diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/deviceDescriptors.js b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/deviceDescriptors.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from packages/playwright-core/src/server/deviceDescriptors.js
rename to packages/playwright-core/src/server/deviceDescriptors.ts
index 628064098b..543081f38a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/deviceDescriptors.js
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/deviceDescriptors.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-/**
- * @type {import('./types').Devices}
- */
-module.exports = require("./deviceDescriptorsSource.json")
+import type { Devices } from './types';
+
+import deviceDescriptors from './deviceDescriptorsSource.json';
+
+export default deviceDescriptors as Devices;
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/localUtilsDispatcher.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/localUtilsDispatcher.ts
index 732e135e14..c4f32d180f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/localUtilsDispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/dispatchers/localUtilsDispatcher.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { Dispatcher } from './dispatcher';
 import { yazl, yauzl } from '../../zipBundle';
 import { ZipFile } from '../../utils/zipFile';
 import type * as har from '@trace/har';
-import type { HeadersArray, Devices } from '../types';
+import type { HeadersArray } from '../types';
 import { JsonPipeDispatcher } from '../dispatchers/jsonPipeDispatcher';
 import { WebSocketTransport } from '../transport';
 import { SocksInterceptor } from '../socksInterceptor';
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import type http from 'http';
 import type { Playwright } from '../playwright';
 import { SdkObject } from '../../server/instrumentation';
 import { serializeClientSideCallMetadata } from '../../utils';
+import descriptors  from '../deviceDescriptors';
 
 export class LocalUtilsDispatcher extends Dispatcher<{ guid: string }, channels.LocalUtilsChannel, RootDispatcher> implements channels.LocalUtilsChannel {
   _type_LocalUtils: boolean;
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ export class LocalUtilsDispatcher extends Dispatcher<{ guid: string }, channels.
 
   constructor(scope: RootDispatcher, playwright: Playwright) {
     const localUtils = new SdkObject(playwright, 'localUtils', 'localUtils');
-    const descriptors = require('../deviceDescriptors') as Devices;
     const deviceDescriptors = Object.entries(descriptors)
         .map(([name, descriptor]) => ({ name, descriptor }));
     super(scope, localUtils, 'LocalUtils', {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/csharp.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/csharp.ts
index 46fadc244a..15f97a9382 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/csharp.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/csharp.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import type { Action } from './recorderActions';
 import type { MouseClickOptions } from './utils';
 import { toModifiers } from './utils';
 import { escapeWithQuotes } from '../../utils/isomorphic/stringUtils';
-const deviceDescriptors = require('../deviceDescriptorsSource.json');
+import deviceDescriptors from '../deviceDescriptors';
 import { asLocator } from '../../utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
 
 type CSharpLanguageMode = 'library' | 'mstest' | 'nunit';
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/java.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/java.ts
index d4ebfdeea4..5b270b6c41 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/java.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/java.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import type { ActionInContext } from './codeGenerator';
 import type { Action } from './recorderActions';
 import type { MouseClickOptions } from './utils';
 import { toModifiers } from './utils';
-const deviceDescriptors = require('../deviceDescriptorsSource.json');
+import deviceDescriptors from '../deviceDescriptors';
 import { JavaScriptFormatter } from './javascript';
 import { escapeWithQuotes } from '../../utils/isomorphic/stringUtils';
 import { asLocator } from '../../utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/javascript.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/javascript.ts
index 548e0f6071..1ab97f4fcb 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/javascript.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/javascript.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import type { ActionInContext } from './codeGenerator';
 import type { Action } from './recorderActions';
 import type { MouseClickOptions } from './utils';
 import { toModifiers } from './utils';
-const deviceDescriptors = require('../deviceDescriptorsSource.json');
+import deviceDescriptors from '../deviceDescriptors';
 import { escapeWithQuotes } from '../../utils/isomorphic/stringUtils';
 import { asLocator } from '../../utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/python.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/python.ts
index 3be02684bd..dfac3a9256 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/python.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/recorder/python.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import type { Action } from './recorderActions';
 import type { MouseClickOptions } from './utils';
 import { toModifiers } from './utils';
 import { escapeWithQuotes, toSnakeCase } from '../../utils/isomorphic/stringUtils';
-const deviceDescriptors = require('../deviceDescriptorsSource.json');
+import deviceDescriptors from '../deviceDescriptors';
 import { asLocator } from '../../utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators';
 
 export class PythonLanguageGenerator implements LanguageGenerator {
diff --git a/utils/generate_types/index.js b/utils/generate_types/index.js
index 24966b1704..a2db3c7408 100644
--- a/utils/generate_types/index.js
+++ b/utils/generate_types/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 // @ts-check
 const path = require('path');
-const devices = require('../../packages/playwright-core/lib/server/deviceDescriptors');
+const devices = require('../../packages/playwright-core/lib/server/deviceDescriptorsSource.json');
 const md = require('../markdown');
 const docs = require('../doclint/documentation');
 const PROJECT_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');