diff --git a/packages/app-cli/package.json b/packages/app-cli/package.json
index f2f755c83..3b9bcbbc9 100644
--- a/packages/app-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-cli/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@joplin/lib": "~2.11",
     "@joplin/renderer": "~2.11",
-    "@joplin/utils": "../utils",
+    "@joplin/utils": "file:../utils",
     "aws-sdk": "2.1290.0",
     "chalk": "4.1.2",
     "compare-version": "0.1.2",
diff --git a/packages/lib/package.json b/packages/lib/package.json
index 7f5b4ef9a..51e6a1ff9 100644
--- a/packages/lib/package.json
+++ b/packages/lib/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "@joplin/renderer": "~2.11",
     "@joplin/turndown": "^4.0.65",
     "@joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm": "^1.0.47",
-    "@joplin/utils": "../utils",
+    "@joplin/utils": "file:../utils",
     "@types/nanoid": "3.0.0",
     "async-mutex": "0.4.0",
     "base-64": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/package.json b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/package.json
index 9a39dc8db..ac1bd54ba 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@joplin/lib": "~2.11",
     "@joplin/tools": "~2.11",
-    "@joplin/utils": "../utils",
+    "@joplin/utils": "file:../utils",
     "fs-extra": "11.1.1",
     "gh-release-assets": "2.0.1",
     "node-fetch": "2.6.7",
diff --git a/packages/tools/package.json b/packages/tools/package.json
index 336e1de40..d29072afb 100644
--- a/packages/tools/package.json
+++ b/packages/tools/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@joplin/lib": "~2.11",
     "@joplin/renderer": "~2.11",
-    "@joplin/utils": "../utils",
+    "@joplin/utils": "file:../utils",
     "dayjs": "1.11.7",
     "execa": "4.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "11.1.1",