diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2e5ca6145ce..716748f9916 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         "supertest": "6.2.4",
         "test-listen": "1.1.0",
         "ts-jest": "28.0.8",
-        "typescript": "4.7.4"
+        "typescript": "4.8.3"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12",
@@ -20074,9 +20074,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/typescript": {
-      "version": "4.7.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-C0WQT0gezHuw6AdY1M2jxUO83Rjf0HP7Sk1DtXj6j1EwkQNZrHAg2XPWlq62oqEhYvONq5pkC2Y9oPljWToLmQ==",
+      "version": "4.8.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.8.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-goMHfm00nWPa8UvR/CPSvykqf6dVV8x/dp0c5mFTMTIu0u0FlGWRioyy7Nn0PGAdHxpJZnuO/ut+PpQ8UiHAig==",
       "dev": true,
       "bin": {
         "tsc": "bin/tsc",
@@ -36350,9 +36350,9 @@
       }
     },
     "typescript": {
-      "version": "4.7.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-C0WQT0gezHuw6AdY1M2jxUO83Rjf0HP7Sk1DtXj6j1EwkQNZrHAg2XPWlq62oqEhYvONq5pkC2Y9oPljWToLmQ==",
+      "version": "4.8.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.8.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-goMHfm00nWPa8UvR/CPSvykqf6dVV8x/dp0c5mFTMTIu0u0FlGWRioyy7Nn0PGAdHxpJZnuO/ut+PpQ8UiHAig==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "ua-parser-js": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8aeed67d9ba..9455aa6096e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     "supertest": "6.2.4",
     "test-listen": "1.1.0",
     "ts-jest": "28.0.8",
-    "typescript": "4.7.4"
+    "typescript": "4.8.3"
   },
   "jest": {
     "projects": [
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/plugin/usageReporting/plugin.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/plugin/usageReporting/plugin.ts
index 7d644fbf3af..b00a9199d5c 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/plugin/usageReporting/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/plugin/usageReporting/plugin.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   GraphQLServiceContext,
   GraphQLRequestContextDidResolveOperation,
   GraphQLRequestContextWillSendResponse,
+  BaseContext,
 } from 'apollo-server-types';
 import {
   createOperationDerivedDataCache,
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class ReportData {
   }
 }
 
-export function ApolloServerPluginUsageReporting<TContext>(
+export function ApolloServerPluginUsageReporting<TContext extends BaseContext>(
   options: ApolloServerPluginUsageReportingOptions<TContext> = Object.create(
     null,
   ),
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
index ab6ded805ef..1df8b9a3b90 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/requestPipeline.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import type {
   GraphQLExecutor,
   GraphQLExecutionResult,
   ValidationRule,
+  BaseContext,
 } from 'apollo-server-types';
 import type {
   ApolloServerPlugin,
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ function isBadUserInputGraphQLError(error: GraphQLError): Boolean {
   );
 }
 
-export async function processGraphQLRequest<TContext>(
+export async function processGraphQLRequest<TContext extends BaseContext>(
   config: GraphQLRequestPipelineConfig<TContext>,
   requestContext: Mutable<GraphQLRequestContext<TContext>>,
 ): Promise<GraphQLResponse> {
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/runHttpQuery.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/runHttpQuery.ts
index 8a52fae0457..60f6a34d073 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/runHttpQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/runHttpQuery.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Headers, Request } from 'apollo-server-env';
 import { ApolloError, formatApolloErrors } from 'apollo-server-errors';
 import type { ApolloServerPlugin } from 'apollo-server-plugin-base';
 import type {
+  BaseContext,
   GraphQLExecutionResult,
   ValueOrPromise,
   WithRequired,
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ export async function runHttpQuery(
   return processHTTPRequest(config, request);
 }
 
-export async function processHTTPRequest<TContext>(
+export async function processHTTPRequest<TContext extends BaseContext>(
   options: WithRequired<GraphQLOptions<TContext>, 'cache' | 'plugins'> & {
     context: TContext;
   },
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/utils/pluginTestHarness.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/utils/pluginTestHarness.ts
index 24b0ea90060..2eb175b3d9e 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/utils/pluginTestHarness.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/utils/pluginTestHarness.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
   GraphQLRequestContextParsingDidStart,
   GraphQLRequestContextValidationDidStart,
   SchemaHash,
+  BaseContext,
 } from 'apollo-server-types';
 import type { Logger } from '@apollo/utils.logger';
 import { GraphQLSchema, GraphQLObjectType, GraphQLString } from 'graphql/type';
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ type IPluginTestHarnessExecutionDidStart<TContext> =
     request: IPluginTestHarnessGraphqlRequest;
   };
 
-export default async function pluginTestHarness<TContext>({
+export default async function pluginTestHarness<TContext extends BaseContext>({
   pluginInstance,
   schema,
   logger,
diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
index 7f8a4ba25ff..b195021209c 100644
--- a/renovate.json5
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -168,13 +168,6 @@
       matchPackageNames: ["jest", "jest-config", "ts-jest", "@types/jest", ],
       matchBaseBranches: ["main"],
       allowedVersions: "28.x"
-    },
-    {
-      // typescript@4.8 breaks the build on main; since AS4 is imminent, pinning
-      // seems better than fixing.
-      matchPackageNames: ["typescript"],
-      matchBaseBranches: ["main"],
-      allowedVersions: "4.7.x",
-    },
+    }
   ]
 }