diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 64f03d0..3911816 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Development
 
+## Verification
+
+Run the repository checks through mise after installing dependencies.
+
+```bash
+mise run install
+mise run typecheck
+mise run lint
+mise run test
+mise run build
+```
+
+`mise run typecheck` checks the source in every workspace without emitting files
+or using an incremental cache. `mise run lint` runs the same compiler check before
+ESLint, so the pull request workflow catches type errors as well as lint errors.
+The compiler inherits Backstage's defaults from `@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json`.
+Keep the root and GitHub theme TypeScript versions aligned with the app template
+for the installed Backstage release when upgrading.
+
+`mise run build` builds the Docker image locally. It does not publish an image.
+
 ## Creating a New Plugin
 
 On the command line, run the following command to create a new plugin.
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 9776ab1..5959b68 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ run = 'bash -c "set -euo pipefail; git fetch --tags --force; echo version=$(./sc
 description = "Run linting and type checking"
 run = './scripts/lint'
 
+[tasks.typecheck]
+description = "Check TypeScript across all workspaces without emitting files"
+run = 'yarn typecheck'
+
 [tasks.test]
 description = "Run the test suite"
 run = 'yarn test --watchAll=false'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c67d3ba..258e67a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "build-image": "yarn workspace backend build-image",
     "tsc": "tsc",
     "tsc:full": "tsc --skipLibCheck false --incremental false",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit --emitDeclarationOnly false --incremental false",
     "clean": "backstage-cli repo clean",
     "test": "backstage-cli repo test",
     "test:all": "backstage-cli repo test --coverage",
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
     "lerna": "^7.3.0",
     "node-gyp": "^9.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.3.2",
-    "typescript": "~5.3.0"
+    "typescript": "~5.8.0"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "@yarnpkg/core": "4.9.1",
diff --git a/packages/backstage-theme-github/package.json b/packages/backstage-theme-github/package.json
index 7047e6b..54413ec 100644
--- a/packages/backstage-theme-github/package.json
+++ b/packages/backstage-theme-github/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "react": "^18.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.0.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^6.0.0",
-    "typescript": "~5.3.0"
+    "typescript": "~5.8.0"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {
     "root": false,
diff --git a/scripts/lint b/scripts/lint
index 6ed1b3e..1bf380c 100755
--- a/scripts/lint
+++ b/scripts/lint
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
-yarn lint:all
\ No newline at end of file
+yarn typecheck
+yarn lint:all
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 39c2721..36644ff 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7372,7 +7372,7 @@ __metadata:
     react: "npm:^18.0.0"
     react-dom: "npm:^18.0.0"
     react-router-dom: "npm:^6.0.0"
-    typescript: "npm:~5.3.0"
+    typescript: "npm:~5.8.0"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -33695,7 +33695,7 @@ __metadata:
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     node-gyp: "npm:^9.0.0"
     prettier: "npm:^2.3.2"
-    typescript: "npm:~5.3.0"
+    typescript: "npm:~5.8.0"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
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-  resolution: "typescript@npm:5.3.3"
+"typescript@npm:~5.5.0":
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+  resolution: "typescript@npm:5.5.4"
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     tsserver: bin/tsserver
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   languageName: node
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-  resolution: "typescript@npm:5.5.4"
+"typescript@npm:~5.8.0":
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+  resolution: "typescript@npm:5.8.3"
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     tsc: bin/tsc
     tsserver: bin/tsserver
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-  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A5.3.3#optional!builtin<compat/typescript>::version=5.3.3&hash=e012d7"
+"typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A~5.5.0#optional!builtin<compat/typescript>":
+  version: 5.5.4
+  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A5.5.4#optional!builtin<compat/typescript>::version=5.5.4&hash=379a07"
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     tsc: bin/tsc
     tsserver: bin/tsserver
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+"typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A~5.8.0#optional!builtin<compat/typescript>":
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+  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A5.8.3#optional!builtin<compat/typescript>::version=5.8.3&hash=379a07"
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     tsserver: bin/tsserver
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