diff --git a/test/addons/esm/test-esm.mjs b/test/addons/esm/test-esm.mjs
index fd2ab14c501cd4..8635d7fc49f684 100644
--- a/test/addons/esm/test-esm.mjs
+++ b/test/addons/esm/test-esm.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  * the ESM loader or the CJS loader.
  */
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line node-core/require-common-first
 import { buildType } from '../../common/index.mjs';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eslint-require-common-first.js b/test/parallel/test-eslint-require-common-first.js
index ef19f95b97d635..d7980cebedbfb8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eslint-require-common-first.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eslint-require-common-first.js
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ new RuleTester({
       code: 'require("common")\n' +
             'require("assert")'
     },
+    {
+      code: 'import "../../../../common/index.mjs";',
+      languageOptions: {
+        sourceType: 'module',
+      },
+    },
   ],
   invalid: [
     {
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/require-common-first.js b/tools/eslint-rules/require-common-first.js
index 2bfe146086e577..5a8980d5d1c71b 100644
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/require-common-first.js
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/require-common-first.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = {
      * @returns {string} module name
      */
     function getModuleName(str) {
-      if (str === '../common/index.mjs') {
+      if (str.startsWith('../') && str.endsWith('/common/index.mjs')) {
         return 'common';
       }