diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
index 48ccb97a6244ea..a6ba25b170b653 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/get_format.js
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ function getFileProtocolModuleFormat(url, context = { __proto__: null }, ignoreE
       return getFormatOfExtensionlessFile(url);
     }
     if (packageType !== 'none') {
+      // When source is available, check if an extensionless file in a "type": "commonjs"
+      // package actually contains ES module syntax. Without this, ESM files without an
+      // extension (common for CLI scripts with shebangs) silently fail when loaded as CJS.
+      // See https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/61104
+      if (source) {
+        const detected = detectModuleFormat(source, url);
+        if (detected === 'module') {
+          return detected;
+        }
+      }
       return packageType; // 'commonjs' or future package types
     }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-esm-extensionless-commonjs-type.js b/test/parallel/test-esm-extensionless-commonjs-type.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..41d50130e131a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-esm-extensionless-commonjs-type.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Test that extensionless files containing ESM syntax are not silently
+// swallowed when the nearest package.json has "type": "commonjs".
+// Regression test for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/61104
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+const dir = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'esm-extensionless');
+fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+
+// Create package.json with "type": "commonjs"
+fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({
+  type: 'commonjs',
+}));
+
+// Create an extensionless script with ESM syntax (simulating a CLI tool with a shebang)
+const script = path.join(dir, 'script');
+fs.writeFileSync(script, `#!/usr/bin/env node
+process.exitCode = 42;
+export {};
+`);
+fs.chmodSync(script, 0o755);
+
+// The script should either run as ESM (exit code 42) or throw an error.
+// It must NOT silently exit with code 0.
+try {
+  const result = execFileSync(process.execPath, [script], {
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+  });
+  // If we reach here, the script ran without error.
+  // The exit code should be 42 (set by process.exitCode in the ESM script).
+  assert.fail('Expected the script to either exit with code 42 or throw an error, but it exited with code 0');
+} catch (err) {
+  // execFileSync throws if exit code is non-zero, which is expected.
+  // Either exit code 42 (ESM ran correctly) or an error was thrown (also acceptable).
+  if (err.status !== null) {
+    // The script ran but exited non-zero — ESM was properly detected and executed.
+    assert.strictEqual(err.status, 42,
+      `Expected exit code 42 from ESM script, got ${err.status}. stderr: ${err.stderr}`);
+  }
+  // If there's a stderr message about ESM/CommonJS mismatch, that's also acceptable
+  // as long as it's not a silent success.
+}