diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 046e047..fad9acd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "prettier": "prettier --check '**/*.ts*' '**/*.js*'",
     "prettier-write": "prettier --check --write '**/*.ts*' '**/*.js*'",
     "lint": "tslint -p tsconfig.json",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit --project tsconfig.typecheck.json",
     "prepare": "npm run build",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run lint",
     "preversion": "npm run lint",
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
     "ts-node": "10.7.0",
     "tslint": "6.1.3",
     "tslint-config-prettier": "1.18.0",
-    "typescript": "4.5.5",
+    "typescript": "5.9.3",
     "vitest": "3.2.4",
     "webpack": "5.94.0",
     "webpack-cli": "5.1.4"
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index e9d60c0..b3b061e 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
     "types": ["node"]
   },
   "include": ["lib"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "**/*.test.ts"]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "test", "**/*.test.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.typecheck.json b/tsconfig.typecheck.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8a0512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.typecheck.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+}
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 0e86065..4c064fa 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ module.exports = {
         test: /\.ts?$/,
         loader: 'ts-loader',
         exclude: path.resolve(__dirname, '/node_modules'),
-        options: { allowTsInNodeModules: true }
+        options: {
+          allowTsInNodeModules: true,
+          // explicitly set the tsconfig file to use to avoid using the typecheck config
+          configFile: path.resolve(__dirname, 'tsconfig.json')
+        }
       }
     ]
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a659767..73bb2c8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2745,16 +2745,8 @@ stream-http@^3.2.0:
     readable-stream "^3.6.0"
     xtend "^4.0.2"
 
-"string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0":
-  version "4.2.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
-  integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
-  dependencies:
-    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
-    is-fullwidth-code-point "^3.0.0"
-    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
-
-string-width@^4.1.0:
+"string-width-cjs@npm:string-width@^4.2.0", string-width@^4.1.0:
+  name string-width-cjs
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"
   integrity sha512-wKyQRQpjJ0sIp62ErSZdGsjMJWsap5oRNihHhu6G7JVO/9jIB6UyevL+tXuOqrng8j/cxKTWyWUwvSTriiZz/g==
@@ -2786,14 +2778,8 @@ string_decoder@~1.1.1:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "~5.1.0"
 
-"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1":
-  version "6.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
-  integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-regex "^5.0.1"
-
-strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
+"strip-ansi-cjs@npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1", strip-ansi@^6.0.0, strip-ansi@^6.0.1:
+  name strip-ansi-cjs
   version "6.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz#9e26c63d30f53443e9489495b2105d37b67a85d9"
   integrity sha512-Y38VPSHcqkFrCpFnQ9vuSXmquuv5oXOKpGeT6aGrr3o3Gc9AlVa6JBfUSOCnbxGGZF+/0ooI7KrPuUSztUdU5A==
@@ -3016,10 +3002,10 @@ typed-array-buffer@^1.0.3:
     es-errors "^1.3.0"
     is-typed-array "^1.1.14"
 
-typescript@4.5.5:
-  version "4.5.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.5.5.tgz#d8c953832d28924a9e3d37c73d729c846c5896f3"
-  integrity sha512-TCTIul70LyWe6IJWT8QSYeA54WQe8EjQFU4wY52Fasj5UKx88LNYKCgBEHcOMOrFF1rKGbD8v/xcNWVUq9SymA==
+typescript@5.9.3:
+  version "5.9.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-5.9.3.tgz#5b4f59e15310ab17a216f5d6cf53ee476ede670f"
+  integrity sha512-jl1vZzPDinLr9eUt3J/t7V6FgNEw9QjvBPdysz9KfQDD41fQrC2Y4vKQdiaUpFT4bXlb1RHhLpp8wtm6M5TgSw==
 
 undici-types@~7.12.0:
   version "7.12.0"