diff --git a/.changeset/stale-pillows-talk.md b/.changeset/stale-pillows-talk.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1048cb8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-pillows-talk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'nest-commander': patch
+---
+
+Move the fig completion package to an optional import to get around jest
+throwing an error about esm packages
diff --git a/packages/nest-commander/src/completion.factory.ts b/packages/nest-commander/src/completion.factory.ts
index 9c26a5e9..a166f7b3 100644
--- a/packages/nest-commander/src/completion.factory.ts
+++ b/packages/nest-commander/src/completion.factory.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment */
-import { addCompletionSpecCommand } from '@fig/complete-commander';
 import type { INestApplicationContext } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import type { CompletionFactoryOptions } from './completion.factory.interface';
@@ -50,7 +48,15 @@ export class CompletionFactory {
     }
 
     if (parsedOptions.fig) {
-      addCompletionSpecCommand(commander);
+      try {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+        const { addCompletionSpecCommand } = require('@fig/complete-commander');
+        addCompletionSpecCommand(commander);
+      } catch {
+        throw new Error(
+          `There was a problem creating the fig completion. Did you make sure to install "@fig/complete-commander"?`,
+        );
+      }
     }
   }