diff --git a/tests/mocha.ts b/tests/mocha.ts
index b3be66d..c6c9884 100644
--- a/tests/mocha.ts
+++ b/tests/mocha.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Knex, knex } from 'knex';
+import { before, after, describe, it } from 'mocha';
 
 import * as assert from "assert";
 import { Model } from "objection";
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ describe("testPerTransaction", () => {
   it("can access models during test", async () => {
     await Item.query().insert({});
     const count = await Item.query().count();
-    assert.equal(count[0]["count(*)"], 1);
+    assert.equal((count[0] as any)["count(*)"], 1);
   });
 
   it("rolls back transaction after tests", async () => {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ describe("testPerTransaction", () => {
 
   after(async () => {
     const count = await Item.query().count();
-    assert.equal(count[0]["count(*)"], 0);
+    assert.equal((count[0] as any)["count(*)"], 0);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index fad2876..569e06a 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "allowJs": false,
-    "target": "es2017",
-    "lib": ["es2015", "es6", "es2017", "esnext.asynciterable"],
-    "module": "commonjs",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "target": "es2023",
+    "lib": ["es2023"],
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
     "declaration": true,
     "outDir": "./dist",
-    "strict": false,
-    "esModuleInterop": true
+    "strict": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true
+
   },
   "files": ["index.ts"]
 }