diff --git a/packages/standalone/package.json b/packages/standalone/package.json
index f90b6402106..598f7e4d0b4 100644
--- a/packages/standalone/package.json
+++ b/packages/standalone/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@typespec/standalone-cli",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.67.2",
+  "version": "0.67.3",
   "author": "Microsoft Corporation",
   "description": "TypeSpec Standalone CLI",
   "homepage": "https://typespec.io",
diff --git a/packages/standalone/src/cli.ts b/packages/standalone/src/cli.ts
index a48f8cd0801..53c4f456ef8 100644
--- a/packages/standalone/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/standalone/src/cli.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
 if (process.env.TYPESPEC_CLI_PASSTHROUGH === "1") {
   process.argv.shift(); // We receive ["tsp", "tsp", "entrypoint"] and we want to match ["node", "entrypoint"]
   process.execArgv = [];
-  import(process.argv[1]).catch((e) => {
+  import(pathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href).catch((e) => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.log(e);
     process.exit(1);