diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6c92be24f1e9..10e9ea84d30f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6076,9 +6076,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/typescript": {
-      "version": "5.6.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-5.6.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-NW8ByodCSNCwZeghjN3o+JX5OFH0Ojg6sadjEKY4huZ52TqbJTJnDo5+Tw98lSy63NZvi4n+ez5m2u5d4PkZyw==",
+      "version": "5.8.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-5.8.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-p1diW6TqL9L07nNxvRMM7hMMw4c5XOo/1ibL4aAIGmSAt9slTE1Xgw5KWuof2uTOvCg9BY7ZRi+GaF+7sfgPeQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "bin": {
diff --git a/src/node/settings.ts b/src/node/settings.ts
index 709ce950cb89..29716af036f9 100644
--- a/src/node/settings.ts
+++ b/src/node/settings.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class SettingsProvider<T> {
   public async read(): Promise<T> {
     try {
       const raw = (await fs.readFile(this.settingsPath, "utf8")).trim()
-      return raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : {}
+      return raw ? JSON.parse(raw) : ({} as T)
     } catch (error: any) {
       if (error.code !== "ENOENT") {
         logger.warn(error.message)
diff --git a/test/unit/node/settings.test.ts b/test/unit/node/settings.test.ts
index 59c6f46a50bc..ad04b15ff81b 100644
--- a/test/unit/node/settings.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/node/settings.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe("settings", () => {
       const settings = new SettingsProvider<CoderSettings>(pathToMockSettingsFile)
       await settings.read()
       // This happens when we can't parse a JSON (usually error in file)
-      expect(logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/Unexpected token/))
+      expect(logger.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/Expected ':'/))
     })
   })
   describe("with invalid settings file path", () => {