diff --git a/extensions/src/platform-scripture-editor/package.json b/extensions/src/platform-scripture-editor/package.json
index 5da426e275..8ea828042b 100644
--- a/extensions/src/platform-scripture-editor/package.json
+++ b/extensions/src/platform-scripture-editor/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "lint:scripts": "eslint --ext .cjs,.js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx --cache .",
     "lint:styles": "stylelint **/*.{css,scss}",
     "lint-fix": "npm run lint-fix:scripts && npm run lint:styles -- --fix",
-    "lint-fix:scripts": "prettier --write \"**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,cjs}\" && npm run lint:scripts"
+    "lint-fix:scripts": "prettier --write \"**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,cjs}\" && npm run lint:scripts",
+    "typecheck": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.json"
   },
   "browserslist": [],
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/extensions/src/platform-scripture-editor/src/types/@biblionexus-foundation__platform-editor.d.ts b/extensions/src/platform-scripture-editor/src/types/@biblionexus-foundation__platform-editor.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ddea9951b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/src/platform-scripture-editor/src/types/@biblionexus-foundation__platform-editor.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Work-around until the `@biblionexus-foundation/platform-editor` package fully includes its types.
+ * Note there is also a patch that should be removed when this is fixed.
+ */
+
+declare module 'shared-react/annotation/selection.model' {
+  type UsjLocation = {
+    jsonPath: string;
+    offset: number;
+  };
+
+  export type SelectionRange = {
+    start: UsjLocation;
+    end?: UsjLocation;
+  };
+
+  export type AnnotationRange = {
+    start: UsjLocation;
+    end: UsjLocation;
+  };
+}
+
+declare module 'shared-react/nodes/scripture/usj/ImmutableNoteCallerNode' {
+  export const immutableNoteCallerNodeName = 'ImmutableNoteCallerNode';
+}
+
+declare module 'shared-react/plugins/logger-basic.model' {
+  export type LoggerBasic = {
+    error(message: string): void;
+    warn(message: string): void;
+    info(message: string): void;
+  };
+}
+
+declare module 'shared-react/plugins/text-direction.model' {
+  /** Left-to-right or Right-to-left or Automatically determined from the content. */
+  export type TextDirection = 'ltr' | 'rtl' | 'auto';
+}
+
+declare module 'shared-react/nodes/scripture/usj/usj-node-options.model' {
+  import { SyntheticEvent } from 'react';
+
+  /** Option properties to use with each node. */
+  type NodeOptions = { [nodeClassName: string]: { [prop: string]: unknown } | undefined };
+  type OnClick = (event: SyntheticEvent) => void;
+  const immutableNoteCallerNodeName = 'ImmutableNoteCallerNode';
+
+  export const MarkNodeName = 'MarkNode';
+
+  export type AddMissingComments = (usjCommentIds: string[]) => void;
+
+  /** Options for each editor node. */
+  export interface UsjNodeOptions extends NodeOptions {
+    [immutableNoteCallerNodeName]?: {
+      /** Possible note callers to use when caller is '+'. */
+      noteCallers?: string[];
+      /** Click handler method. */
+      onClick?: OnClick;
+    };
+    [MarkNodeName]?: {
+      /** Method to add missing comments. */
+      addMissingComments?: AddMissingComments;
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/patches/@biblionexus-foundation+platform-editor+0.5.3.patch b/patches/@biblionexus-foundation+platform-editor+0.5.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b246d9af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/@biblionexus-foundation+platform-editor+0.5.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/@biblionexus-foundation/platform-editor/dist/index.d.ts b/node_modules/@biblionexus-foundation/platform-editor/dist/index.d.ts
+index 81f96c0..27838a0 100644
+--- a/node_modules/@biblionexus-foundation/platform-editor/dist/index.d.ts
++++ b/node_modules/@biblionexus-foundation/platform-editor/dist/index.d.ts
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { LoggerBasic } from 'shared-react/plugins/logger-basic.model';
+ import { ScriptureReference } from 'platform-bible-utils';
+ import { SelectionRange } from 'shared-react/annotation/selection.model';
+ import { TextDirection } from 'shared-react/plugins/text-direction.model';
+-import { Usj } from '../../../utilities/src';
++import { Usj } from '@biblionexus-foundation/scripture-utilities';
+ import { UsjNodeOptions } from 'shared-react/nodes/scripture/usj/usj-node-options.model';
+ 
+ declare type Comment_2 = {