diff --git a/packages/validator-ajv8/test/createPrecompiledValidator.test.ts b/packages/validator-ajv8/test/createPrecompiledValidator.test.ts
index f8c9d28c18..37ae968371 100644
--- a/packages/validator-ajv8/test/createPrecompiledValidator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/validator-ajv8/test/createPrecompiledValidator.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { RJSFSchema } from '@rjsf/utils';
 
 import AJV8PrecompiledValidator from '../src/precompiledValidator';
 import { Localizer, ValidatorFunctions } from '../src';
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+// @ts-ignore file might be not yet generated by test/harness/compileTestSchema.js
 import * as superSchemaFns from './harness/superSchema';
 import superSchema from './harness/superSchema.json';
 import createPrecompiledValidator from '../src/createPrecompiledValidator';
diff --git a/packages/validator-ajv8/test/harness/compileTestSchema.js b/packages/validator-ajv8/test/harness/compileTestSchema.js
index 5504056428..c404533543 100644
--- a/packages/validator-ajv8/test/harness/compileTestSchema.js
+++ b/packages/validator-ajv8/test/harness/compileTestSchema.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * Then add the two updated `superSchema.js` and `superSchemaOptions.js` files to your PR
  */
 
+// @ts-ignore todo: update this to use sources directly
 const compileSchemaValidators = require('../../dist/compileSchemaValidators').default;
 const superSchema = require('./superSchema.json');
 
diff --git a/packages/validator-ajv8/test/precompiledValidator.test.ts b/packages/validator-ajv8/test/precompiledValidator.test.ts
index 3b4953e693..6173270fba 100644
--- a/packages/validator-ajv8/test/precompiledValidator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/validator-ajv8/test/precompiledValidator.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ import {
 
 import AJV8PrecompiledValidator from '../src/precompiledValidator';
 import { Localizer, ValidatorFunctions } from '../src';
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+// @ts-ignore file might be not yet generated by test/harness/compileTestSchema.js
 import * as superSchemaFns from './harness/superSchema';
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+// @ts-ignore file might be not yet generated by test/harness/compileTestSchema.js
 import * as superSchemaOptionsFns from './harness/superSchemaOptions';
 import superSchema from './harness/superSchema.json';