diff --git a/contracts/scripts/deploy_aitoken_staging.js b/contracts/scripts/deploy_aitoken_staging.js
index bf24bdc3..94952c15 100644
--- a/contracts/scripts/deploy_aitoken_staging.js
+++ b/contracts/scripts/deploy_aitoken_staging.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const hre = require("hardhat");
+import hre from "hardhat";
 
 async function main() {
   console.log("Deploying AIToken to testnet...");