diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e6fa249c4022..8288e03943ba 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         "event-to-promise": "^0.8.0",
         "graphql": "^16.8.1",
         "http-status-code": "^2.1.0",
-        "husky": "^8.0.3",
+        "husky": "^9.0.8",
         "jest": "29.7.0",
         "jest-expect-message": "1.1.3",
         "jest-fail-on-console": "^3.1.1",
@@ -8244,15 +8244,15 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/husky": {
-      "version": "8.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/husky/-/husky-8.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+dQSyqPh4x1hlO1swXBiNb2HzTDN1I2IGLQx1GrBuiqFJfoMrnZWwVmatvSiO+Iz8fBUnf+lekwNo4c2LlXItg==",
+      "version": "9.0.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/husky/-/husky-9.0.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/f3Oj+419kf2RkchD5GpFTPj8yAeMYuSs0vB+cgdi8pDxydI8zCFlK/kVQOCqAujahfW6fDBb7t/ZWxTfevOpA==",
       "dev": true,
       "bin": {
-        "husky": "lib/bin.js"
+        "husky": "bin.js"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
+        "node": ">=18"
       },
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/typicode"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1bdbaa23281a..83e86fc7dc88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "post-lints": "node src/content-linter/scripts/post-lints.js",
     "postinstall": "cp package-lock.json .installed.package-lock.json && echo \"Updated .installed.package-lock.json\" # see husky/post-checkout and husky/post-merge",
     "precompute-pageinfo": "tsx src/pageinfo/scripts/precompute-pageinfo.ts",
-    "prepare": "husky install src/workflows/husky",
+    "prepare": "husky src/workflows/husky",
     "prettier": "prettier -w \"**/*.{ts,tsx,js,mjs,scss,yml,yaml}\"",
     "prettier-check": "prettier -c \"**/*.{ts,tsx,js,mjs,scss,yml,yaml}\"",
     "prevent-pushes-to-main": "node src/workflows/prevent-pushes-to-main.js",
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
     "event-to-promise": "^0.8.0",
     "graphql": "^16.8.1",
     "http-status-code": "^2.1.0",
-    "husky": "^8.0.3",
+    "husky": "^9.0.8",
     "jest": "29.7.0",
     "jest-expect-message": "1.1.3",
     "jest-fail-on-console": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/src/workflows/husky/post-checkout b/src/workflows/husky/post-checkout
index 5f94a5bf6983..9d25ff784c46 100755
--- a/src/workflows/husky/post-checkout
+++ b/src/workflows/husky/post-checkout
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -n "$CI" ] && exit 0
-. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
 # Same process in husky/post-merge
 echo "Check if any packages need to be installed"
diff --git a/src/workflows/husky/post-merge b/src/workflows/husky/post-merge
index db258bcc431b..cc54fe8fb203 100755
--- a/src/workflows/husky/post-merge
+++ b/src/workflows/husky/post-merge
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -n "$CI" ] && exit 0
-. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
 # Same process in husky/post-checkout
 echo "Check if any packages need to be installed"
diff --git a/src/workflows/husky/pre-commit b/src/workflows/husky/pre-commit
index 0d3f3fc77cf5..68ad34b7abb5 100755
--- a/src/workflows/husky/pre-commit
+++ b/src/workflows/husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -n "$CI" ] && exit 0
-. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
 # The --verbose flag tells lint-staged to *not* swallow the stdout
 # output even if it passes.
diff --git a/src/workflows/husky/pre-push b/src/workflows/husky/pre-push
index 1ba6d66439b3..002cd4bef9c6 100755
--- a/src/workflows/husky/pre-push
+++ b/src/workflows/husky/pre-push
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -n "$CI" ] && exit 0
-. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
 npm run prevent-pushes-to-main