diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index f2bb960dd..266da88d0 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     "jest-jasmine2": "^29.7.0",
     "tmp": "^0.2.3",
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.5",
-    "typescript": "~5.0.2"
+    "typescript": "~5.9"
   },
   "jest": {
     "preset": "ts-jest",
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/migrate.ts b/cli/src/tasks/migrate.ts
index a471d295a..cddf0c3b9 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/migrate.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/migrate.ts
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ export async function migrateCommand(config: Config, noprompt: boolean, packagem
                 const value = txt.substring(first, txt.indexOf(replaceEnd, first));
                 if (
                   (typeof variablesAndClasspaths.variables[variable] === 'number' &&
-                    value <= variablesAndClasspaths.variables[variable]) ||
+                    Number(value) <= variablesAndClasspaths.variables[variable]) ||
                   (typeof variablesAndClasspaths.variables[variable] === 'string' &&
                     lt(value, variablesAndClasspaths.variables[variable]))
                 ) {
diff --git a/core/package.json b/core/package.json
index f2e887afa..fd3969998 100644
--- a/core/package.json
+++ b/core/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^4.4.1",
     "rollup": "^2.21.0",
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.2",
-    "typescript": "~5.0.2"
+    "typescript": "~5.9"
   },
   "jest": {
     "preset": "ts-jest",