diff --git a/packages/template-starter/package.json b/packages/template-starter/package.json
index d59cc14c2c..b7c6fe911b 100644
--- a/packages/template-starter/package.json
+++ b/packages/template-starter/package.json
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@
     "scripts": {
         "bootstrap": "cd ../.. && yarn bootstrap",
         "e2e:all": "yarn e2e:ios ; yarn e2e:tvos ; yarn e2e:android ; yarn e2e:androidtv ; yarn e2e:macos ; yarn e2e:web",
-        "e2e:android": "PLATFORM=android JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) npx wdio wdio.conf.js",
-        "e2e:androidtv": "PLATFORM=androidtv JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) npx wdio wdio.conf.js",
-        "e2e:ios": "PLATFORM=ios npx wdio wdio.conf.js",
-        "e2e:macos": "PLATFORM=macos ENGINE=macos npx wdio wdio.conf.js",
-        "e2e:tvos": "PLATFORM=tvos npx wdio wdio.conf.js",
-        "e2e:web": "PLATFORM=web npx wdio wdio.conf.js",
+        "e2e:android": "PLATFORM=android JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) npx wdio wdio.conf.ts",
+        "e2e:androidtv": "PLATFORM=androidtv JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) npx wdio wdio.conf.ts",
+        "e2e:ios": "PLATFORM=ios npx wdio wdio.conf.ts",
+        "e2e:macos": "PLATFORM=macos ENGINE=macos npx wdio wdio.conf.ts",
+        "e2e:tvos": "PLATFORM=tvos npx wdio wdio.conf.ts",
+        "e2e:web": "PLATFORM=web npx wdio wdio.conf.ts",
         "report": "yarn report:generate && yarn report:open",
         "report:generate": "npx allure generate --clean reporting/allure-results -o reporting/allure-report",
         "report:open": "npx allure open reporting/allure-report",
diff --git a/packages/template-starter/test/specs/e2e.js b/packages/template-starter/test/specs/e2e.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/template-starter/test/specs/e2e.js
rename to packages/template-starter/test/specs/e2e.ts
diff --git a/packages/template-starter/test/specs/playground.js b/packages/template-starter/test/specs/playground.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/template-starter/test/specs/playground.js
rename to packages/template-starter/test/specs/playground.ts
diff --git a/packages/template-starter/wdio.conf.js b/packages/template-starter/wdio.conf.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/template-starter/wdio.conf.js
rename to packages/template-starter/wdio.conf.ts
index 3929261fda..c597248ef2 100644
--- a/packages/template-starter/wdio.conf.js
+++ b/packages/template-starter/wdio.conf.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ exports.config = {
     // then the current working directory is where your `package.json` resides, so `wdio`
     // will be called from there.
     //
-    specs: ['./test/specs/e2e.js'],
+    specs: ['./test/specs/e2e.ts'],
     // Patterns to exclude.
     exclude: [
         // 'path/to/excluded/files'