diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/package.json b/packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/package.json
index 7ccd6f82..21252bcf 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "watch": "tsup --watch --tsconfig tsconfig.build.json",
     "copy-license": "node ../../scripts/pigment-license.mjs",
     "build": "tsup --tsconfig tsconfig.build.json",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p ."
+    "typescript": "tsc --noEmit -p ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@pigment-css/unplugin": "workspace:^"
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/tsconfig.json b/packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/tsconfig.json
index ad4f42a8..a9b99264 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "target": "ES2015"
+    "skipLibCheck": true
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["./tsup.config.ts"]
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-theme/tsconfig.json b/packages/pigment-css-theme/tsconfig.json
index d730c259..5682dcf5 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-theme/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-theme/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2015",
-    "allowJs": true,
-    "lib": ["ES2017", "ES2021.String", "DOM"],
-    "composite": true,
-    "noEmit": false,
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "types": ["node", "mocha"],
-    "jsx": "react-jsx"
-  },
   "include": ["src/**/*.js", "src/**/*.ts", "tests/**/*.spec.ts"],
   "exclude": ["./tsup.config.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-unplugin/package.json b/packages/pigment-css-unplugin/package.json
index 846d08ec..11ffa663 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-unplugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-unplugin/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "watch": "tsup --watch --tsconfig tsconfig.build.json",
     "copy-license": "node ../../scripts/pigment-license.mjs",
     "build": "tsup --tsconfig tsconfig.build.json",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p .",
+    "typescript": "tsc --noEmit -p .",
     "test": "cd ../../ && cross-env NODE_ENV=test mocha 'packages/pigment-css-unplugin/**/*.test.{js,ts,tsx}'",
     "test:ci": "cd ../../ && cross-env NODE_ENV=test BABEL_ENV=coverage nyc --reporter=lcov --report-dir=./coverage/pigment-css-unplugin mocha 'packages/pigment-css-unplugin/**/*.test.{js,ts,tsx}'"
   },
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-unplugin/tsconfig.json b/packages/pigment-css-unplugin/tsconfig.json
index b11b8a61..d685f7cd 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-unplugin/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-unplugin/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "target": "ES2022",
-    "lib": ["ES2021", "DOM"],
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
     "paths": {
-      "@babel/core": ["./node_modules/@babel/core"],
-      "@pigment-css/react": ["./packages/pigment-css-react/src"],
-      "@pigment-css/react/*": ["./packages/pigment-css-react/src/*"]
-    },
-    "types": ["node", "mocha", "chai"]
+      "@babel/core": ["./node_modules/@babel/core"]
+    }
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["./tsup.config.ts"]
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-utils/package.json b/packages/pigment-css-utils/package.json
index 9337e141..3da095c1 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-utils/package.json
@@ -91,14 +91,9 @@
       "build": {
         "outputs": [
           "{projectRoot}/build"
-        ]
-      },
-      "typescript": {
+        ],
         "dependsOn": [
           "^build"
-        ],
-        "outputs": [
-          "{projectRoot}/build"
         ]
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-utils/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/pigment-css-utils/tsconfig.build.json
index 58bde1b8..0754eed4 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-utils/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-utils/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -3,5 +3,11 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": false
   },
-  "exclude": ["./tsup.config.ts", "src/**/*.d.ts", "tests"]
+  "exclude": ["./tsup.config.ts", "src/**/*.d.ts", "tests"],
+
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../pigment-css-theme/tsconfig.build.json"
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/pigment-css-utils/tsconfig.json
index a4af3bd6..00ad5535 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-utils/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2015",
-    "allowJs": true,
-    "lib": ["ES2017", "ES2021.String"],
-    "composite": true,
-    "noEmit": false,
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "types": ["node", "mocha"],
-    "jsx": "react-jsx",
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "paths": {
-      "@babel/parser": ["./node_modules/@babel/parser/typings/babel-parser.d.ts"],
-      "@pigment-css/theme": ["../pigment-css-theme/src"],
-      "@pigment-css/theme/*": ["../pigment-css-theme/src/*"]
-    }
-  },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*.tsx",
     "src/**/*.js",
@@ -23,10 +7,5 @@
     "tests/**/*.spec.ts",
     "tests/**/*.spec.tsx"
   ],
-  "exclude": ["./tsup.config.ts"],
-  "references": [
-    {
-      "path": "../pigment-css-theme"
-    }
-  ]
+  "exclude": ["./tsup.config.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/package.json b/packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/package.json
index bbbde65f..f8b71f68 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/package.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "watch": "tsup --watch",
     "copy-license": "node ../../scripts/pigment-license.mjs",
     "build": "tsup",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p ."
+    "typescript": "tsc --noEmit -p ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.26.0",
diff --git a/packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/tsconfig.json b/packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/tsconfig.json
index b7872967..069cf630 100644
--- a/packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2022",
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
     "paths": {
-      "@babel/core": ["./node_modules/@babel/core"],
-      "@pigment-css/react": ["./packages/pigment-css-react/src"],
-      "@pigment-css/react/*": ["./packages/pigment-css-react/src/*"]
+      "@babel/core": ["./node_modules/@babel/core"]
     }
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 637610a7..566486f7 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "module": "esnext",
-    "target": "es5",
-    "lib": ["es2020", "dom"],
+    // aligning with Node18 recommendation: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tsconfig/node18
+    "target": "es2022",
+    "lib": ["es2020", "dom", "ES2021.String"],
     "jsx": "preserve",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
       "@pigment-css/nextjs-plugin/*": ["./packages/pigment-css-nextjs-plugin/src/*"],
       "@pigment-css/react": ["./packages/pigment-css-react/src"],
       "@pigment-css/react/*": ["./packages/pigment-css-react/src/*"],
+      "@pigment-css/unplugin": ["./packages/pigment-css-unplugin/src"],
       "@pigment-css/vite-plugin": ["./packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/src"],
       "@pigment-css/vite-plugin/*": ["./packages/pigment-css-vite-plugin/src/*"],
       "@mui-internal/api-docs-builder": ["./node_modules/@mui/monorepo/packages/api-docs-builder"],
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@
       "@pigment-css/utils/*": ["./packages/pigment-css-utils/src/*"]
     },
     // Otherwise we get react-native typings which conflict with dom.lib.
-    "types": ["node", "react"]
+    "types": ["node", "react", "mocha"]
   },
   "exclude": ["**/.*/", "**/build", "**/node_modules", "docs/export"]
 }