diff --git a/src/generator.ts b/src/generator.ts
index a6a4460..fcc2cbc 100644
--- a/src/generator.ts
+++ b/src/generator.ts
@@ -214,6 +214,13 @@ export class Generator {
       files.set(`playwright/index.${extension}`, jsTemplate);
     }
 
+    if (!this._hasDependency('@types/node')) {
+      commands.push({
+        name: 'Installing Types',
+        command: packageManager.installDevDependency(`@types/node`),
+      });
+    }
+
     const browsersSuffix = this.options.browser ? ' ' + this.options.browser.join(' ') : '';
     if (answers.installPlaywrightBrowsers) {
       commands.push({
@@ -225,6 +232,15 @@ export class Generator {
     return { files, commands };
   }
 
+  private _hasDependency(pkg: string) {
+    try {
+      const packageJSON = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(this.rootDir, 'package.json'), 'utf-8'));
+      return packageJSON.dependencies?.[pkg] || packageJSON.devDependencies?.[pkg] || packageJSON.optionalDependencies?.[pkg];
+    } catch (e) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   private _patchGitIgnore() {
     const gitIgnorePath = path.join(this.rootDir, '.gitignore');
     let gitIgnore = '';
diff --git a/tests/integration.spec.ts b/tests/integration.spec.ts
index 997d646..785e640 100644
--- a/tests/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/integration.spec.ts
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ test('should generate a project in the current directory', async ({ run, package
   if (packageManager === 'npm') {
     expect(stdout).toContain('Initializing NPM project (npm init -y)…');
     expect(stdout).toContain('Installing Playwright Test (npm install --save-dev @playwright/test)…');
+    expect(stdout).toContain('Installing Types (npm install --save-dev @types/node)…');
   } else if (packageManager === 'yarn') {
     expect(stdout).toContain('Initializing Yarn project (yarn init -y)…');
     expect(stdout).toContain('Installing Playwright Test (yarn add --dev @playwright/test)…');
+    expect(stdout).toContain('Installing Types (yarn add --dev @types/node)…');
   } else if (packageManager === 'pnpm') {
     expect(stdout).toContain('pnpm init'); // pnpm command outputs name in different case, hence we are not testing the whole string
     expect(stdout).toContain('Installing Playwright Test (pnpm add --save-dev @playwright/test)…');
+    expect(stdout).toContain('Installing Types (pnpm add --save-dev @types/node)…');
   }
   expect(stdout).toContain('npx playwright install' + process.platform === 'linux' ? ' --with-deps' : '');
 });