diff --git a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/src/modules/application.ts b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/src/modules/application.ts
index 0eb8ef613b6..109fa316e89 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/src/modules/application.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/src/modules/application.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { Application } from 'spectron';
 import path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
-// @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION appears to be genuine
-import electronPath from '../../../insomnia-app/node_modules/electron';
 import mkdirp from 'mkdirp';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { Config } from '../entities';
 
+const electronPath = '../../../insomnia-app/node_modules/electron';
+
 const getAppPlatform = () => process.platform;
 const isMac = () => getAppPlatform() === 'darwin';
 const isLinux = () => getAppPlatform() === 'linux';
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ const launch = async (config?: Config) => {
     // Windows spawns two terminal windows when running spectron, and the only workaround
     // is to focus the window on start.
     // https://github.com/electron-userland/spectron/issues/60
+    // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION
     await app.browserWindow.focus();
+    // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION
     await app.browserWindow.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
 
     // Set the implicit wait timeout to 0 (webdriver default)
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ const launch = async (config?: Config) => {
     await app.client.setTimeout({ implicit: 0 });
 
     // Set bounds to default size
+    // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION
     await app.browserWindow.setSize(1280, 700);
   });
   return app;
@@ -93,7 +96,6 @@ export const launchApp = async (designerDataPath?: string) => {
 export const takeScreenshot = async (app: Application, name: string) => {
   mkdirp.sync('screenshots');
   const buffer = await app.browserWindow.capturePage();
-  // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION appears to be genuine
   await fs.promises.writeFile(path.join('screenshots', `${name}.png`), buffer);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/src/modules/client.ts b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/src/modules/client.ts
index d2560866e4c..879a5c68445 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/src/modules/client.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/src/modules/client.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ export const correctlyLaunched = async (app: Application) => {
   // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION appears to be genuine
   await expect(app.browserWindow.isDevToolsOpened()).resolves.toBe(false);
   await expect(app.client.getWindowCount()).resolves.toBe(1);
+  // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION
   await expect(app.browserWindow.isMinimized()).resolves.toBe(false);
+  // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION
   await expect(app.browserWindow.isFocused()).resolves.toBe(true);
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tsconfig.build.json
index c9d063144fa..8aba2e14806 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/insomnia-smoke-test/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
     "rootDir": "src",
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "strict": true
+    "skipLibCheck": true, // this is required because spectron depends on electron but it is not locatable by typescript for the purpose of types
   },
   "include": [
-    "src"
+    "src",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "src/jest",
-    "**/*.test.ts"
+    "**/*.test.ts",
   ]
 }
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