diff --git a/scripts/beachball/package.json b/scripts/beachball/package.json
index c608ae36c8d086..a1bc631431ae88 100644
--- a/scripts/beachball/package.json
+++ b/scripts/beachball/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fluentui/scripts-github": "*",
-    "@fluentui/scripts-monorepo": "*"
+    "@fluentui/scripts-monorepo": "*",
+    "@fluentui/scripts-ts-node": "*"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/beachball/register.js b/scripts/beachball/register.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a3c902866714a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/beachball/register.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+exports.register = register;
+
+/**
+ * in memory TypeScript compilation helper
+ */
+function register() {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+    // @ts-expect-error - ts-node/register doesn't provide types so this would error
+    require('@fluentui/scripts-ts-node/register');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/beachball/release-v8.config.js b/scripts/beachball/release-v8.config.js
index 1fdb3acd047c84..a1f54c75a81c57 100644
--- a/scripts/beachball/release-v8.config.js
+++ b/scripts/beachball/release-v8.config.js
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-// @ts-check
+require('./register').register();
 
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
-  require('../ts-node/register');
-}
-
-const { getConfig } = require('./utils');
 const { config: sharedConfig } = require('./shared.config');
+const { getConfig } = require('./utils');
 
 const { scope } = getConfig({ version: 'v8' });
 
diff --git a/scripts/beachball/release-vNext.config.js b/scripts/beachball/release-vNext.config.js
index a65641786b1bba..0d546e68ef2130 100644
--- a/scripts/beachball/release-vNext.config.js
+++ b/scripts/beachball/release-vNext.config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
-  require('../ts-node/register');
-}
+require('./register').register();
 
-const { getConfig } = require('./utils');
 const { config: sharedConfig } = require('./shared.config');
+const { getConfig } = require('./utils');
 
 const { scope, groupConfig } = getConfig({ version: 'vNext' });
 
diff --git a/scripts/ts-node/register.js b/scripts/ts-node/register.js
index fc44e6548a186a..3dd2ee26c7bbff 100644
--- a/scripts/ts-node/register.js
+++ b/scripts/ts-node/register.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ const tsNode = require('ts-node');
 tsNode.register({
   // https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node#skipproject - don't read tsconfig within ts-node
   skipProject: true,
+
   // @deprecated: we cannot use this until new version of ts-node is released https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/pull/2062
   // swc: true,
+  // remove this once `swc` will start working again
+  transpileOnly: true,
 });