diff --git a/packages/create-bison-app/template/next-env.d.ts b/packages/create-bison-app/template/next-env.d.ts
index c6643fda..4f11a03d 100644
--- a/packages/create-bison-app/template/next-env.d.ts
+++ b/packages/create-bison-app/template/next-env.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference types="next" />
-/// <reference types="next/types/global" />
 /// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
+
+// NOTE: This file should not be edited
+// see https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/typescript for more information.
diff --git a/packages/create-bison-app/template/package.json.ejs b/packages/create-bison-app/template/package.json.ejs
index 66ec4e32..202d7b8d 100644
--- a/packages/create-bison-app/template/package.json.ejs
+++ b/packages/create-bison-app/template/package.json.ejs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "graphql-type-json": "^0.3.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
     "micro": "^9.3.4",
-    "next": "11.1.2",
+    "next": "12.0.10",
     "nexus": "^1.1.0",
     "react": "17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/create-bison-app/template/tsconfig.json b/packages/create-bison-app/template/tsconfig.json
index 9b351202..f80df6d0 100644
--- a/packages/create-bison-app/template/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/create-bison-app/template/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "es2017",
-    "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
+    "lib": [
+      "dom",
+      "dom.iterable",
+      "esnext"
+    ],
     "allowJs": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "strict": true,
@@ -15,14 +19,32 @@
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "jsx": "preserve",
     "sourceMap": true,
-    "plugins": [{ "name": "nexus/typescript-language-service" }],
-    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types", "types"],
+    "plugins": [
+      {
+        "name": "nexus/typescript-language-service"
+      }
+    ],
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "node_modules/@types",
+      "types"
+    ],
     "rootDir": ".",
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
       "@/*": ["./*"]
-    }
+    },
+    "incremental": true
   },
-  "include": [".", "next-env.d.ts", "types.ts", "types.d.ts", "**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "cypress"]
+  "include": [
+    ".",
+    "next-env.d.ts",
+    "types.ts",
+    "types.d.ts",
+    "**/*.ts",
+    "**/*.tsx"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "cypress"
+  ]
 }