diff --git a/packages/realm-web/src/utils/ejson.ts b/packages/realm-web/src/utils/ejson.ts
index d09b5201821..09e4ff6d55f 100644
--- a/packages/realm-web/src/utils/ejson.ts
+++ b/packages/realm-web/src/utils/ejson.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ export function serialize<Obj extends SimpleObject>(obj: Obj): SimpleObject {
  * @param obj The object or array of objects in extended-JSON format.
  * @returns The object or array of objects with inflated BSON types.
  */
-export function deserialize(obj: SimpleObject | SimpleObject[]): EJSON.SerializableTypes {
+export function deserialize(
+  obj: SimpleObject | SimpleObject[],
+): unknown /* Return type of 'ReturnType<typeof EJSON.deserialize>' is 'any' */ {
   if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
     return obj.map((doc) => EJSON.deserialize(doc));
   } else {
diff --git a/packages/realm-web/tsconfig.json b/packages/realm-web/tsconfig.json
index c8a08d0234e..ebccea9bb3c 100644
--- a/packages/realm-web/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/realm-web/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 		"typeRoots": [
 			"./types",
 			"./node_modules/@types",
+			"../../node_modules",
 			"../../node_modules/@types",
 		],
 		"types": [