diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dbe4d8302..5c4ac8dd4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ jspm_packages/
 *.tgz
 .yarn-integrity
 .cache
-!/.projenrc.js
 /test-reports/
 junit.xml
 /coverage/
@@ -81,3 +80,4 @@ docs/typescript.md
 docs/python.md
 docs/java.md
 !/src/api-resource.generated.ts
+!/.projenrc.ts
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index b0c70479a..e61e18c34 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ dist
 tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 /.eslintrc.json
 !.jsii
+/.gitattributes
+/.projenrc.ts
diff --git a/.projen/tasks.json b/.projen/tasks.json
index f3c860c03..d69ca4f91 100644
--- a/.projen/tasks.json
+++ b/.projen/tasks.json
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@
       "description": "Runs eslint against the codebase",
       "steps": [
         {
-          "exec": "eslint --ext .ts,.tsx --fix --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern src test build-tools projenrc .projenrc.ts"
+          "exec": "eslint --ext .ts,.tsx --fix --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern $@ src test build-tools projenrc .projenrc.ts",
+          "receiveArgs": true
         }
       ]
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 26eafede0..068d225f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "jsii-docgen": "^3.8.31",
     "jsii-pacmak": "^1.94.0",
     "jsii-rosetta": "1.x",
-    "projen": "^0.77.6",
+    "projen": "^0.78.13",
     "snake-case": "^3.0.4",
     "standard-version": "^9",
     "ts-jest": "^27",
diff --git a/tsconfig.dev.json b/tsconfig.dev.json
index 88cc2f2f3..da832d0d3 100644
--- a/tsconfig.dev.json
+++ b/tsconfig.dev.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     "target": "ES2019"
   },
   "include": [
-    ".projenrc.js",
     "src/**/*.ts",
     "test/**/*.ts",
     ".projenrc.ts",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1bb887fa3..b4d8caf63 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4782,10 +4782,10 @@ process-nextick-args@~2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/process-nextick-args/-/process-nextick-args-2.0.1.tgz#7820d9b16120cc55ca9ae7792680ae7dba6d7fe2"
   integrity sha512-3ouUOpQhtgrbOa17J7+uxOTpITYWaGP7/AhoR3+A+/1e9skrzelGi/dXzEYyvbxubEF6Wn2ypscTKiKJFFn1ag==
 
-projen@^0.77.6:
-  version "0.77.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/projen/-/projen-0.77.6.tgz#480c1af4246bba55e8d0732ff7a9d1804ce414be"
-  integrity sha512-nXbbDr81UjfLjCfVfHGfGPIjiN7INSyMUa52FYupX0TmybMq+CnvX8o0O45feOLLhsifNq7EHXtF+hgBtpBb8A==
+projen@^0.78.13:
+  version "0.78.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/projen/-/projen-0.78.13.tgz#5c6693ababa4f2e7d93759c722a35d41c9c2e691"
+  integrity sha512-ihL1lcfmi7M0EA7qgdXGja2SLLc6vtsQ1Wd2RqqxOuFnchw9/kZubdrxy38J8iI36AEwb0Qucb1uLTuwFhl7Qw==
   dependencies:
     "@iarna/toml" "^2.2.5"
     case "^1.6.3"