diff --git a/packages/templates/templates/cheerio-ts/tsconfig.json b/packages/templates/templates/cheerio-ts/tsconfig.json
index d7bd5a0481af..5b76f5cd3bab 100644
--- a/packages/templates/templates/cheerio-ts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/templates/templates/cheerio-ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
     "extends": "@apify/tsconfig",
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "ES2022",
+        "module": "NodeNext",
+        "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
         "target": "ES2022",
         "outDir": "dist",
         "noUnusedLocals": false,
diff --git a/packages/templates/templates/getting-started-ts/tsconfig.json b/packages/templates/templates/getting-started-ts/tsconfig.json
index d7bd5a0481af..5b76f5cd3bab 100644
--- a/packages/templates/templates/getting-started-ts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/templates/templates/getting-started-ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
     "extends": "@apify/tsconfig",
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "ES2022",
+        "module": "NodeNext",
+        "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
         "target": "ES2022",
         "outDir": "dist",
         "noUnusedLocals": false,
diff --git a/packages/templates/templates/playwright-ts/tsconfig.json b/packages/templates/templates/playwright-ts/tsconfig.json
index d7bd5a0481af..5b76f5cd3bab 100644
--- a/packages/templates/templates/playwright-ts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/templates/templates/playwright-ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
     "extends": "@apify/tsconfig",
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "ES2022",
+        "module": "NodeNext",
+        "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
         "target": "ES2022",
         "outDir": "dist",
         "noUnusedLocals": false,
diff --git a/packages/templates/templates/puppeteer-ts/tsconfig.json b/packages/templates/templates/puppeteer-ts/tsconfig.json
index d7bd5a0481af..5b76f5cd3bab 100644
--- a/packages/templates/templates/puppeteer-ts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/templates/templates/puppeteer-ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
     "extends": "@apify/tsconfig",
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "ES2022",
+        "module": "NodeNext",
+        "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
         "target": "ES2022",
         "outDir": "dist",
         "noUnusedLocals": false,
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 8b7e5cbffdf8..212a692fe141 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
         "@apify/log": "^2.4.0",
         "@apify/ps-tree": "^1.2.0",
         "@crawlee/types": "3.7.0",
+        "@types/sax": "^1.2.7",
         "cheerio": "^1.0.0-rc.12",
         "got-scraping": "^4.0.3",
         "ow": "^0.28.1",
diff --git a/scripts/typescript_fixes.mjs b/scripts/typescript_fixes.mjs
index 716d8759483f..c5585ac0ddc3 100644
--- a/scripts/typescript_fixes.mjs
+++ b/scripts/typescript_fixes.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+
 import { globby } from 'globby';
 
 const files = await globby('packages/*/dist/**/*.d.ts');
@@ -17,13 +18,17 @@ for (const filepath of files) {
             changed = true;
         } else if (
             // playwright/puppeteer/got-scraping import
-            line.match(/^([^']+)'(playwright|puppeteer|got-scraping)'/) ||
+            line.match(/^([^']+)'(playwright|puppeteer|got-scraping)'/)
             // proxy-per-page reexport of puppeteer
-            line.match(/: Puppeteer\.\w+/) ||
+            || line.match(/: Puppeteer\.\w+/)
             // don't ask me why, but this one is needed too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
-            line.match(/^export interface (PlaywrightHook|PuppeteerHook)/)
+            || line.match(/^export interface (PlaywrightHook|PuppeteerHook)/)
+            // /// <reference types="something" /> from newer nodenext resolutions
+            || line.match(/^\/\/\/ <reference types="[^"]+" \/>/)
+            // import("something") from compatibility with ES2022 module -.-
+            || line.match(/import\("([^"]+)"(?:.*)?\)/)
         ) {
-            output.push('// @ts-ignore optional peer dependency');
+            output.push('// @ts-ignore optional peer dependency or compatibility with es2022');
             output.push(line);
             changed = true;
         } else {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b93705399b9c..ac3b6b7e94a2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@apify/log": "npm:^2.4.0"
     "@apify/ps-tree": "npm:^1.2.0"
     "@crawlee/types": "npm:3.7.0"
+    "@types/sax": "npm:^1.2.7"
     cheerio: "npm:^1.0.0-rc.12"
     got-scraping: "npm:^4.0.3"
     ow: "npm:^0.28.1"
@@ -2112,7 +2113,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/sax@npm:^1.0.0":
+"@types/sax@npm:^1.0.0, @types/sax@npm:^1.2.7":
   version: 1.2.7
   resolution: "@types/sax@npm:1.2.7"
   dependencies: