new Logger("wallet.ts");