diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 89924738..ed669138 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## main / unreleased
 
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Update QUnit to 2.22.0
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Prefer `require_relative` for internal requires
 
 ## 22.2.0 / 2026-06-01
 
diff --git a/lib/client_side_validations.rb b/lib/client_side_validations.rb
index 4241790a..6ac6ead2 100644
--- a/lib/client_side_validations.rb
+++ b/lib/client_side_validations.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'client_side_validations/config'
-require 'client_side_validations/active_model'  if defined?(ActiveModel)
-require 'client_side_validations/active_record' if defined?(ActiveRecord)
-require 'client_side_validations/action_view'   if defined?(ActionView)
+require_relative 'client_side_validations/config'
+require_relative 'client_side_validations/active_model'  if defined?(ActiveModel)
+require_relative 'client_side_validations/active_record' if defined?(ActiveRecord)
+require_relative 'client_side_validations/action_view'   if defined?(ActionView)
 
 if defined?(Rails)
-  require 'client_side_validations/engine'
-  require 'client_side_validations/generators'
+  require_relative 'client_side_validations/engine'
+  require_relative 'client_side_validations/generators'
 end
diff --git a/lib/client_side_validations/action_view.rb b/lib/client_side_validations/action_view.rb
index 1d808cf7..71a805ca 100644
--- a/lib/client_side_validations/action_view.rb
+++ b/lib/client_side_validations/action_view.rb
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ module Helpers
   end
 end
 
-require 'client_side_validations/core_ext'
-require 'client_side_validations/action_view/form_helper'
+require_relative 'core_ext'
+require_relative 'action_view/form_helper'
 
 if ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper.method_defined?(:form_with)
-  require 'client_side_validations/action_view/form_with_helper'
+  require_relative 'action_view/form_with_helper'
 end
 
-require 'client_side_validations/action_view/form_builder'
+require_relative 'action_view/form_builder'
 
 ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_view) { include ClientSideValidations::ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper }
 ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder.prepend ClientSideValidations::ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
diff --git a/lib/client_side_validations/active_model.rb b/lib/client_side_validations/active_model.rb
index a492f6db..d9a1bf07 100644
--- a/lib/client_side_validations/active_model.rb
+++ b/lib/client_side_validations/active_model.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'client_side_validations/core_ext'
-require 'client_side_validations/extender'
-require 'client_side_validations/active_model/conditionals'
+require_relative 'core_ext'
+require_relative 'extender'
+require_relative 'active_model/conditionals'
 
 module ClientSideValidations
   module ActiveModel
diff --git a/lib/client_side_validations/active_record.rb b/lib/client_side_validations/active_record.rb
index a5afffd9..98160fe3 100644
--- a/lib/client_side_validations/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/client_side_validations/active_record.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'client_side_validations/active_model'
-require 'client_side_validations/extender'
+require_relative 'active_model'
 
 ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) { include ClientSideValidations::ActiveModel::Validations }
 
diff --git a/lib/client_side_validations/core_ext.rb b/lib/client_side_validations/core_ext.rb
index 21166651..9cadab94 100644
--- a/lib/client_side_validations/core_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/client_side_validations/core_ext.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'active_support/json'
-require 'client_side_validations/core_ext/range'
-require 'client_side_validations/core_ext/regexp'
+
+require_relative 'core_ext/range'
+require_relative 'core_ext/regexp'
diff --git a/lib/client_side_validations/generators.rb b/lib/client_side_validations/generators.rb
index 9a8d376e..76070741 100644
--- a/lib/client_side_validations/generators.rb
+++ b/lib/client_side_validations/generators.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ def self.assets
   end
 end
 
-require 'client_side_validations/generators/rails_validations'
+require_relative 'generators/rails_validations'