[Bug]: Gulp generate-assets triggers Error ERR_REQUIRE_ASYNC_MODULE

[MrWardKKHS]

Description of the bug

Any call to gulp generate-assets triggers an error

Terminal output

> csfieldguide@1.0.0 generate-assets
> gulp generate-assets

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ASYNC_MODULE]: require() cannot be used on an ESM graph with top-level await. Use import() instead. To see where the top-level await comes from, use --experimental-print-required-tla.
    at ModuleJobSync.runSync (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:384:13)
    at ModuleLoader.importSyncForRequire (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:323:47)
    at Object.loadESMFromCJS [as .mjs] (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1371:24)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1275:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1096:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1298:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:182:18)
    at requireOrImport (/app/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/gulp-cli/lib/shared/require-or-import.js:19:11)
    at execute (/app/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/gulp-cli/lib/versioned/^4.0.0/index.js:37:3)
    at Liftoff.handleArguments (/app/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/gulp-cli/index.js:211:24) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ASYNC_MODULE'
}
exit status 1

Gulp-cli issue #268

node require enabled by default

Steps To Reproduce

1: Clone repo
2: run ./dev start
3: run ./dev update

What device/software are you seeing this problem on?

Occurs both on Windows and Mac envs.

Additional Information

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