diff --git a/.changeset/light-countries-report.md b/.changeset/light-countries-report.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06b07fde2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/light-countries-report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-modular-react-app': major
+---
+
+Bumped default TypeScript version to ^4.8.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static.yml b/.github/workflows/static.yml
index 8ac199e2e..e6fc56d2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ name: Lint
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', feature/v4]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', feature/v4]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
 
 jobs:
   Static:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
index 591a75272..b19190574 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-windows.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ name: Windows Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', feature/v4]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', feature/v4]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
 
 jobs:
   Test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 61cc90ecd..79498a266 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ name: Test
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', feature/v4]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', feature/v4]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
 
 jobs:
   Test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 25fa313eb..0244aa670 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 name: 'Validate'
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', feature/v4]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main, 'release/**', feature/v4]
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
 
 jobs:
   check-yarn-lock-registry:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49ef746bc..6a322978b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
     "execa": "5.1.1",
     "husky": "8.0.1",
     "is-ci": "2.0.0",
-    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.3.1",
     "lint-staged": "12.4.1",
     "micromatch": "4.0.5",
     "patch-package": "^6.4.7",
diff --git a/packages/create-modular-react-app/src/index.ts b/packages/create-modular-react-app/src/index.ts
index b3bfecc1c..c1b2f4bbc 100755
--- a/packages/create-modular-react-app/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-modular-react-app/src/index.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export default async function createModularApp(argv: {
       'prettier',
       'modular-scripts',
       'eslint-config-modular-app',
-      'typescript@>=4.2.1 <4.5.0',
+      'typescript@^4.8.3',
     ],
     newModularRoot,
     // We can't pass a stream here if it's not backed by a fd. We need to set it to 'pipe', then pipe it from the ChildProcess to our transformer
diff --git a/packages/modular-scripts/package.json b/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
index 8249b2c24..af89131fd 100644
--- a/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/modular-scripts/package.json
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     "jest-circus": "^29.0.0",
     "jest-cli": "^29.0.0",
     "jest-config": "^29.0.0",
+    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^29.3.1",
     "jest-runner-eslint": "1.1.0",
     "jest-transform-stub": "2.0.0",
     "jest-watch-typeahead": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/modular-scripts/src/addPackage.ts b/packages/modular-scripts/src/addPackage.ts
index 00b75cf9d..cece33068 100644
--- a/packages/modular-scripts/src/addPackage.ts
+++ b/packages/modular-scripts/src/addPackage.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ async function addPackage({
       paths: [modularRoot],
     });
   } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e);
+    logger.log(`Couldn't find ${templateName} in project`);
     logger.log(
       `Installing template package ${templateName} from registry, this may take a moment...`,
     );