diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-sandboxes-main.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-sandboxes-main.yml
index 7d9328578493..adea48c1b2f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-sandboxes-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-sandboxes-main.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "Storybook Bot"
           git config --global user.email "bot@storybook.js.org"
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: node ./scripts/check-dependencies.js
+        run: |
+          cd ./scripts
+          node --loader esbuild-register/loader -r esbuild-register ./check-dependencies.ts
+          cd ..
       - name: Compile Storybook libraries
         run: yarn task --task compile --start-from=auto --no-link
       - name: Publishing to local registry
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-sandboxes-next.yml b/.github/workflows/generate-sandboxes-next.yml
index 8a28c4cbb23a..9a00f8b99cdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-sandboxes-next.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-sandboxes-next.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "Storybook Bot"
           git config --global user.email "bot@storybook.js.org"
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: node ./scripts/check-dependencies.js
+        run: |
+          cd ./scripts
+          node --loader esbuild-register/loader -r esbuild-register ./check-dependencies.ts
+          cd ..
       - name: Compile Storybook libraries
         run: yarn task --task compile --start-from=auto --no-link
       - name: Publishing to local registry
diff --git a/scripts/check-dependencies.cjs b/scripts/check-dependencies.cjs
deleted file mode 100755
index c8bd9114faf9..000000000000
--- a/scripts/check-dependencies.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-const { checkDependencies } = require('./utils/cli-utils');
-
-checkDependencies().catch((e) => {
-  console.error(e);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
diff --git a/scripts/check-dependencies.ts b/scripts/check-dependencies.ts
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..babee83b82f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-dependencies.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { checkDependencies } from './utils/cli-utils';
+
+checkDependencies().catch((e) => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.error(e);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/scripts/tasks/bench.ts b/scripts/tasks/bench.ts
index 349d79ea7fa9..cead08852edb 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/bench.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/bench.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/extensions */
 import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes';
 import prettyTime from 'pretty-ms';
 
@@ -19,8 +20,10 @@ export const bench: Task = {
     const controllers: AbortController[] = [];
     try {
       const { disableDocs } = options;
-      const { browse } = await import('../bench/browse');
-      const { saveBench, loadBench } = await import('../bench/utils');
+      // @ts-expect-error Default import required for dynamic import processed by esbuild
+      const { browse } = (await import('../bench/browse.ts')).default;
+      // @ts-expect-error Default import required for dynamic import processed by esbuild
+      const { saveBench, loadBench } = (await import('../bench/utils.ts')).default;
 
       const devController = await dev.run(details, { ...options, debug: false });
       if (!devController) {
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ export const bench: Task = {
       }
       controllers.push(devController);
       const devBrowseResult = await browse(`http://localhost:${devPort}`, { disableDocs });
+
       devController.abort();
 
       const serveController = await serve.run(details, { ...options, debug: false });
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ export const bench: Task = {
         throw new Error('serve: controller is null');
       }
       controllers.push(serveController);
+
       const buildBrowseResult = await browse(`http://localhost:${servePort}`, { disableDocs });
       serveController.abort();