diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 1fdba89e..e4326713 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
   "extends": "./node_modules/@octokit/tsconfig/tsconfig.json",
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
   "ts-node": {
+    "transpileOnly": true,
     "compilerOptions": {
-      "module": "CommonJS",
+      "module": "Node16",
+      "target": "Node16",
       "esModuleInterop": true
     }
   },