diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 18184d8..51376ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ jobs:
             html-webpack: 5
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.webpack < 5 && '16.20.2' || '20.8.0' }}
       - run: npm install
       - run: npm install -D webpack@${{ matrix.webpack }} html-webpack-plugin@${{ matrix.html-webpack }}
       - run: npm run test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 16b615f..d2f7a38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -5,18 +5,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        webpack: [4]
-        html-webpack: [4, 3]
-        include:
-          - webpack: 5
-            html-webpack: 5
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       - run: npm install
-      - run: npm install -D webpack@${{ matrix.webpack }} html-webpack-plugin@${{ matrix.html-webpack }}
       - run: npm run test
       - run: npm run build
   deploy:
@@ -24,7 +16,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.8.0'
       - run: npm install
       - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v1
         with:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3cc6f87..21fd08b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "html-webpack-skip-assets-plugin",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "description": "a plugin for html-webpack-plugin to skip adding certain output files to the html",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha -r ts-node/register spec/**/*.spec.ts --exit",
     "prebuild": "rimraf dist",
-    "build": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
   },
   "keywords": [
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "4.2.14",
     "@types/mocha": "8.2.0",
-    "@types/node": "13.13.4",
+    "@types/node": "20.11.30",
     "chai": "4.2.0",
     "css-loader": "5.0.1",
     "html-webpack-plugin": ">=3.2.0",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "mocha": "8.2.1",
     "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "ts-node": "9.1.1",
-    "typescript": "4.1.3",
+    "typescript": "5.4.3",
     "webpack": ">=3.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/spec/index.spec.ts b/spec/index.spec.ts
index a46024b..e3b4877 100644
--- a/spec/index.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/index.spec.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should do nothing when no patterns are specified', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin(),
                 ]
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should not fail on meta links', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         meta: {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
                 ]
             }, (err, stats) => {
                 expect(!!err).to.be.false;
-                expect(stats.hasErrors()).to.be.false;
+                expect(stats?.hasErrors()).to.be.false;
                 const html = getOutput();
                 expect(/script\s+.*?src\s*=\s*"(\/)?polyfill(\.[a-z0-9]+\.min)?\.js"/i.test(html), 'could not find polyfill bundle').to.be.true;
                 expect(/script\s+.*?src\s*=\s*"(\/)?app(\.[a-z0-9]+\.min)?\.js"/i.test(html), 'could not find app bundle').to.be.true;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - plugin.skipAssets.minimatch', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin({
                         skipAssets: ['styles**.js']
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - plugin.excludeAssets.minimatch', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin({
                         excludeAssets: ['styles**.js']
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - plugin.skipAssets.regex', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin({
                         skipAssets: [/styles\..*js/i]
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - plugin.excludeAssets.regex', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin({
                         excludeAssets: [/styles\..*js/i]
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - plugin.skipAssets.regex-global', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin({
                         skipAssets: [/styles\./gi]
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - plugin.excludeAssets.regex-global', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin({
                         excludeAssets: [/styles\./gi]
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - plugin.skipAssets.callback', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin({
                         skipAssets: [(asset) => {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - plugin.excludeAssets.callback', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin(HtmlWebpackPluginOptions),
                     new HtmlWebpackSkipAssetsPlugin({
                         excludeAssets: [(asset) => {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - parent.skipAssets.minimatch', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         skipAssets: ['styles**.js']
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - parent.excludeAssets.minimatch', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         excludeAssets: ['styles**.js']
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - parent.skipAssets.regex', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         skipAssets: [/styles\..*js/i]
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - parent.excludeAssets.regex', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         excludeAssets: [/styles\..*js/i]
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - parent.skipAssets.regex-global', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         skipAssets: [/styles\./gi]
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - parent.excludeAssets.regex-global', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         excludeAssets: [/styles\./gi]
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - parent.skipAssets.callback', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         skipAssets: [(asset) => {
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ configs.forEach(c => {
         it('should skip adding asset if the pattern matches - parent.excludeAssets.callback', (done) => {
             webpack({ ...c.options,
                 plugins: [
-                    ...c.options.plugins,
+                    ...c.options.plugins ?? [],
                     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
                         ...HtmlWebpackPluginOptions,
                         excludeAssets: [(asset) => {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 199fb55..f8827f8 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
       ]
     },
     "exclude": [
-        "node_modules/",
+        "**/node_modules/",
         "spec/",
         "**/*.spec.js",
         "**/*.spec.ts",
+        "**/*.d.ts"
     ]
   }