diff --git a/cmd/e2e/package.json b/cmd/e2e/package.json
index f74a87d69c..de9bb067cf 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e/package.json
+++ b/cmd/e2e/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "generate:prisma": "yarn prisma db pull && yarn prisma generate",
-    "pretest": "ts-node/esm src/helpers/init.ts",
+    "pretest": "tsc src/helpers/init.ts",
     "test:e2e": "env-cmd -e dev cucumber-js --config=src/cucumber.json --tags '@e2e'",
     "test:failed": "env-cmd -e dev cucumber-js -p rerun --config=src/cucumber.json @rerun.txt"
   },
diff --git a/cmd/e2e/prisma/seed.ts b/cmd/e2e/prisma/seed.ts
index 5bf0f7d100..b7b92646c8 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e/prisma/seed.ts
+++ b/cmd/e2e/prisma/seed.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class User {
         if (this.password == '') {
             uniquePassword = faker.lorem.word({ length: { min: 5, max: 10 }})
         } else {
-            uniquePassword = this.password
+            uniquePassword = this.password as string
         }
 
         const now = new Date();
diff --git a/cmd/e2e/src/cucumber.js b/cmd/e2e/src/cucumber.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 01d2870647..0000000000
--- a/cmd/e2e/src/cucumber.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-    default: {
-        formatOptions: {
-            snippetInterface: "async-await"
-        },
-        paths: [
-            "src/tests/features/"
-        ],
-        dryRun: false,
-        require: [
-            "src/tests/steps/*.ts",
-            "src/support/hooks.ts"
-        ],
-        requireModule: [
-            "ts-node/register"
-        ],
-        format: [
-            "progress-bar",
-            "html:test-results/reports/html/cucumber-report.html",
-            "json:test-results/reports/json/cucumber-report.json",
-            "rerun:@rerun.txt"
-        ]
-    },
-    rerun: {
-        formatOptions: {
-            snippetInterface: "async-await"
-        },
-        dryRun: false,
-        require: [
-            "src/tests/steps/*.ts",
-            "src/support/hooks.ts"
-        ],
-        requireModule: [
-            "ts-node/register"
-        ],
-        format: [
-            "progress-bar",
-            "html:test-results/reports/html/cucumber-report.html",
-            "json:test-results/reports/json/cucumber-report.json",
-            "rerun:@rerun.txt"
-        ]
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/e2e/src/helpers/hashpassword.ts b/cmd/e2e/src/helpers/hashpassword.ts
index 973e66fadc..690a170328 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e/src/helpers/hashpassword.ts
+++ b/cmd/e2e/src/helpers/hashpassword.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { hash, argon2id } from 'argon2';
  * Returns a string suitable for use as the 'digest' of an auth_secrets record in the postgres db
  * Matches the same algorithm used by the BHE API when creating or updating auth_secrets
  */
-const hashPassword = async (password) => {
+const hashPassword = async (password: string) => {
     const hashedPassword = await hash(password, {
         type: argon2id,
         timeCost: 3,
diff --git a/cmd/e2e/src/support/FixtureManager.ts b/cmd/e2e/src/support/FixtureManager.ts
index f6ee668c19..ae75dc5834 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e/src/support/FixtureManager.ts
+++ b/cmd/e2e/src/support/FixtureManager.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ export interface IFixture {
 }
 // FixtureManager manages the state of the browser and page for each scenario
 export default class FixtureManager implements IFixture {
-    browser: Browser;
-    context: BrowserContext;
+    browser!: Browser;
+    context!: BrowserContext;
     pageManager: PageManager;
-    page: Page;
+    page!: Page;
 
     constructor() {
         this.pageManager = new PageManager();
diff --git a/cmd/e2e/src/support/pageManager.ts b/cmd/e2e/src/support/pageManager.ts
index 134dd3c73c..972ddb0c8b 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e/src/support/pageManager.ts
+++ b/cmd/e2e/src/support/pageManager.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { BrowserContext, Page } from "@playwright/test";
 
 export default class PageManager {
-    currentPage: Page;
+    currentPage!: Page;
 
     get Page(): Page {
         return this.currentPage;
diff --git a/cmd/e2e/tsconfig.json b/cmd/e2e/tsconfig.json
index d1ec742c9f..4f104d3b1f 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e/tsconfig.json
+++ b/cmd/e2e/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
         "module": "ESNext",
         "typeRoots": [
-            "./node_modules/@types",
             "src/helpers/types"
         ],
         "moduleResolution": "nodenext",
-        "resolveJsonModule": true
+        "strict": true,
+        "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true
     }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 51a86d7175..7fab575940 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5783,7 +5783,6 @@ __metadata:
     playwright: 1.49.0
     prisma: 5.22.0
     reflect-metadata: ^0.2.2
-    ts-node: ^10.9.2
     typescript: 5.6.3
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft