diff --git a/apps/server/package.json b/apps/server/package.json
index bdfa61375..d21d2dbd1 100644
--- a/apps/server/package.json
+++ b/apps/server/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "prebuild": "bun run scripts/validate-env.js && pnpm run typecheck",
+    "prebuild": "tsx scripts/validate-env.ts && pnpm run typecheck",
     "build": "tsup",
     "dev": "bun --watch src/index.ts",
     "dev:build": "tsup --watch",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "@buster/test-utils": "workspace:*",
     "@buster/typescript-config": "workspace:*",
     "@buster/vitest-config": "workspace:*",
-    "@hono/zod-validator": "^0.7.0",
+    "@hono/zod-validator": "^0.7.2",
     "@supabase/supabase-js": "catalog:",
     "@trigger.dev/sdk": "catalog:",
     "drizzle-orm": "catalog:",
diff --git a/apps/server/scripts/validate-env.js b/apps/server/scripts/validate-env.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from apps/server/scripts/validate-env.js
rename to apps/server/scripts/validate-env.ts
index 92cd75cfb..a141f0de8 100644
--- a/apps/server/scripts/validate-env.js
+++ b/apps/server/scripts/validate-env.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const requiredEnv = {
 };
 
 // Conditionally validate Slack environment variables if integration is enabled
-const conditionalEnv = {};
+const conditionalEnv: Record<string, string> = {};
 if (process.env.SLACK_INTEGRATION_ENABLED === 'true') {
   conditionalEnv.SLACK_CLIENT_ID = process.env.SLACK_CLIENT_ID;
   conditionalEnv.SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET = process.env.SLACK_CLIENT_SECRET;