diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
index 75486eb218..e88a0eb694 100644
--- a/nodemon.json
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
     "test/"
   ],
   "ext": "ts,js,json",
-  "exec": "node ./test/dev.js"
+  "exec": "ts-node ./test/dev.ts"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19c52769fc..0e62a3e523 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
     "@faceless-ui/window-info": "^2.0.2",
     "@monaco-editor/react": "^4.4.6",
     "@swc/core": "^1.3.24",
-    "@swc/register": "^0.1.10",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "bson-objectid": "^2.0.1",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.25.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.23.1",
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.29.2",
     "@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^5.1.1",
     "@swc/jest": "^0.2.24",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.4",
diff --git a/src/config/load.ts b/src/config/load.ts
index b5e62595c1..c55ba97710 100644
--- a/src/config/load.ts
+++ b/src/config/load.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/no-dynamic-require */
 /* eslint-disable global-require */
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-import swcRegister from '@swc/register';
 import path from 'path';
 import pino from 'pino';
 import Logger from '../utilities/logger';
@@ -15,24 +14,6 @@ const loadConfig = (logger?: pino.Logger): SanitizedConfig => {
 
   const configPath = findConfig();
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
-  // @ts-ignore
-  swcRegister({
-    sourceMaps: 'inline',
-    jsc: {
-      parser: {
-        syntax: 'typescript',
-        tsx: true,
-      },
-    },
-    ignore: [
-      /node_modules[\\/](?!.pnpm[\\/].*[\\/]node_modules[\\/])(?!payload[\\/]dist[\\/]admin|payload[\\/]components).*/,
-    ],
-    module: {
-      type: 'commonjs',
-    },
-  });
-
   clientFiles.forEach((ext) => {
     require.extensions[ext] = () => null;
   });
diff --git a/test/dev.js b/test/dev.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e45fa08cc8..0000000000
--- a/test/dev.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const swcRegister = require('@swc/register');
-
-const [testSuiteDir] = process.argv.slice(2);
-
-if (!testSuiteDir) {
-  console.error('ERROR: You must provide an argument for "testSuiteDir"');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-const configPath = path.resolve(__dirname, testSuiteDir, 'config.ts');
-
-if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
-  console.error('ERROR: You must pass a valid directory under test/ that contains a config.ts');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-process.env.PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH = configPath;
-
-process.env.PAYLOAD_DROP_DATABASE = 'true';
-
-swcRegister({
-  sourceMaps: 'inline',
-  jsc: {
-    parser: {
-      syntax: 'typescript',
-      tsx: true,
-    },
-  },
-  module: {
-    type: 'commonjs',
-  },
-});
-
-require('./devServer');
diff --git a/test/devServer.ts b/test/dev.ts
similarity index 63%
rename from test/devServer.ts
rename to test/dev.ts
index f32298342f..c276cb7c01 100644
--- a/test/devServer.ts
+++ b/test/dev.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
-
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 import express from 'express';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import payload from '../src';
 
+const [testSuiteDir] = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+if (!testSuiteDir) {
+  console.error('ERROR: You must provide an argument for "testSuiteDir"');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const configPath = path.resolve(__dirname, testSuiteDir, 'config.ts');
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+  console.error('ERROR: You must pass a valid directory under test/ that contains a config.ts');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+process.env.PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH = configPath;
+
+process.env.PAYLOAD_DROP_DATABASE = 'true';
+
 const expressApp = express();
 
 const startDev = async () => {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 22418458ec..057265dff0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     "skipLibCheck": true, /* Skip type checking of declaration files. */
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true, /* Disallow inconsistently-cased references to the same file. */
   },
+  "ts-node": {
+    "swc": true,
+  },
   "include": [
     "src/"
   ],
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 497ea791f1..5e75f49e13 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1797,13 +1797,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@octokit/openapi-types" "^14.0.0"
 
-"@playwright/test@^1.23.1":
-  version "1.29.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@playwright/test/-/test-1.29.1.tgz#f2ed4dc143b9c7825a7ad2703b2f1ac4354e1145"
-  integrity sha512-iQxk2DX5U9wOGV3+/Jh9OHPsw5H3mleUL2S4BgQuwtlAfK3PnKvn38m4Rg9zIViGHVW24opSm99HQm/UFLEy6w==
+"@playwright/test@^1.29.2":
+  version "1.29.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.29.2.tgz#c48184721d0f0b7627a886e2ec42f1efb2be339d"
+  integrity sha512-+3/GPwOgcoF0xLz/opTnahel1/y42PdcgZ4hs+BZGIUjtmEFSXGg+nFoaH3NSmuc7a6GSFwXDJ5L7VXpqzigNg==
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
-    playwright-core "1.29.1"
+    playwright-core "1.29.2"
 
 "@pnpm/network.ca-file@^1.0.1":
   version "1.0.2"
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@
 
 "@swc/register@^0.1.10":
   version "0.1.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@swc/register/-/register-0.1.10.tgz#74a20b7559669e03479b05e9e5c6d1524d4d92a2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@swc/register/-/register-0.1.10.tgz#74a20b7559669e03479b05e9e5c6d1524d4d92a2"
   integrity sha512-6STwH/q4dc3pitXLVkV7sP0Hiy+zBsU2wOF1aXpXR95pnH3RYHKIsDC+gvesfyB7jxNT9OOZgcqOp9RPxVTx9A==
   dependencies:
     lodash.clonedeep "^4.5.0"
@@ -8081,7 +8081,7 @@ locate-path@^5.0.0:
 
 lodash.clonedeep@^4.5.0:
   version "4.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.clonedeep/-/lodash.clonedeep-4.5.0.tgz#e23f3f9c4f8fbdde872529c1071857a086e5ccef"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.clonedeep/-/lodash.clonedeep-4.5.0.tgz#e23f3f9c4f8fbdde872529c1071857a086e5ccef"
   integrity sha512-H5ZhCF25riFd9uB5UCkVKo61m3S/xZk1x4wA6yp/L3RFP6Z/eHH1ymQcGLo7J3GMPfm0V/7m1tryHuGVxpqEBQ==
 
 lodash.get@^4.4.2:
@@ -9377,10 +9377,10 @@ pkg-up@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^3.0.0"
 
-playwright-core@1.29.1:
-  version "1.29.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.29.1.tgz#9ec15d61c4bd2f386ddf6ce010db53a030345a47"
-  integrity sha512-20Ai3d+lMkWpI9YZYlxk8gxatfgax5STW8GaMozAHwigLiyiKQrdkt7gaoT9UQR8FIVDg6qVXs9IoZUQrDjIIg==
+playwright-core@1.29.2:
+  version "1.29.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.29.2.tgz#2e8347e7e8522409f22b244e600e703b64022406"
+  integrity sha512-94QXm4PMgFoHAhlCuoWyaBYKb92yOcGVHdQLoxQ7Wjlc7Flg4aC/jbFW7xMR52OfXMVkWicue4WXE7QEegbIRA==
 
 pluralize@^8.0.0:
   version "8.0.0"
@@ -11778,7 +11778,7 @@ ts-essentials@^7.0.1:
 
 ts-node@^10.9.1:
   version "10.9.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-node/-/ts-node-10.9.1.tgz#e73de9102958af9e1f0b168a6ff320e25adcff4b"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ts-node/-/ts-node-10.9.1.tgz#e73de9102958af9e1f0b168a6ff320e25adcff4b"
   integrity sha512-NtVysVPkxxrwFGUUxGYhfux8k78pQB3JqYBXlLRZgdGUqTO5wU/UyHop5p70iEbGhB7q5KmiZiU0Y3KlJrScEw==
   dependencies:
     "@cspotcode/source-map-support" "^0.8.0"