diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 71dc64226..cb0a5f8ac 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/packages/knip/package.json b/packages/knip/package.json
index 84f1e3c9e..e22c76f43 100644
--- a/packages/knip/package.json
+++ b/packages/knip/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "@snyk/github-codeowners": "1.1.0",
     "easy-table": "1.2.0",
     "fast-glob": "^3.3.2",
-    "jiti": "^1.21.6",
+    "jiti": "2.0.0-beta.3",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.8",
     "picocolors": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/knip/src/util/loader.ts b/packages/knip/src/util/loader.ts
index d9e9430f4..89280b9f5 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/util/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/util/loader.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { LoaderError } from './errors.js';
 import { loadFile, loadJSON, loadTOML, loadYAML, parseJSON, parseYAML } from './fs.js';
 import { isTypeModule } from './fs.js';
 import { extname, isInternal } from './path.js';
-import { jitiCJS, jitiESM } from './register.js';
+import { jiti } from './register.js';
 
 const load = async (filePath: string) => {
   try {
@@ -45,11 +45,7 @@ const load = async (filePath: string) => {
       return imported.default ?? imported;
     }
 
-    if (ext === '.mts' || ((ext === '.ts' || ext === '.tsx') && isTypeModule(filePath))) {
-      return await jitiESM(filePath);
-    }
-
-    return await jitiCJS(filePath);
+    return await jiti(filePath);
   } catch (error) {
     throw new LoaderError(`Error loading ${filePath}`, { cause: error });
   }
diff --git a/packages/knip/src/util/register.ts b/packages/knip/src/util/register.ts
index c955a9ff3..b7140ecfc 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/util/register.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/util/register.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import createJITI, { type JITIOptions } from 'jiti';
+// @ts-expect-error ts(2614)
+import { type JitiOptions, createJiti } from 'jiti';
 import { DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS } from '../constants.js';
 import { join } from './path.js';
 
@@ -15,9 +16,6 @@ const options = {
   },
 };
 
-// @ts-expect-error Our package.json has type=module (for globby, picocolors, etc), but here it confuses TypeScript
-const createLoader = (options: JITIOptions) => createJITI(process.cwd(), options);
+const createLoader = (options: JitiOptions) => createJiti(process.cwd(), options);
 
-export const jitiCJS = createLoader(options);
-
-export const jitiESM = createLoader({ ...options, esmResolve: true });
+export const jiti = createLoader(options);
diff --git a/packages/knip/src/util/require.ts b/packages/knip/src/util/require.ts
index bace7cf11..0a9a80b5f 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/util/require.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/util/require.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { timerify } from './Performance.js';
 import { debugLog } from './debug.js';
 import { getPackageNameFromModuleSpecifier } from './modules.js';
 import { cwd, join, toPosix } from './path.js';
-import { jitiCJS } from './register.js';
+import { jiti as _jiti } from './register.js';
 
 /*
  * package.json#exports + self-referencing not supported in `resolve` package nor Bun:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const createRequire = (path?: string) => nodeCreateRequire(pathToFileURL(path ??
 const require = createRequire();
 export const _require = timerify(require);
 
-const resolve = (specifier: string) => toPosix(jitiCJS.resolve(specifier));
+const resolve = (specifier: string) => toPosix(_jiti.resolve(specifier));
 
 const tryResolve = (specifier: string, from: string) => {
   try {