diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.ts b/cypress/support/commands.ts
index 23815c9..cf27053 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.ts
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ function login({
   email?: string;
 } = {}) {
   cy.then(() => ({ email })).as("user");
-  cy.exec(
-    `npx ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./cypress/support/create-user.ts "${email}"`,
-  ).then(({ stdout }) => {
-    const cookieValue = stdout
-      .replace(/.*<cookie>(?<cookieValue>.*)<\/cookie>.*/s, "$<cookieValue>")
-      .trim();
-    cy.setCookie("__session", cookieValue);
-  });
+  cy.exec(`npx tsx ./cypress/support/create-user.ts "${email}"`).then(
+    ({ stdout }) => {
+      const cookieValue = stdout
+        .replace(/.*<cookie>(?<cookieValue>.*)<\/cookie>.*/s, "$<cookieValue>")
+        .trim();
+      cy.setCookie("__session", cookieValue);
+    },
+  );
   return cy.get("@user");
 }
 
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ function cleanupUser({ email }: { email?: string } = {}) {
 }
 
 function deleteUserByEmail(email: string) {
-  cy.exec(
-    `npx ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./cypress/support/delete-user.ts "${email}"`,
-  );
+  cy.exec(`npx tsx ./cypress/support/delete-user.ts "${email}"`);
   cy.clearCookie("__session");
 }
 
diff --git a/cypress/support/create-user.ts b/cypress/support/create-user.ts
index fa33b94..50dd687 100644
--- a/cypress/support/create-user.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/create-user.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Use this to create a new user and login with that user
 // Simply call this with:
-// npx ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./cypress/support/create-user.ts username@example.com,
+// npx tsx ./cypress/support/create-user.ts username@example.com,
 // and it will log out the cookie value you can use to interact with the server
 // as that new user.
 
diff --git a/cypress/support/delete-user.ts b/cypress/support/delete-user.ts
index 1350019..da6d48a 100644
--- a/cypress/support/delete-user.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/delete-user.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Use this to delete a user by their email
 // Simply call this with:
-// npx ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./cypress/support/delete-user.ts username@example.com,
+// npx tsx ./cypress/support/delete-user.ts username@example.com,
 // and that user will get deleted
 
 import { PrismaClientKnownRequestError } from "@prisma/client/runtime/library";
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 807e6dd..899440a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
     "prisma": "^5.19.1",
     "start-server-and-test": "^2.0.7",
     "tailwindcss": "^3.4.10",
-    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
+    "tsx": "^4.19.0",
     "typescript": "^5.6.2",
     "vite": "^5.4.3",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^4.3.2",
@@ -88,6 +87,6 @@
     "node": ">=18.0.0"
   },
   "prisma": {
-    "seed": "ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register prisma/seed.ts"
+    "seed": "tsx prisma/seed.ts"
   }
 }
diff --git a/remix.init/index.js b/remix.init/index.js
index 94b1200..132c6a6 100644
--- a/remix.init/index.js
+++ b/remix.init/index.js
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ const semver = require("semver");
 const cleanupCypressFiles = ({ fileEntries, packageManager }) =>
   fileEntries.flatMap(([filePath, content]) => {
     const newContent = content.replace(
-      new RegExp("npx ts-node", "g"),
-      packageManager.name === "bun" ? "bun" : `${packageManager.exec} ts-node`,
+      new RegExp("npx tsx", "g"),
+      packageManager.name === "bun" ? "bun" : `${packageManager.exec} tsx`,
     );
 
     return [fs.writeFile(filePath, newContent)];
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ const updatePackageJson = ({ APP_NAME, packageJson, packageManager }) => {
     name: APP_NAME,
     devDependencies:
       packageManager.name === "bun"
-        ? removeUnusedDependencies(devDependencies, ["ts-node"])
+        ? removeUnusedDependencies(devDependencies, ["tsx"])
         : devDependencies,
     prisma: {
       ...prisma,
       seed:
         packageManager.name === "bun"
-          ? prismaSeed.replace("ts-node", "bun")
+          ? prismaSeed.replace("tsx", "bun")
           : prismaSeed,
     },
     scripts,