diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8fd9559..5ae2920 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
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-        "tsx": "^4.7.1",
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+      "peer": true,
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@@ -1416,16 +1418,17 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
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@@ -1529,9 +1532,9 @@
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+      "license": "ISC"
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@@ -1916,9 +1920,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-17.0.5.tgz",
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       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "marked": "bin/marked.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 857ed72..b50904c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@markedjs/testutils",
-  "version": "17.0.1-2",
+  "version": "17.0.5-0",
   "description": "Test utilities for marked and marked extensions",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@markedjs/html-differ": "^5.0.4",
     "front-matter": "^4.0.2",
-    "marked": "17.0.2",
+    "marked": "17.0.5",
     "marked-repo": "https://github.com/markedjs/marked/tarball/v17.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@arethetypeswrong/cli": "^0.18.2",
     "@eslint/js": "^10.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^25.5.0",
-    "eslint": "^10.0.3",
+    "eslint": "^10.1.0",
     "globals": "^17.4.0",
     "prettier": "^3.8.1",
-    "tsx": "^4.7.1",
-    "typescript": "^5.7.2"
+    "tsx": "^4.21.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.9.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/load-tests.ts b/src/load-tests.ts
index 6cd0692..72744b1 100644
--- a/src/load-tests.ts
+++ b/src/load-tests.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export async function loadTests(fileOrDir: string): Promise<Tests> {
           // must import esm
           json = await import(absFile);
         }
-        specs = specs.concat(json);
+        specs = specs.concat(json.default ?? json);
         break;
       }
       default: