diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-external-helpers.ts b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-external-helpers.ts
index 6f6d3ef40338..ce3ef0b2d331 100755
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-external-helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-external-helpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import commander from "commander";
+import * as commander from "commander";
 import { buildExternalHelpers } from "@babel/core";
 
+const { program } = commander.default;
+
 function collect(value: unknown, previousValue: Array<string>): Array<string> {
   // If the user passed the option with no value, like "babel-external-helpers --whitelist", do nothing.
   if (typeof value !== "string") return previousValue;
@@ -14,19 +16,19 @@ function collect(value: unknown, previousValue: Array<string>): Array<string> {
   return values;
 }
 
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "-l, --whitelist [whitelist]",
   "Whitelist of helpers to ONLY include",
   collect,
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "-t, --output-type [type]",
   "Type of output (global|umd|var)",
   "global",
 );
 
-commander.usage("[options]");
-commander.parse(process.argv);
-const opts = commander.opts();
+program.usage("[options]");
+program.parse(process.argv);
+const opts = program.opts();
 
 console.log(buildExternalHelpers(opts.whitelist, opts.outputType));
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.ts b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.ts
index 4ace8ca6c6c2..65b081775362 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.ts
@@ -1,188 +1,187 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 
-import commander from "commander";
+import * as Commander from "commander";
 import { version, DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS } from "@babel/core";
 import * as glob from "glob";
 import { alphasort } from "./util.ts";
 
 import type { InputOptions } from "@babel/core";
 
+const { program } = Commander.default;
+
 // Standard Babel input configs.
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "-f, --filename [filename]",
   "The filename to use when reading from stdin. This will be used in source-maps, errors etc.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--presets [list]",
   "A comma-separated list of preset names.",
   collect,
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--plugins [list]",
   "A comma-separated list of plugin names.",
   collect,
 );
-commander.option("--config-file [path]", "Path to a .babelrc file to use.");
-commander.option(
+program.option("--config-file [path]", "Path to a .babelrc file to use.");
+program.option(
   "--env-name [name]",
   "The name of the 'env' to use when loading configs and plugins. " +
     "Defaults to the value of BABEL_ENV, or else NODE_ENV, or else 'development'.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--root-mode [mode]",
   "The project-root resolution mode. " +
     "One of 'root' (the default), 'upward', or 'upward-optional'.",
 );
 
 // Basic file input configuration.
-commander.option("--source-type [script|module]", "");
-commander.option(
+program.option("--source-type [script|module]", "");
+program.option(
   "--no-babelrc",
   "Whether or not to look up .babelrc and .babelignore files.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--ignore [list]",
   "List of glob paths to **not** compile.",
   collect,
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--only [list]",
   "List of glob paths to **only** compile.",
   collect,
 );
 
 // Misc babel config.
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--no-highlight-code",
   "Enable or disable ANSI syntax highlighting of code frames. (on by default)",
 );
 
 // General output formatting.
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--no-comments",
   "Write comments to generated output. (true by default)",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--retain-lines",
   "Retain line numbers. This will result in really ugly code.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--compact [true|false|auto]",
   "Do not include superfluous whitespace characters and line terminators.",
   booleanify,
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--minified",
   "Save as many bytes when printing. (false by default)",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--auxiliary-comment-before [string]",
   "Print a comment before any injected non-user code.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--auxiliary-comment-after [string]",
   "Print a comment after any injected non-user code.",
 );
 
 // General source map formatting.
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "-s, --source-maps [true|false|inline|both]",
   "",
   booleanify,
   undefined,
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--source-map-target [string]",
   "Set `file` on returned source map.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--source-file-name [string]",
   "Set `sources[0]` on returned source map.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--source-root [filename]",
   "The root from which all sources are relative.",
 );
 
 if (!process.env.BABEL_8_BREAKING) {
   // Config params for certain module output formats.
-  commander.option(
+  program.option(
     "--module-root [filename]",
     "Optional prefix for the AMD module formatter that will be prepended to the filename on module definitions.",
   );
-  commander.option("-M, --module-ids", "Insert an explicit id for modules.");
-  commander.option(
+  program.option("-M, --module-ids", "Insert an explicit id for modules.");
+  program.option(
     "--module-id [string]",
     "Specify a custom name for module ids.",
   );
 }
 
 // "babel" command specific arguments that are not passed to @babel/core.
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "-x, --extensions [extensions]",
   "List of extensions to compile when a directory has been the input. [" +
     DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS.join() +
     "]",
   collect,
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--keep-file-extension",
   "Preserve the file extensions of the input files.",
 );
-commander.option("-w, --watch", "Recompile files on changes.");
-commander.option(
-  "--skip-initial-build",
-  "Do not compile files before watching.",
-);
-commander.option(
+program.option("-w, --watch", "Recompile files on changes.");
+program.option("--skip-initial-build", "Do not compile files before watching.");
+program.option(
   "-o, --out-file [out]",
   "Compile all input files into a single file.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "-d, --out-dir [out]",
   "Compile an input directory of modules into an output directory.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--relative",
   "Compile into an output directory relative to input directory or file. Requires --out-dir [out]",
 );
 
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "-D, --copy-files",
   "When compiling a directory copy over non-compilable files.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--include-dotfiles",
   "Include dotfiles when compiling and copying non-compilable files.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--no-copy-ignored",
   "Exclude ignored files when copying non-compilable files.",
 );
 
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--verbose",
   "Log everything. This option conflicts with --quiet",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--quiet",
   "Don't log anything. This option conflicts with --verbose",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--delete-dir-on-start",
   "Delete the out directory before compilation.",
 );
-commander.option(
+program.option(
   "--out-file-extension [string]",
   "Use a specific extension for the output files",
 );
 
-commander.version(PACKAGE_JSON.version + " (@babel/core " + version + ")");
-commander.usage("[options] <files ...>");
-// register an empty action handler so that commander.js can throw on
+program.version(PACKAGE_JSON.version + " (@babel/core " + version + ")");
+program.usage("[options] <files ...>");
+// register an empty action handler so that program.js can throw on
 // unknown options _after_ args
-// see https://github.com/tj/commander.js/issues/561#issuecomment-522209408
-commander.action(() => {});
+// see https://github.com/tj/program.js/issues/561#issuecomment-522209408
+program.action(() => {});
 
 export type CmdOptions = {
   babelOptions: InputOptions;
@@ -209,13 +208,13 @@ export type CmdOptions = {
 
 export default function parseArgv(args: Array<string>): CmdOptions | null {
   //
-  commander.parse(args);
+  program.parse(args);
 
-  const opts = commander.opts();
+  const opts = program.opts();
 
   const errors: string[] = [];
 
-  let filenames = commander.args.reduce(function (globbed: string[], input) {
+  let filenames = program.args.reduce(function (globbed: string[], input) {
     let files = process.env.BABEL_8_BREAKING
       ? // glob 9+ no longer sorts the result, here we maintain the glob 7 behaviour
         // https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/blob/c3cd57ae128faa0e9190492acc743bb779ac4054/common.js#L151
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.ts b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.ts
index fc767ef1a5d0..ca68f38ce366 100644
--- a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import commander from "commander";
+import * as commander from "commander";
 import Module from "module";
 import { inspect } from "util";
 import path from "path";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import type { PluginAPI, PluginObject } from "@babel/core";
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
-const program = new commander.Command("babel-node");
+const { program } = commander.default;
 
 function collect(value: unknown, previousValue: string[]): Array<string> {
   // If the user passed the option with no value, like "babel-node file.js --presets", do nothing.
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ function collect(value: unknown, previousValue: string[]): Array<string> {
   return values;
 }
 
+program.name("babel-node");
 program.option("-e, --eval [script]", "Evaluate script");
 program.option(
   "--no-babelrc",