diff --git a/packages/i18n/src/index.mjs b/packages/i18n/src/index.mjs
index 67c1c18a0183..bfabf1f2ee41 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/src/index.mjs
+++ b/packages/i18n/src/index.mjs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ const languages = files.map((file) => path.basename(file, '.i18n.json'));
 
 // write the files
 if (fs.existsSync(`./dist`)) {
-	fs.rmSync(`./dist`, { recursive: true });
+	fs.rmSync(`./dist`, { recursive: true, force: true });
 }
 fs.mkdirSync(`./dist`, { recursive: true });
 
diff --git a/packages/i18n/src/index.spec.mjs b/packages/i18n/src/index.spec.mjs
index b3efdaa10175..4e088186e295 100644
--- a/packages/i18n/src/index.spec.mjs
+++ b/packages/i18n/src/index.spec.mjs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe('i18n', () => {
 		jest.spyOn(fs, 'writeFileSync').mockImplementation(() => {});
 		jest.spyOn(fs, 'readFileSync').mockImplementation(() => JSON.stringify({}));
 		jest.spyOn(fs, 'existsSync').mockReturnValue(true);
-		jest.spyOn(fs, 'rmdirSync').mockImplementation(() => {});
+		jest.spyOn(fs, 'rmSync').mockImplementation(() => {});
 	});
 
 	afterEach(() => {