diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07a2e056..d216b3ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@ We highly recommend the usage of the following tools:
     - Document This
     - ESLint
     - Prettier - Code formatter
+- [Volta](https://volta.sh/) — manages Node.js and npm versions for this project
+
+#### Node.js and npm (Volta)
+
+This project pins Node.js and npm versions in `package.json`. Install [Volta](https://volta.sh/) once and the correct versions are applied automatically when you work in this repository.
+
+**Install Volta:** follow the official [Getting Started guide](https://docs.volta.sh/guide/getting-started) (macOS, Windows, and Linux).
+
+**Verify Volta is active:**
+
+```bash
+volta --version          # Volta is installed
+volta which node         # pinned Node version for this project
+volta which npm          # pinned npm version for this project
+node -v
+npm -v
+```
+
 
 ### How to use change this code?
 
diff --git a/gulp/Tasks/TsTranspile.js b/gulp/Tasks/TsTranspile.js
index 10d925a4..b7c1ceb1 100644
--- a/gulp/Tasks/TsTranspile.js
+++ b/gulp/Tasks/TsTranspile.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-const gulp = require('gulp');
 const { series } = require('gulp');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
-const ts = require('gulp-typescript');
+const path = require('node:path');
+const ts = require('typescript');
 
 const distFolder = './dist';
 const project = require('../DefaultSpecs');
@@ -88,34 +87,54 @@ function tsTranspile(cb, envMode, platformType) {
 
 // Method that will trigger the transpile of Ts according if it's development or production mode and platform type (O11 or ODC)
 async function tsTranspileBasedOnPlatform(cb, envMode, platformType, shouldCreateAll) {
-	let tsProject = ts.createProject('tsconfig.json', {
+	const compilerOptions = {
 		outDir: distFolder,
 		declaration: envMode === project.globalConsts.envType.production ? true : false,
-		outFile: `${envMode === project.globalConsts.envType.production ? '' : envMode + '.'}${
-			platformType !== '' ? platformType + '.' : ''
-		}${project.globalConsts.fileName}.js`,
-	});
+		outFile: path.join(
+			distFolder,
+			`${envMode === project.globalConsts.envType.production ? '' : envMode + '.'}${
+				platformType !== '' ? platformType + '.' : ''
+			}${project.globalConsts.fileName}.js`
+		),
+	};
 
 	if (envMode === project.globalConsts.envType.development) {
-		tsProject
-			.src()
-			.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
-			.pipe(tsProject())
-			.js.pipe(sourcemaps.write('.'))
-			.pipe(gulp.dest(distFolder))
-			.on('finish', () => {
-				onTsCompileFinish(platformType, cb, shouldCreateAll);
-			});
-	} else {
-		tsProject
-			.src()
-			.pipe(tsProject())
-			.pipe(gulp.dest(distFolder))
-			.on('finish', () => {
-				onTsCompileFinish(platformType, cb, shouldCreateAll);
-			});
+		compilerOptions.sourceMap = true;
+	}
+
+	const configFile = ts.readConfigFile('tsconfig.json', ts.sys.readFile);
+	const parsedConfig = ts.parseJsonConfigFileContent(
+		configFile.config,
+		ts.sys,
+		path.dirname(path.resolve('tsconfig.json')),
+		compilerOptions,
+		path.resolve('tsconfig.json')
+	);
+
+	const program = ts.createProgram({
+		rootNames: parsedConfig.fileNames,
+		options: parsedConfig.options,
+	});
+
+	const emitResult = program.emit();
+	const diagnostics = ts.getPreEmitDiagnostics(program).concat(emitResult.diagnostics);
+
+	if (diagnostics.length > 0) {
+		console.error(
+			ts.formatDiagnosticsWithColorAndContext(diagnostics, {
+				getCurrentDirectory: () => ts.sys.getCurrentDirectory(),
+				getCanonicalFileName: (fileName) => fileName,
+				getNewLine: () => ts.sys.newLine,
+			})
+		);
 	}
 
+	if (emitResult.emitSkipped) {
+		throw new Error('TypeScript compilation failed');
+	}
+
+	onTsCompileFinish(platformType, cb, shouldCreateAll);
+
 	// Rollback tsconfig file to the default state
 	if (defaultTsConfigText !== '') {
 		rollBackTsConfigFile();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 179763d2..716d3a3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@
     "eslint": "^8.57.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
-    "gulp": "^4.0.2",
+    "gulp": "^5.0.0",
     "gulp-autoprefixer": "^8.0.0",
     "gulp-clean": "^0.4.0",
     "gulp-remove-empty-lines": "^0.1.0",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^3.0.0",
-    "gulp-typescript": "^6.0.0-alpha.1",
     "postcss": "^8.5.6",
     "postcss-discard-comments": "^5.1.2",
     "postcss-discard-duplicates": "^5.1.0",
@@ -59,6 +58,6 @@
   },
   "volta": {
     "node": "24.13.1",
-    "npm": "11.10.1"
+    "npm": "11.18.0"
   }
-}
+}
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