diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml
index 180a0183a0..d2e938bd45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           # need to use a token from a user with access to github/audit-log-allowlists for this step
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_WRITEORG_PROJECT }}
         run: |
-          src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.js
+          npm run audit-log-sync
 
       - name: Get the audit-log-allowlists SHA being synced
         id: audit-log-allowlists
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a0ebcb6fb5..778b3ee3f6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "analyze-text": "node src/search/scripts/analyze-text.js",
     "archive-version": "node --max-old-space-size=8192 src/ghes-releases/scripts/archive-version.js",
+    "audit-log-sync": "tsx src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.ts",
     "build": "next build",
     "check-content-type": "node src/workflows/check-content-type.js",
     "check-github-github-links": "node src/links/scripts/check-github-github-links.js",
diff --git a/src/audit-logs/README.md b/src/audit-logs/README.md
index 4b110706b1..7fbe98ee96 100644
--- a/src/audit-logs/README.md
+++ b/src/audit-logs/README.md
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ A [workflow](.github/workflows/sync-audit-logs.yml) is used to trigger the autom
 
 The workflow creates a pull request with audit log event updates and the label `audit-log-pipeline`.  If there is no updated audit log data, a pull request is not created.
 
-The workflow runs the `src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.js` script.
+The workflow runs the `src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.ts` script.
 
 ## Local development
 
 To run the audit log events pipeline locally:
 
-1. Run `src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.js`
+1. Run `npm run audit-log-sync`
 
 ## About this directory
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ To run the audit log events pipeline locally:
 - `src/audit-logs/lib` - The source code used in production to display the audit log event docs and configuration files edited by content and engineering team members.
   - `src/audit-logs/lib/config.json` - A configuration file used to specify metadata about the audit logs pipeline.
 - `src/audit-logs/scripts` - The scripts and source code used run the audit logs pipeline, which updates the `src/audit-logs/data` directory.
-  - `src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.js` - The script that runs the audit-logs pipeline.
+  - `src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.ts` - The script that runs the audit-logs pipeline.
 - `src/audit-logs/tests` - The tests used to verify the audit logs pipeline.
 
 ## Content team
diff --git a/src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.js b/src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.ts
similarity index 92%
rename from src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.js
rename to src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.ts
index 6f682de255..cad51b556c 100755
--- a/src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.js
+++ b/src/audit-logs/scripts/sync.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ import { mkdirp } from 'mkdirp'
 import path from 'path'
 
 import { filterByAllowlistValues, filterAndUpdateGhesDataByAllowlistValues } from '../lib/index.js'
-import { getContents, getCommitSha } from '#src/workflows/git-utils.js'
+import { getContents, getCommitSha } from '@/workflows/git-utils.js'
 import {
   latest,
   latestStable,
   releaseCandidate,
-} from '#src/versions/lib/enterprise-server-releases.js'
+} from '@/versions/lib/enterprise-server-releases.js'
 
 if (!process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
   throw new Error('GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable must be set to run this script')
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ const AUDIT_LOG_PAGES = {
   ENTERPRISE: 'enterprise',
 }
 
+type AuditLogEventT = {
+  action: string
+  description: string
+}
+
+type AuditLogdata = Record<string, Array<AuditLogEventT>>
+
 async function main() {
   // get latest audit log data
   //
@@ -75,14 +82,19 @@ async function main() {
   // data for every supported GHES version including RC releases.  Just to be
   // extra careful, we also fallback to the latest stable GHES version if
   // there's an RC release in the docs site but no audit log data for that version.
-  const auditLogData = {}
+  const auditLogData: Record<string, AuditLogdata> = {}
+
   // Wrapper around filterByAllowlistValues() because we always need all the
   // schema events and pipeline config data.
-  const filter = (allowListValues, currentEvents = []) =>
+  const filter = (allowListValues: string | string[], currentEvents: AuditLogEventT[] = []) =>
     filterByAllowlistValues(schemaEvents, allowListValues, currentEvents, pipelineConfig)
   // Wrapper around filterGhesByAllowlistValues() because we always need all the
   // schema events and pipeline config data.
-  const filterAndUpdateGhes = (allowListValues, auditLogPage, currentEvents) =>
+  const filterAndUpdateGhes = (
+    allowListValues: string | string[],
+    auditLogPage: string,
+    currentEvents: AuditLogdata,
+  ) =>
     filterAndUpdateGhesDataByAllowlistValues(
       schemaEvents,
       allowListValues,