diff --git a/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/index.js b/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/index.js
index 747f6f47f..f22362a34 100644
--- a/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/index.js
+++ b/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/index.js
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ module.exports = {
         '@types/mocha',
         feathers.framework === 'koa' ? '@types/koa-static' : '@types/compression',
         '@types/node',
-        'ts-node-dev',
+        'nodemon',
+        'ts-node',
         'typescript',
         'shx'
       );
diff --git a/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/ts/package.json.t b/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/ts/package.json.t
index daef59283..4a6cea049 100644
--- a/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/ts/package.json.t
+++ b/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/ts/package.json.t
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const pkg = {
   ...h.pkg,
   scripts: {
     ...h.pkg.scripts,
-    dev: 'ts-node-dev --no-notify ${h.lib}/',
+    dev: 'nodemon -x ts-node ${h.lib}/index.ts',
     compile: 'shx rm -rf lib/ && tsc',
     start: 'npm run compile && node lib/',
     test: 'mocha test/ --require ts-node/register --recursive --extension .ts --exit'
diff --git a/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/ts/tsconfig.json.t b/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/ts/tsconfig.json.t
index 4ab2ebe34..df7d7d74c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/ts/tsconfig.json.t
+++ b/packages/cli/_templates/app/base/ts/tsconfig.json.t
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 to: "tsconfig.json"
 ---
 {
+  "ts-node": {
+    "files": true
+  },
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es2018",
+    "target": "es2020",
     "module": "commonjs",
     "outDir": "./lib",
     "rootDir": "./<%= h.lib %>",
@@ -13,4 +16,4 @@ to: "tsconfig.json"
   "exclude": [
     "test"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}