diff --git a/scripts/build-package.js b/scripts/build-package.js
index 70468be2e0ea..3e9843b83282 100644
--- a/scripts/build-package.js
+++ b/scripts/build-package.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ async function run() {
   selection?.filter(Boolean).forEach(async (v) => {
     const commmand = (await readJSON(resolve(v.location, 'package.json'))).scripts.prep;
     const cwd = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'code', v.location);
-    const sub = require('execa').command(
+    const sub = await import('execa').execaCommand(
       `${commmand}${watchMode ? ' --watch' : ''}${prodMode ? ' --optimized' : ''}`,
       {
         cwd,
diff --git a/scripts/check-package.js b/scripts/check-package.js
index dc675d9bff1a..1cee8b12cd9b 100644
--- a/scripts/check-package.js
+++ b/scripts/check-package.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async function run() {
   selection?.filter(Boolean).forEach(async (v) => {
     const commmand = (await readJSON(resolve(v.location, 'package.json'))).scripts.check;
     const cwd = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'code', v.location);
-    const sub = require('execa').command(`${commmand}${watchMode ? ' --watch' : ''}`, {
+    const sub = await import('execa').execaCommand(`${commmand}${watchMode ? ' --watch' : ''}`, {
       cwd,
       buffer: false,
       shell: true,
diff --git a/scripts/combine-compodoc.ts b/scripts/combine-compodoc.ts
index 79a02dc0c34c..7dd04a7f509b 100755
--- a/scripts/combine-compodoc.ts
+++ b/scripts/combine-compodoc.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // then combine the results into one large documentation.json
 
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
-import execa from 'execa';
+import { execaCommand } from './utils/exec';
 import { realpath, readFile, writeFile, lstat } from 'fs-extra';
 import glob from 'glob';
 import { directory } from 'tempy';
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async function run(cwd: string) {
     dirs.map(async (dir) => {
       const outputDir = directory();
       const resolvedDir = await realpath(dir);
-      await execa.command(
+      await execaCommand(
         `yarn compodoc ${resolvedDir} -p ./tsconfig.json -e json -d ${outputDir}`,
         { cwd }
       );
diff --git a/scripts/next-repro-generators/generate-repros.ts b/scripts/next-repro-generators/generate-repros.ts
index 380c7a0b2f1f..c4a48350a0a7 100755
--- a/scripts/next-repro-generators/generate-repros.ts
+++ b/scripts/next-repro-generators/generate-repros.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import { join, relative } from 'path';
-import { command } from 'execa';
 import type { Options as ExecaOptions } from 'execa';
 import pLimit from 'p-limit';
 import prettyTime from 'pretty-hrtime';
 import { copy, emptyDir, ensureDir, move, remove, rename, writeFile } from 'fs-extra';
 import { program } from 'commander';
 import { directory } from 'tempy';
+import { execaCommand } from '../utils/exec';
 
 import type { OptionValues } from '../utils/options';
 import { createOptions } from '../utils/options';
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ export const runCommand = async (script: string, options: ExecaOptions) => {
     console.log(`Running command: ${script}`);
   }
 
-  return command(script, { stdout: shouldDebug ? 'inherit' : 'ignore', shell: true, ...options });
+  return execaCommand(script, {
+    stdout: shouldDebug ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
+    shell: true,
+    ...options,
+  });
 };
 
 const addDocumentation = async (
diff --git a/scripts/next-repro-generators/publish.ts b/scripts/next-repro-generators/publish.ts
index 72aee2720b78..75bf2a606570 100755
--- a/scripts/next-repro-generators/publish.ts
+++ b/scripts/next-repro-generators/publish.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import program from 'commander';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
-import { command } from 'execa';
+import { execaCommand } from '../utils/exec';
 import * as tempy from 'tempy';
 import { copy, emptyDir, readdir, remove, stat, writeFile } from 'fs-extra';
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ const publish = async (options: PublishOptions & { tmpFolder: string }) => {
   const templatesData = await getTemplatesData();
 
   logger.log(`👯‍♂️ Cloning the repository ${remote} in branch ${gitBranch}`);
-  await command(`git clone ${remote} .`, { cwd: tmpFolder });
-  await command(`git checkout ${gitBranch}`, { cwd: tmpFolder });
+  await execaCommand(`git clone ${remote} .`, { cwd: tmpFolder });
+  await execaCommand(`git checkout ${gitBranch}`, { cwd: tmpFolder });
 
   // otherwise old files will stick around and result inconsistent states
   logger.log(`🗑 Delete existing template dirs from clone`);
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const publish = async (options: PublishOptions & { tmpFolder: string }) => {
     `);
 
   if (push) {
-    await command(`git push --set-upstream origin ${gitBranch}`, {
+    await execaCommand(`git push --set-upstream origin ${gitBranch}`, {
       cwd: tmpFolder,
     });
     const remoteRepoUrl = `${remote.replace('.git', '')}/tree/${gitBranch}`;
diff --git a/scripts/next-repro-generators/utils/git.ts b/scripts/next-repro-generators/utils/git.ts
index 728034765652..bb828a7b6858 100644
--- a/scripts/next-repro-generators/utils/git.ts
+++ b/scripts/next-repro-generators/utils/git.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import { command } from 'execa';
+import { execaCommand } from '../../utils/exec';
 import { logger } from '../publish';
 
 export async function commitAllToGit(cwd: string) {
   try {
     logger.log(`💪 Committing everything to the repository`);
 
-    await command('git add .', { cwd });
+    await execaCommand('git add .', { cwd });
 
-    const currentCommitSHA = await command('git rev-parse HEAD');
-    await command(
+    const currentCommitSHA = await execaCommand('git rev-parse HEAD');
+    await execaCommand(
       `git commit -m "Update examples - ${new Date().toDateString()} - ${currentCommitSHA.stdout
         .toString()
         .slice(0, 12)}"`,
diff --git a/scripts/package.json b/scripts/package.json
index fa686887b0b6..a741721e6a5a 100644
--- a/scripts/package.json
+++ b/scripts/package.json
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.31.10",
     "eslint-plugin-storybook": "^0.6.6",
-    "execa": "^5.0.0",
+    "execa": "^6.1.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "find-up": "^5.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "memoizerific": "^1.11.3",
     "mocha-list-tests": "^1.0.5",
-    "node-abort-controller": "^3.0.1",
     "node-cleanup": "^2.1.2",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "node-gyp": "^8.4.0",
diff --git a/scripts/task.ts b/scripts/task.ts
index 69f9db0ec147..a01a07fba690 100644
--- a/scripts/task.ts
+++ b/scripts/task.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop */
-import type { AbortController } from 'node-abort-controller';
 import { getJunitXml } from 'junit-xml';
 import { outputFile, readFile, pathExists } from 'fs-extra';
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
@@ -470,11 +469,10 @@ async function run() {
         await new Promise(() => {});
       }
     }
-    controllers.forEach((controller) => {
-      controller.abort();
-    });
   }
-
+  controllers.forEach((controller) => {
+    controller.abort();
+  });
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/tasks/dev.ts b/scripts/tasks/dev.ts
index 64bf8dd59dac..67dac5d2a255 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/dev.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/dev.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { AbortController } from 'node-abort-controller';
 import detectFreePort from 'detect-port';
 
 import type { Task } from '../task';
diff --git a/scripts/tasks/run-registry.ts b/scripts/tasks/run-registry.ts
index b98325869a22..750765ecb6b4 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/run-registry.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/run-registry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { AbortController } from 'node-abort-controller';
 import detectFreePort from 'detect-port';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ export async function runRegistry({ dryRun, debug }: { dryRun?: boolean; debug?:
   exec(
     'CI=true yarn local-registry --open',
     { cwd: codeDir },
-    { dryRun, debug, signal: controller.signal as AbortSignal }
+    { dryRun, debug, signal: controller.signal }
   ).catch((err) => {
     // If aborted, we want to make sure the rejection is handled.
     if (!err.killed) throw err;
diff --git a/scripts/tasks/serve.ts b/scripts/tasks/serve.ts
index f7aa5db7bdc5..fd630f6e7301 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/serve.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/serve.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { AbortController } from 'node-abort-controller';
 import detectFreePort from 'detect-port';
 
 import type { Task } from '../task';
diff --git a/scripts/utils/compile-babel.js b/scripts/utils/compile-babel.js
index 269b38168708..d402e079159b 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/compile-babel.js
+++ b/scripts/utils/compile-babel.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
-const execa = require('execa');
 const { join } = require('path');
 
 function getCommand(watch, dir) {
@@ -55,11 +54,13 @@ function handleExit(code, stderr, errorCallback) {
 }
 
 async function run({ watch, dir, silent, errorCallback }) {
+  const execa = await import('execa');
+
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const command = getCommand(watch, dir);
 
     if (command !== '') {
-      const child = execa.command(command, {
+      const child = execa.execaCommand(command, {
         cwd: join(__dirname, '..'),
         buffer: false,
         env: { BABEL_MODE: path.basename(dir) },
diff --git a/scripts/utils/compile-tsc.js b/scripts/utils/compile-tsc.js
index bdc824f143b5..a0bdf95e17f8 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/compile-tsc.js
+++ b/scripts/utils/compile-tsc.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
-const execa = require('execa');
 
 function getCommand(watch) {
   const args = [
@@ -41,11 +40,13 @@ function handleExit(code, stderr, errorCallback) {
 }
 
 async function run({ optimized, watch, silent, errorCallback }) {
+  const execa = await import('execa');
+
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const [command, tscOnly] = getCommand(watch);
 
     if (tscOnly || optimized) {
-      const child = execa.command(command, {
+      const child = execa.execaCommand(command, {
         buffer: false,
       });
       let stderr = '';
diff --git a/scripts/utils/exec.ts b/scripts/utils/exec.ts
index 86f9b59e047f..cf2f5e4bd624 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/exec.ts
+++ b/scripts/utils/exec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop, no-restricted-syntax */
 import type { ExecaChildProcess, Options } from 'execa';
-import execa from 'execa';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 const logger = console;
@@ -13,11 +12,29 @@ type StepOptions = {
   signal?: AbortSignal;
 };
 
+// Note this is to fool `ts-node` into not turning the `import()` into a `require()`.
+// See: https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/discussions/1290
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-implied-eval
+const dynamicImport = new Function('specifier', 'return import(specifier)');
+export const getExeca = async () => (await dynamicImport('execa')) as typeof import('execa');
+
+// Reimplementation of `execaCommand` to use `getExeca`
+export const execaCommand = async (
+  command: string,
+  options: Options = {}
+): Promise<ExecaChildProcess<string>> => {
+  const execa = await getExeca();
+  // We await here because execaCommand returns a promise, but that's not what the user expects
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/return-await
+  return await execa.execaCommand(command, options);
+};
+
 export const exec = async (
   command: string | string[],
   options: Options = {},
   { startMessage, errorMessage, dryRun, debug, signal }: StepOptions = {}
 ): Promise<void> => {
+  const execa = await getExeca();
   logger.info();
   if (startMessage) logger.info(startMessage);
 
@@ -30,23 +47,19 @@ export const exec = async (
     shell: true,
     stdout: debug ? 'inherit' : 'pipe',
     stderr: debug ? 'inherit' : 'pipe',
+    signal,
   };
-  let currentChild: ExecaChildProcess;
-
-  // Newer versions of execa have explicit support for abort signals, but this works
-  if (signal) {
-    signal.addEventListener('abort', () => currentChild.kill());
-  }
+  let currentChild: ExecaChildProcess<string>;
 
   try {
     if (typeof command === 'string') {
       logger.debug(`> ${command}`);
-      currentChild = execa.command(command, { ...defaultOptions, ...options });
+      currentChild = execa.execaCommand(command, { ...defaultOptions, ...options });
       await currentChild;
     } else {
       for (const subcommand of command) {
         logger.debug(`> ${subcommand}`);
-        currentChild = execa.command(subcommand, { ...defaultOptions, ...options });
+        currentChild = execa.execaCommand(subcommand, { ...defaultOptions, ...options });
         await currentChild;
       }
     }
diff --git a/scripts/utils/workspace.ts b/scripts/utils/workspace.ts
index 982cdbc2fc5c..40fa0d159f19 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/workspace.ts
+++ b/scripts/utils/workspace.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import command from 'execa';
+import { execaCommand } from './exec';
 import memoize from 'memoizerific';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export type Workspace = { name: string; location: string };
 const codeDir = resolve(__dirname, '../../code');
 
 async function getWorkspaces() {
-  const { stdout } = await command('yarn workspaces list --json', {
+  const { stdout } = await execaCommand('yarn workspaces list --json', {
     cwd: codeDir,
     shell: true,
   });
diff --git a/scripts/yarn.lock b/scripts/yarn.lock
index 801c1c81126d..8ec4709bac20 100644
--- a/scripts/yarn.lock
+++ b/scripts/yarn.lock
@@ -3695,7 +3695,7 @@ __metadata:
     eslint-plugin-import: ^2.26.0
     eslint-plugin-react: ^7.31.10
     eslint-plugin-storybook: ^0.6.6
-    execa: ^5.0.0
+    execa: ^6.1.0
     express: ^4.17.1
     find-up: ^5.0.0
     fs-extra: ^9.0.1
@@ -3716,7 +3716,6 @@ __metadata:
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     memoizerific: ^1.11.3
     mocha-list-tests: ^1.0.5
-    node-abort-controller: ^3.0.1
     node-cleanup: ^2.1.2
     node-fetch: ^2.6.1
     node-gyp: ^8.4.0
@@ -8847,6 +8846,23 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"execa@npm:^6.1.0":
+  version: 6.1.0
+  resolution: "execa@npm:6.1.0"
+  dependencies:
+    cross-spawn: ^7.0.3
+    get-stream: ^6.0.1
+    human-signals: ^3.0.1
+    is-stream: ^3.0.0
+    merge-stream: ^2.0.0
+    npm-run-path: ^5.1.0
+    onetime: ^6.0.0
+    signal-exit: ^3.0.7
+    strip-final-newline: ^3.0.0
+  checksum: 004ee32092af745766a1b0352fdba8701a4001bc3fe08e63101c04276d4c860bbe11bb8ab85f37acdff13d3da83d60e044041dcf24bd7e25e645a543828d9c41
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "exit@npm:^0.1.2":
   version: 0.1.2
   resolution: "exit@npm:0.1.2"
@@ -9661,7 +9677,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"get-stream@npm:^6.0.0":
+"get-stream@npm:^6.0.0, get-stream@npm:^6.0.1":
   version: 6.0.1
   resolution: "get-stream@npm:6.0.1"
   checksum: 49825d57d3fd6964228e6200a58169464b8e8970489b3acdc24906c782fb7f01f9f56f8e6653c4a50713771d6658f7cfe051e5eb8c12e334138c9c918b296341
@@ -10391,6 +10407,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"human-signals@npm:^3.0.1":
+  version: 3.0.1
+  resolution: "human-signals@npm:3.0.1"
+  checksum: 0bb27e72aea1666322f69ab9816e05df952ef2160346f2293f98f45d472edb1b62d0f1a596697b50d48d8f8222e6db3b9f9dc0b6bf6113866121001f0a8e48e9
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "humanize-ms@npm:^1.2.1":
   version: 1.2.1
   resolution: "humanize-ms@npm:1.2.1"
@@ -10976,6 +10999,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"is-stream@npm:^3.0.0":
+  version: 3.0.0
+  resolution: "is-stream@npm:3.0.0"
+  checksum: eb2f7127af02ee9aa2a0237b730e47ac2de0d4e76a4a905a50a11557f2339df5765eaea4ceb8029f1efa978586abe776908720bfcb1900c20c6ec5145f6f29d8
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "is-string@npm:^1.0.5, is-string@npm:^1.0.7":
   version: 1.0.7
   resolution: "is-string@npm:1.0.7"
@@ -13436,6 +13466,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"mimic-fn@npm:^4.0.0":
+  version: 4.0.0
+  resolution: "mimic-fn@npm:4.0.0"
+  checksum: de9cc32be9996fd941e512248338e43407f63f6d497abe8441fa33447d922e927de54d4cc3c1a3c6d652857acd770389d5a3823f311a744132760ce2be15ccbf
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "min-document@npm:^2.19.0":
   version: 2.19.0
   resolution: "min-document@npm:2.19.0"
@@ -13799,13 +13836,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"node-abort-controller@npm:^3.0.1":
-  version: 3.0.1
-  resolution: "node-abort-controller@npm:3.0.1"
-  checksum: 37f895533f7a18a2d83fa4853da1cc00fcae1e0a71553f9ffc94d3153f5fc886d6d4ef3a33bf60c38be161fab78c5b2275cbbf2359351fb12f5edad68d88d8ca
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "node-addon-api@npm:^3.2.1":
   version: 3.2.1
   resolution: "node-addon-api@npm:3.2.1"
@@ -14005,6 +14035,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"npm-run-path@npm:^5.1.0":
+  version: 5.1.0
+  resolution: "npm-run-path@npm:5.1.0"
+  dependencies:
+    path-key: ^4.0.0
+  checksum: ff6d77514489f47fa1c3b1311d09cd4b6d09a874cc1866260f9dea12cbaabda0436ed7f8c2ee44d147bf99a3af29307c6f63b0f83d242b0b6b0ab25dff2629e3
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "npmlog@npm:^5.0.1":
   version: 5.0.1
   resolution: "npmlog@npm:5.0.1"
@@ -14236,6 +14275,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"onetime@npm:^6.0.0":
+  version: 6.0.0
+  resolution: "onetime@npm:6.0.0"
+  dependencies:
+    mimic-fn: ^4.0.0
+  checksum: 4eef7c6abfef697dd4479345a4100c382d73c149d2d56170a54a07418c50816937ad09500e1ed1e79d235989d073a9bade8557122aee24f0576ecde0f392bb6c
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "open@npm:8.4.0, open@npm:^8.4.0":
   version: 8.4.0
   resolution: "open@npm:8.4.0"
@@ -14586,6 +14634,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"path-key@npm:^4.0.0":
+  version: 4.0.0
+  resolution: "path-key@npm:4.0.0"
+  checksum: 794efeef32863a65ac312f3c0b0a99f921f3e827ff63afa5cb09a377e202c262b671f7b3832a4e64731003fa94af0263713962d317b9887bd1e0c48a342efba3
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "path-parse@npm:^1.0.7":
   version: 1.0.7
   resolution: "path-parse@npm:1.0.7"
@@ -17015,6 +17070,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"strip-final-newline@npm:^3.0.0":
+  version: 3.0.0
+  resolution: "strip-final-newline@npm:3.0.0"
+  checksum: a771a17901427bac6293fd416db7577e2bc1c34a19d38351e9d5478c3c415f523f391003b42ed475f27e33a78233035df183525395f731d3bfb8cdcbd4da08ce
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "strip-indent@npm:^3.0.0":
   version: 3.0.0
   resolution: "strip-indent@npm:3.0.0"