diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 844f7ee1..57a17dae 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
   "projectOwner": "dkundel",
   "repoType": "github",
   "repoHost": "https://github.com",
-  "files": [
-    "README.md"
-  ],
+  "files": ["README.md"],
   "imageSize": 100,
   "commit": true,
   "contributors": [
@@ -14,79 +12,65 @@
       "name": "Dominik Kundel",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/1505101?v=4",
       "profile": "https://dkundel.com",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code"
-      ]
+      "contributions": ["code"]
     },
     {
       "login": "dbbidclips",
       "name": "dbbidclips",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/41997517?v=4",
       "profile": "https://github.com/dbbidclips",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "bug"
-      ]
+      "contributions": ["code", "bug"]
     },
     {
       "login": "ShelbyZ",
       "name": "Shelby Hagman",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1033099?v=4",
       "profile": "https://shagman.codes",
-      "contributions": [
-        "bug",
-        "code"
-      ]
+      "contributions": ["bug", "code"]
     },
     {
       "login": "jsjoeio",
       "name": "JavaScript Joe",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/3806031?v=4",
       "profile": "https://joeprevite.com/",
-      "contributions": [
-        "bug"
-      ]
+      "contributions": ["bug"]
     },
     {
       "login": "stefanjudis",
       "name": "Stefan Judis",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/962099?v=4",
       "profile": "https://www.stefanjudis.com/",
-      "contributions": [
-        "bug",
-        "code"
-      ]
+      "contributions": ["bug", "code"]
     },
     {
       "login": "philnash",
       "name": "Phil Nash",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/31462?v=4",
       "profile": "https://philna.sh",
-      "contributions": [
-        "bug",
-        "code",
-        "review"
-      ]
+      "contributions": ["bug", "code", "review"]
     },
     {
       "login": "childish-sambino",
       "name": "childish-sambino",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/47228322?v=4",
       "profile": "https://github.com/childish-sambino",
-      "contributions": [
-        "code",
-        "bug"
-      ]
+      "contributions": ["code", "bug"]
     },
     {
       "login": "thinkingserious",
       "name": "Elmer Thomas",
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/146695?v=4",
       "profile": "http://www.ThinkingSerious.com",
-      "contributions": [
-        "bug",
-        "doc"
-      ]
+      "contributions": ["bug", "doc"]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "makserik",
+      "name": "makserik",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15821542?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/makserik",
+      "contributions": ["code", "doc"]
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "commitConvention": "angular"
 }
+
diff --git a/.changeset/six-paws-speak.md b/.changeset/six-paws-speak.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3af9805f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/six-paws-speak.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-twilio-function": patch
+---
+
+FRIDGE-734 make serverless-toolkit work with node v18
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52f45c29..afa6e160 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,5 @@ dist/
 *.twiliodeployinfo
 
 packages/serverless-api/docs/
+
+.idea
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index da2d3988..3c032078 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-14
\ No newline at end of file
+18
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 421d5018..e82da97e 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ npm run bootstrap
 ## Contributing
 
 1. Perform changes. Check out [Working with Workspaces](#working-with-workspaces) for more info
+2. If you changed packages/plugins, run `twilio plugins:link <PATH_TO_THE_CHANGED_PACKAGE>` and then test the plugin locally by running `twilio <PLUGIN_NAME> <COMMAND>`
 2. Make sure tests pass by running `npm test`
 3. Stage the files you changed by running `git add` with the files you changed.
 4. If you have a customer facing change make sure to run `npm run changeset` at the root of the project, select what type of version change it is and which packages are impacted and describe the change. Check out ["How we version"](#how-we-version) for more details.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d58d8975..20059b85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "@changesets/cli": "^2.26.0",
     "@commitlint/cli": "^9.1.2",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^10.0.0",
+    "@twilio/test-dep": "npm:twilio@3.84.0",
     "@types/jest": "^29.2.4",
     "all-contributors-cli": "^6.1.2",
     "commitizen": "^4.2.4",
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@
     "prettier": "^2.2.1",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "ts-jest": "^28.0.8",
-    "typescript": "^4.9.4",
-    "@twilio/test-dep": "npm:twilio@3.84.0"
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}": [
diff --git a/packages/create-twilio-function/src/create-twilio-function/create-files.js b/packages/create-twilio-function/src/create-twilio-function/create-files.js
index b97111ee..05ae54f8 100644
--- a/packages/create-twilio-function/src/create-twilio-function/create-files.js
+++ b/packages/create-twilio-function/src/create-twilio-function/create-files.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function createTsconfigFile(pathName) {
     JSON.stringify(
       {
         compilerOptions: {
-          target: 'es5',
+          target: 'es2018',
           module: 'commonjs',
           strict: true,
           esModuleInterop: true,
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ function createTsconfigFile(pathName) {
           outDir: 'dist',
           skipLibCheck: true,
           sourceMap: true,
+          types: ['node'],
         },
+        exclude: ['node_modules'],
       },
       null,
       2
diff --git a/packages/create-twilio-function/src/create-twilio-function/versions.js b/packages/create-twilio-function/src/create-twilio-function/versions.js
index e772cf51..7c5c4fce 100644
--- a/packages/create-twilio-function/src/create-twilio-function/versions.js
+++ b/packages/create-twilio-function/src/create-twilio-function/versions.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
   ].replace(/[\^~]/, ''),
   twilioRun: pkgJson.dependencies['twilio-run'],
   node: '18',
-  typescript: '^3.8',
+  typescript: '^5.3.3',
   serverlessRuntimeTypes: '^1.1',
   copyfiles: '^2.2.0',
 };