diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/boards/boards-data-menu-updater.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/boards/boards-data-menu-updater.ts
index 192c32d78..1727f0ecf 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/boards/boards-data-menu-updater.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/boards/boards-data-menu-updater.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as PQueue from 'p-queue';
+import PQueue from 'p-queue';
 import { inject, injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
 import { CommandRegistry } from '@theia/core/lib/common/command';
 import { MenuModelRegistry } from '@theia/core/lib/common/menu';
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/about.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/about.ts
index f3a50fc54..69157faef 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/about.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/about.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { inject, injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
-import * as moment from 'moment';
+import moment from 'moment';
 import * as remote from '@theia/core/electron-shared/@electron/remote';
 import { isOSX, isWindows } from '@theia/core/lib/common/os';
 import { ClipboardService } from '@theia/core/lib/browser/clipboard-service';
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/archive-sketch.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/archive-sketch.ts
index 80da956e6..3a5d3aa6c 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/archive-sketch.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/archive-sketch.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
 import * as remote from '@theia/core/electron-shared/@electron/remote';
-import * as dateFormat from 'dateformat';
+import dateFormat from 'dateformat';
 import URI from '@theia/core/lib/common/uri';
 import { ArduinoMenus } from '../menu/arduino-menus';
 import {
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/examples.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/examples.ts
index 1f818a217..3dff143b3 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/examples.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/examples.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as PQueue from 'p-queue';
+import PQueue from 'p-queue';
 import { inject, injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
 import { CommandHandler } from '@theia/core/lib/common/command';
 import {
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/include-library.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/include-library.ts
index 19853c7ff..7e97de782 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/include-library.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/include-library.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as PQueue from 'p-queue';
+import PQueue from 'p-queue';
 import { inject, injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
 import URI from '@theia/core/lib/common/uri';
 import { MonacoEditor } from '@theia/monaco/lib/browser/monaco-editor';
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/save-as-sketch.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/save-as-sketch.ts
index 3fee8491e..b86c9ea8e 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/save-as-sketch.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/contributions/save-as-sketch.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { inject, injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
 import * as remote from '@theia/core/electron-shared/@electron/remote';
-import * as dateFormat from 'dateformat';
+import dateFormat from 'dateformat';
 import { ArduinoMenus } from '../menu/arduino-menus';
 import {
   SketchContribution,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class SaveAsSketch extends SketchContribution {
 
   private async saveOntoCopiedSketch(mainFileUri: string, sketchUri: string, newSketchUri: string): Promise<void> {
     const widgets = this.applicationShell.widgets;
-    const snapshots = new Map<string, object>();
+    const snapshots = new Map<string, Saveable.Snapshot>();
     for (const widget of widgets) {
       const saveable = Saveable.getDirty(widget);
       const uri = NavigatableWidget.getUri(widget);
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/auth/arduino-auth-provider.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/auth/arduino-auth-provider.ts
index b3b29d342..bcb39156c 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/auth/arduino-auth-provider.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/auth/arduino-auth-provider.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   AuthOptions,
 } from './types';
 import { Event, Emitter } from '@theia/core/lib/common/event';
-import * as open from 'open';
+import open from 'open';
 
 const LOGIN_TIMEOUT = 30 * 1000;
 const REFRESH_INTERVAL = 10 * 60 * 1000;
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-watcher.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-watcher.ts
index 9c94e0ee6..8a41617a7 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-watcher.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-watcher.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as psTree from 'ps-tree';
+import psTree from 'ps-tree';
 const kill = require('tree-kill');
 const [theiaPid, daemonPid] = process.argv
   .slice(2)
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/exec-util.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/exec-util.ts
index 6fa9aa92c..427a17d67 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/exec-util.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/exec-util.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as os from 'os';
-import * as which from 'which';
+import which from 'which';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/is-temp-sketch.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/is-temp-sketch.ts
index 5c62716e9..9ed5a24a4 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/is-temp-sketch.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/is-temp-sketch.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs';
-import * as tempDir from 'temp-dir';
+import tempDir from 'temp-dir';
 import { isWindows, isOSX } from '@theia/core/lib/common/os';
 import { injectable } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
 import { firstToLowerCase } from '../common/utils';
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/sketches-service-impl.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/sketches-service-impl.ts
index 9cbee96c4..dde3c7a60 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/sketches-service-impl.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/sketches-service-impl.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { promises as fs, realpath, lstat, Stats, constants, rm } from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as temp from 'temp';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import * as glob from 'glob';
+import glob from 'glob';
 import * as crypto from 'crypto';
-import * as PQueue from 'p-queue';
+import PQueue from 'p-queue';
 import { ncp } from 'ncp';
 import URI from '@theia/core/lib/common/uri';
 import { ILogger } from '@theia/core/lib/common/logger';
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/tsconfig.json b/arduino-ide-extension/tsconfig.json
index 31b89c625..0f23178c4 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/tsconfig.json
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "declaration": true,
     "declarationMap": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e88494256..7103c2055 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=16.0.0 <17"
+    "node": ">=16.0.0 <=18"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@theia/cli": "1.25.0",