diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b986a7806..0ae105555 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "build": "yarn copyfiles && yarn build:tsc && yarn build:components",
     "build:watch": "nodemon --watch 'src/**' --ext 'ts,tsx' --exec \"yarn build:tsc\"",
     "dev": "nodemon",
-    "dev:generate-types": "node ./test/generateTypes.js",
+    "dev:generate-types": "ts-node ./test/generateTypes.js",
     "pretest": "yarn build",
     "test": "yarn test:int && yarn test:components && yarn test:e2e",
     "test:int": "cross-env DISABLE_LOGGING=true jest --forceExit --detectOpenHandles",
@@ -191,9 +191,10 @@
     "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",
+    "@swc/register": "^0.1.10",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.4",
     "@testing-library/react": "^13.0.1",
     "@trbl/eslint-config": "^1.2.4",
diff --git a/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts b/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
index bd1d30e5c..20e386d3e 100644
--- a/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import getPort from 'get-port';
+import swcRegister from '@swc/register';
 import path from 'path';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 import shelljs from 'shelljs';
@@ -40,6 +41,19 @@ export async function initPayloadTest(options: Options): Promise<{ serverURL: st
     initOptions.express = express();
   }
 
+  swcRegister({
+    sourceMaps: 'inline',
+    jsc: {
+      parser: {
+        syntax: 'typescript',
+        tsx: true,
+      },
+    },
+    module: {
+      type: 'commonjs',
+    },
+  });
+
   await payload.init(initOptions);
 
   if (initOptions.express) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3cbbeca23..3d1117213 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"
@@ -1950,6 +1950,15 @@
     "@jest/create-cache-key-function" "^27.4.2"
     jsonc-parser "^3.2.0"
 
+"@swc/register@^0.1.10":
+  version "0.1.10"
+  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"
+    pirates "^4.0.1"
+    source-map-support "^0.5.13"
+
 "@szmarczak/http-timer@^5.0.1":
   version "5.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@szmarczak/http-timer/-/http-timer-5.0.1.tgz#c7c1bf1141cdd4751b0399c8fc7b8b664cd5be3a"
@@ -8070,6 +8079,11 @@ locate-path@^5.0.0:
   dependencies:
     p-locate "^4.1.0"
 
+lodash.clonedeep@^4.5.0:
+  version "4.5.0"
+  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:
   version "4.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.get/-/lodash.get-4.4.2.tgz#2d177f652fa31e939b4438d5341499dfa3825e99"
@@ -9339,7 +9353,7 @@ pino@^6.4.1:
     quick-format-unescaped "^4.0.3"
     sonic-boom "^1.0.2"
 
-pirates@^4.0.4:
+pirates@^4.0.1, pirates@^4.0.4:
   version "4.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pirates/-/pirates-4.0.5.tgz#feec352ea5c3268fb23a37c702ab1699f35a5f3b"
   integrity sha512-8V9+HQPupnaXMA23c5hvl69zXvTwTzyAYasnkb0Tts4XvO4CliqONMOnvlq26rkhLC3nWDFBJf73LU1e1VZLaQ==
@@ -9358,10 +9372,10 @@ 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"
@@ -11145,7 +11159,7 @@ source-map-support@0.5.13:
     buffer-from "^1.0.0"
     source-map "^0.6.0"
 
-source-map-support@~0.5.20:
+source-map-support@^0.5.13, source-map-support@~0.5.20:
   version "0.5.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.5.21.tgz#04fe7c7f9e1ed2d662233c28cb2b35b9f63f6e4f"
   integrity sha512-uBHU3L3czsIyYXKX88fdrGovxdSCoTGDRZ6SYXtSRxLZUzHg5P/66Ht6uoUlHu9EZod+inXhKo3qQgwXUT/y1w==