diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc35a3f06..739dfec32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bumps `@aws-sdk/types` from 3.257.0 to 3.341.0
 - Bumps `semver` from 7.3.8 to 7.5.1
 - Bumps `node-fetch` from 3.2.10 to 3.3.1
+- Bumps `proxy` from 1.0.2 to 2.1.1
 ### Changed
 - Implemented Docker Image caching for `integration-unreleased` workflow ([#387](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-js/issues/387))
 - Add upgrading NPM to all workflows running older Node.js versions ([#545](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-js/issues/545))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c37a477d0..d99275273 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
     "license-checker": "license-checker --production --onlyAllow='MIT;Apache-2.0;Apache1.1;ISC;BSD-3-Clause;BSD-2-Clause'",
-    "build-esm": "npx gen-esm-wrapper . index.mjs && eslint --fix index.mjs"
+    "build-esm": "npx gen-esm-wrapper . index.mjs && eslint --fix index.mjs",
+    "build": "tsc"
   },
   "author": "opensearch-project",
   "original-author": {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
     "ora": "^6.1.2",
     "prettier": "^2.6.2",
     "pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.3",
-    "proxy": "^1.0.2",
+    "proxy": "^2.1.1",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.0",
     "semver": "^7.3.5",
     "simple-git": "^3.15.0",
diff --git a/test/acceptance/proxy.test.js b/test/acceptance/proxy.test.js
index dc2cf1b06..3c893c654 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/proxy.test.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/proxy.test.js
@@ -112,12 +112,9 @@ test('http basic authentication', async (t) => {
     res.end(JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }));
   });
 
-  proxy.authenticate = function (req, fn) {
-    fn(
-      null,
-      req.headers['proxy-authorization'] ===
-        `Basic ${Buffer.from('hello:world').toString('base64')}`
-    );
+  proxy.authenticate = (req) => {
+    const basic = `Basic ${Buffer.from('hello:world').toString('base64')}`;
+    return req.headers['proxy-authorization'] === basic;
   };
 
   const client = new Client({
@@ -141,12 +138,9 @@ test('https basic authentication', async (t) => {
     res.end(JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }));
   });
 
-  proxy.authenticate = function (req, fn) {
-    fn(
-      null,
-      req.headers['proxy-authorization'] ===
-        `Basic ${Buffer.from('hello:world').toString('base64')}`
-    );
+  proxy.authenticate = (req) => {
+    const basic = `Basic ${Buffer.from('hello:world').toString('base64')}`;
+    return req.headers['proxy-authorization'] === basic;
   };
 
   const client = new Client({
diff --git a/test/utils/buildProxy.js b/test/utils/buildProxy.js
index 5b0dfdfec..5b3e89743 100644
--- a/test/utils/buildProxy.js
+++ b/test/utils/buildProxy.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const proxy = require('proxy');
+const { createProxy: proxy } = require('proxy');
 const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
 const { join } = require('path');
 const http = require('http');
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..874010b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "downlevelIteration": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "incremental": true,
+    "lib": ["ES2015"],
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "preserveConstEnums": true,
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "target": "es5"
+  },
+  "exclude": ["node_modules/", "**/*.test.ts"],
+  "include": ["lib/**/*", "api/**/*", "index.js"]
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3620f3318..668402c7c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -626,10 +626,10 @@ argparse@^2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz#246f50f3ca78a3240f6c997e8a9bd1eac49e4b38"
   integrity sha512-8+9WqebbFzpX9OR+Wa6O29asIogeRMzcGtAINdpMHHyAg10f05aSFVBbcEqGf/PXw1EjAZ+q2/bEBg3DvurK3Q==
 
-args@5.0.1:
-  version "5.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/args/-/args-5.0.1.tgz#4bf298df90a4799a09521362c579278cc2fdd761"
-  integrity sha512-1kqmFCFsPffavQFGt8OxJdIcETti99kySRUPMpOhaGjL6mRJn8HFU1OxKY5bMqfZKUwTQc1mZkAjmGYaVOHFtQ==
+args@^5.0.3:
+  version "5.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/args/-/args-5.0.3.tgz#943256db85021a85684be2f0882f25d796278702"
+  integrity sha512-h6k/zfFgusnv3i5TU08KQkVKuCPBtL/PWQbWkHUxvJrZ2nAyeaUupneemcrgn1xmqxPQsPIzwkUhOpoqPDRZuA==
   dependencies:
     camelcase "5.0.0"
     chalk "2.4.2"
@@ -686,10 +686,10 @@ base64-js@^1.3.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/base64-js/-/base64-js-1.5.1.tgz#1b1b440160a5bf7ad40b650f095963481903930a"
   integrity sha512-AKpaYlHn8t4SVbOHCy+b5+KKgvR4vrsD8vbvrbiQJps7fKDTkjkDry6ji0rUJjC0kzbNePLwzxq8iypo41qeWA==
 
-basic-auth-parser@0.0.2:
-  version "0.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/basic-auth-parser/-/basic-auth-parser-0.0.2.tgz#ce9e71a77f23c1279eecd2659b2a46244c156e41"
-  integrity sha1-zp5xp38jwSee7NJlmypGJEwVbkE=
+basic-auth-parser@0.0.2-1:
+  version "0.0.2-1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/basic-auth-parser/-/basic-auth-parser-0.0.2-1.tgz#f1ea575979b27af6a411921d6ff8793d9117347f"
+  integrity sha512-GFj8iVxo9onSU6BnnQvVwqvxh60UcSHJEDnIk3z4B6iOjsKSmqe+ibW0Rsz7YO7IE1HG3D3tqCNIidP46SZVdQ==
 
 binary-extensions@^2.0.0:
   version "2.2.0"
@@ -2585,14 +2585,14 @@ process-on-spawn@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     fromentries "^1.2.0"
 
-proxy@^1.0.2:
-  version "1.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proxy/-/proxy-1.0.2.tgz#e0cfbe11c0a7a8b238fd2d7134de4e2867578e7f"
-  integrity sha512-KNac2ueWRpjbUh77OAFPZuNdfEqNynm9DD4xHT14CccGpW8wKZwEkN0yjlb7X9G9Z9F55N0Q+1z+WfgAhwYdzQ==
+proxy@^2.1.1:
+  version "2.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proxy/-/proxy-2.1.1.tgz#45f9b307508ffcae12bdc71678d44a4ab79cbf8b"
+  integrity sha512-nLgd7zdUAOpB3ZO/xCkU8gy74UER7P0aihU8DkUsDS5ZoFwVCX7u8dy+cv5tVK8UaB/yminU1GiLWE26TKPYpg==
   dependencies:
-    args "5.0.1"
-    basic-auth-parser "0.0.2"
-    debug "^4.1.1"
+    args "^5.0.3"
+    basic-auth-parser "0.0.2-1"
+    debug "^4.3.4"
 
 punycode@^2.0.0, punycode@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.1"