ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME error while deploying next app

Error [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME]: Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data, and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:'
    at throwIfUnsupportedURLScheme (node:internal/modules/esm/load:183:11)
    at defaultLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/load:78:3)
    at ModuleLoader.load (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:839:12)
    at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:610:31)
    at #createModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:641:36)
    at #getJobFromResolveResult (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:353:34)
    at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForImport (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:318:41)
    at async onImport.tracePromise.__proto__ (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:683:25) {
  code: 'ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME'
}