diff --git a/ark/util/package.json b/ark/util/package.json
index 6c663975f2..2c00b7108a 100644
--- a/ark/util/package.json
+++ b/ark/util/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@arktype/util",
-	"version": "0.0.42",
+	"version": "0.0.43",
 	"author": {
 		"name": "David Blass",
 		"email": "david@arktype.io",
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@
 	"types": "./out/api.d.ts",
 	"exports": {
 		".": "./out/api.js",
-		"./internal/*": "./out/*"
+		"./internal/*": "./out/*",
+		"./tsconfig": "./tsconfig.base.json",
+		"./tsconfig.json": "./tsconfig.base.json",
+		"./tsconfig.base": "./tsconfig.base.json",
+		"./tsconfig.base.json": "./tsconfig.base.json"
 	},
 	"files": [
-		"out"
+		"out",
+		"tsconfig.base.json"
 	],
 	"scripts": {
 		"build": "tsx ../repo/build.ts",
diff --git a/ark/util/tsconfig.base.json b/ark/util/tsconfig.base.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4db01a8762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ark/util/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"compilerOptions": {
+		"module": "NodeNext",
+		"target": "ES2022",
+		"moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
+		"lib": ["ESNext"],
+		"noEmit": true,
+		"skipLibCheck": true,
+		"strict": true,
+		"declaration": true,
+		"verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
+		"esModuleInterop": true,
+		"resolveJsonModule": true,
+		"exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,
+		"stripInternal": true
+	}
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e933a52b3..6354fbcb9e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 		"arktype": "workspace:*",
 		"@arktype/attest": "workspace:*",
 		"@arktype/repo": "workspace:*",
+		"@arktype/util": "workspace:*",
 		"@changesets/changelog-github": "0.5.0",
 		"@changesets/cli": "2.27.1",
 		"@types/node": "20.12.12",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 7252662fa1..63b3c664d4 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 {
+	"extends": "./ark/util/tsconfig.base.json",
 	"compilerOptions": {
-		"module": "NodeNext",
-		"target": "ES2022",
-		"moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
-		"lib": ["ESNext"],
-		"noEmit": true,
-		"skipLibCheck": true,
-		"strict": true,
-		"declaration": true,
-		"verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
-		"esModuleInterop": true,
-		"resolveJsonModule": true,
-		"exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,
-		"noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-		"stripInternal": true,
 		// should be off by default, but here as a convenience to toggle
 		// "noErrorTruncation": true,
 		// "isolatedDeclarations": true,