diff --git a/src/utils/resolveBin.ts b/src/utils/resolveBin.ts
index f9f15f3f6..d5d33e58c 100644
--- a/src/utils/resolveBin.ts
+++ b/src/utils/resolveBin.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
 // TODO: try to see if we can avoid this altogether...
 // https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/create-typescript-app/issues/1992
 export function resolveBin(bin: string) {
 	// This can't be tested yet in Vitest :(
 	// https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/6953
-	return import.meta.resolve(bin).replace(/^file:\/\//gu, "");
+	return fileURLToPath(import.meta.resolve(bin));
 }