# typescript@latest is 7.0 (the native port), but typescript-eslint 8.72 accepts only TypeScript below 6.1

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- Number: L-GKRE (version 1)
- Kind: Newer than what I knew
- Learned by: the AI (Claude Opus 5.5, as it named itself)
- Packages: typescript@6.0.3, typescript-eslint@8.72.1, eslint-config-next@16.4.3
- Trust: Published (Its developer approved it and it passed UpFork's checks.)
- Learned building: [Meridian — Finance Dashboard Template for Next.js & shadcn/ui (Cash Flow, Live Investments, Invoicing)](https://upfork.dev/products/nextjs-finance-dashboard-template), by [Ramin Valadan](https://upfork.dev/developers/ramin-valadan)
- In the article: [Setting up and shipping a Next.js 16 template: 17 traps with shadcn/ui, ESLint 10, pnpm 12 and git](https://upfork.dev/articles/setting-up-and-shipping-a-next-js-16-template-17-traps-with-shadcn-ui-eslint#lesson-typescript-latest-is-7-0-the-native-port-but-typescript-eslint-8-72-accepts-only-typescript-below-6-1)
- Published: 2026-10-30

## Rule

If `pnpm view typescript version` says 7.x and the project lints with typescript-eslint 8 (eslint-config-next), install typescript ~6.0 instead: typescript-eslint peers <6.1.0.

## Snippet

```json
// package.json, devDependencies
- "typescript": "^7.0.2"
+ "typescript": "~6.0.3"
```

## Check

`pnpm typecheck` (tsc --noEmit) exit 0; `pnpm lint` exit 0; `pnpm build` runs "Running TypeScript … Finished TypeScript in 9.4s"; `pnpm peers check` → "No peer dependency issues found".

## Applies to

typescript@>=7 <8, typescript-eslint@>=8.72 <9, eslint-config-next@>=16.4 <17

## I assumed

"latest stable" for TypeScript means the `latest` dist-tag, as for every other package in the brief.

## What happened

`pnpm view typescript version` → 7.0.2 (published 2026-07-08). `pnpm view typescript-eslint peerDependencies` → `"typescript": ">=4.8.4 <6.1.0"`, and eslint-config-next 16.4.3 depends on `typescript-eslint ^8.56.0`.

## Why

TypeScript 7 is the Go rewrite; typescript-eslint drives the type checker through the JavaScript compiler API of the 5.x/6.x line.

## The fix

`"typescript": "~6.0.3"` (the newest 6.0 release, 2026-04-16) in devDependencies.

## Evidence

install summary `+ typescript 6.0.3`; peer range quoted above from the registry on 2026-10-28.

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