diff --git a/development/build/scripts.js b/development/build/scripts.js
index 1e2ec7957..a961dca92 100644
--- a/development/build/scripts.js
+++ b/development/build/scripts.js
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ const terser = require('terser');
 
 const bifyModuleGroups = require('bify-module-groups');
 
+const phishingWarningManifest = require('@metamask/phishing-warning/package.json');
 const { streamFlatMap } = require('../stream-flat-map');
 const { BuildType } = require('../lib/build-type');
 const { generateIconNames } = require('../generate-icon-names');
-const phishingWarningManifest = require('../../node_modules/@metamask/phishing-warning/package.json');
 const { BUILD_TARGETS, ENVIRONMENT } = require('./constants');
 const { getConfig, getProductionConfig } = require('./config');
 const {
diff --git a/development/build/static.js b/development/build/static.js
index af1b55c93..305b152a5 100644
--- a/development/build/static.js
+++ b/development/build/static.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const { BuildType } = require('../lib/build-type');
 
 const { TASKS } = require('./constants');
 const { createTask, composeSeries } = require('./task');
+const { getPathInsideNodeModules } = require('./utils');
 
 const EMPTY_JS_FILE = './development/empty.js';
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ function getCopyTargets(shouldIncludeLockdown, shouldIncludeSnow) {
       dest: `images`,
     },
     {
-      src: `./node_modules/@metamask/contract-metadata/images/`,
+      src: getPathInsideNodeModules('@metamask/contract-metadata', 'images/'),
       dest: `images/contract`,
     },
     {
@@ -137,11 +138,14 @@ function getCopyTargets(shouldIncludeLockdown, shouldIncludeSnow) {
       dest: `vendor`,
     },
     {
-      src: `./node_modules/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/webfonts/`,
+      src: getPathInsideNodeModules(
+        '@fortawesome/fontawesome-free',
+        'webfonts/',
+      ),
       dest: `fonts/fontawesome`,
     },
     {
-      src: `./node_modules/react-responsive-carousel/lib/styles`,
+      src: getPathInsideNodeModules('react-responsive-carousel', 'lib/styles/'),
       dest: 'react-gallery/',
     },
     {
@@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ function getCopyTargets(shouldIncludeLockdown, shouldIncludeSnow) {
       dest: `loading.html`,
     },
     {
-      src: `./node_modules/globalthis/dist/browser.js`,
+      src: getPathInsideNodeModules('globalthis', 'dist/browser.js'),
       dest: `globalthis.js`,
     },
     {
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ function getCopyTargets(shouldIncludeLockdown, shouldIncludeSnow) {
     },
     {
       src: shouldIncludeLockdown
-        ? `./node_modules/ses/dist/lockdown.umd.min.js`
+        ? getPathInsideNodeModules('ses', 'dist/lockdown.umd.min.js')
         : EMPTY_JS_FILE,
       dest: `lockdown-install.js`,
     },
@@ -190,13 +194,11 @@ function getCopyTargets(shouldIncludeLockdown, shouldIncludeSnow) {
       dest: `lockdown-more.js`,
     },
     {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-extraneous-require
-      src: require.resolve('@lavamoat/lavapack/src/runtime-cjs.js'),
+      src: getPathInsideNodeModules('@lavamoat/lavapack', 'src/runtime-cjs.js'),
       dest: `runtime-cjs.js`,
     },
     {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-extraneous-require
-      src: require.resolve('@lavamoat/lavapack/src/runtime.js'),
+      src: getPathInsideNodeModules('@lavamoat/lavapack', 'src/runtime.js'),
       dest: `runtime-lavamoat.js`,
     },
   ];
@@ -210,7 +212,10 @@ function getCopyTargets(shouldIncludeLockdown, shouldIncludeSnow) {
 
   for (const tag of languageTags) {
     allCopyTargets.push({
-      src: `./node_modules/@formatjs/intl-relativetimeformat/dist/locale-data/${tag}.json`,
+      src: getPathInsideNodeModules(
+        '@formatjs/intl-relativetimeformat',
+        `dist/locale-data/${tag}.json`,
+      ),
       dest: `intl/${tag}/relative-time-format-data.json`,
     });
   }
diff --git a/development/build/utils.js b/development/build/utils.js
index f783c6d40..eea601a2b 100644
--- a/development/build/utils.js
+++ b/development/build/utils.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const path = require('path');
 const semver = require('semver');
 const { BuildType } = require('../lib/build-type');
 const { BUILD_TARGETS, ENVIRONMENT } = require('./constants');
@@ -117,10 +118,33 @@ function logError(error) {
   console.error(error.stack || error);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the path of a file or folder inside the node_modules folder
+ *
+ * require.resolve was causing errors on Windows, once the paths were fed into fast-glob
+ * (The backslashes had to be converted to forward-slashes)
+ * This helper function was written to fix the Windows problem, and also end reliance on writing paths that start with './node_modules/'
+ *
+ * @see {@link https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/pull/16550}
+ * @param {string} packageName - The name of the package, such as '@lavamoat/lavapack'
+ * @param {string} pathToFiles - The path of the file or folder inside the package, optionally starting with /
+ */
+function getPathInsideNodeModules(packageName, pathToFiles) {
+  let targetPath = path.dirname(require.resolve(`${packageName}/package.json`));
+
+  targetPath = path.join(targetPath, pathToFiles);
+
+  // Force POSIX separators
+  targetPath = targetPath.split(path.sep).join(path.posix.sep);
+
+  return targetPath;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   getBrowserVersionMap,
   getEnvironment,
   isDevBuild,
   isTestBuild,
   logError,
+  getPathInsideNodeModules,
 };
diff --git a/test/e2e/seeder/smart-contracts.js b/test/e2e/seeder/smart-contracts.js
index f7cc148c5..3c61cf062 100644
--- a/test/e2e/seeder/smart-contracts.js
+++ b/test/e2e/seeder/smart-contracts.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const {
   collectiblesBytecode,
   failingContractAbi,
   failingContractBytecode,
-} = require('../../../node_modules/@metamask/test-dapp/dist/constants.json');
+} = require('@metamask/test-dapp/dist/constants.json');
 
 const hstFactory = {
   initialAmount: 100,