diff --git a/.github/workflows/typescript_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/typescript_tests.yml
index 7a20016ff3f6..01efc06c14df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/typescript_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/typescript_tests.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
   typescript_xlang_tests:
     name: 'TypeScript xlang Tests'
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04]
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
diff --git a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/runners/flink.ts b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/runners/flink.ts
index 878112162fdc..db6c7e8b0a1f 100644
--- a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/runners/flink.ts
+++ b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/runners/flink.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function flinkRunner(runnerOptions: Object = {}): Runner {
       const jobServerJar =
         allOptions.flinkJobServerJar ||
         (await JavaJarService.cachedJar(
-          JavaJarService.gradleToJar(
+          await JavaJarService.gradleToJar(
             `runners:flink:${allOptions.flinkVersion}:job-server:shadowJar`
           )
         ));
diff --git a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/runners/portable_runner/runner.ts b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/runners/portable_runner/runner.ts
index 3220852ac740..9cfb27957b0c 100644
--- a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/runners/portable_runner/runner.ts
+++ b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/runners/portable_runner/runner.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 const childProcess = require("child_process");
 const crypto = require("crypto");
 const fs = require("fs");
+const os = require("os");
 const path = require("path");
 
 import { ChannelCredentials } from "@grpc/grpc-js";
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import * as artifacts from "../artifacts";
 import { Service as JobService } from "../../utils/service";
 
 import * as serialization from "../../serialization";
+import { version } from "../../version";
 
 const TERMINAL_STATES = [
   JobState_Enum.DONE,
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ const TERMINAL_STATES = [
   JobState_Enum.DRAINED,
 ];
 
+// TODO(robertwb): Change this to docker.io/apache/beam_typescript_sdk
+// once we push images there.
+const DOCKER_BASE = "gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam_typescript_sdk";
+
 type completionCallback = (terminalState: JobStateEvent) => Promise<unknown>;
 
 class PortableRunnerPipelineResult extends PipelineResult {
@@ -229,20 +235,27 @@ export class PortableRunner extends Runner {
             environments.asDockerEnvironment(
               env,
               (options as any)?.sdkContainerImage ||
-                "gcr.io/apache-beam-testing/beam_typescript_sdk:dev"
+                DOCKER_BASE + ":" + version.replace("-SNAPSHOT", ".dev")
             );
           const deps = pipeline.components!.environments[envId].dependencies;
 
           // Package up this code as a dependency.
-          const result = childProcess.spawnSync("npm", ["pack"], {
-            encoding: "latin1",
-          });
+          const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "beam-pack-"));
+          const result = childProcess.spawnSync(
+            "npm",
+            ["pack", "--pack-destination", tmpDir],
+            {
+              encoding: "latin1",
+            }
+          );
           if (result.status === 0) {
             console.debug(result.stdout);
           } else {
             throw new Error(result.output);
           }
-          const packFile = path.resolve(result.stdout.trim());
+          const packFile = path.resolve(
+            path.join(tmpDir, result.stdout.trim())
+          );
           deps.push(fileArtifact(packFile, "beam:artifact:type:npm:v1"));
 
           // If any dependencies are files, package them up as well.
diff --git a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/utils/service.ts b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/utils/service.ts
index 8be90616a065..b53dbd626fb8 100644
--- a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/utils/service.ts
+++ b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/utils/service.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export function serviceProviderFromJavaGradleTarget(
       }
     } else {
       jar = await JavaJarService.cachedJar(
-        JavaJarService.gradleToJar(gradleTarget)
+        await JavaJarService.gradleToJar(gradleTarget)
       );
     }
 
@@ -281,18 +281,18 @@ export class JavaJarService extends SubprocessService {
     }
   }
 
-  static gradleToJar(
+  static async gradleToJar(
     gradleTarget: string,
     appendix: string | undefined = undefined,
     version: string = beamVersion
-  ): string {
+  ): Promise<string> {
     if (version.startsWith("0.")) {
       // node-ts 0.x corresponds to Beam 2.x.
       version = "2" + version.substring(1);
     }
     const gradlePackage = gradleTarget.match(/^:?(.*):[^:]+:?$/)![1];
     const artifactId = "beam-" + gradlePackage.replaceAll(":", "-");
-    const projectRoot = getProjectRoot();
+    const projectRoot = getBeamProjectRoot();
     const localPath = !projectRoot
       ? undefined
       : path.join(
@@ -302,16 +302,20 @@ export class JavaJarService extends SubprocessService {
           "libs",
           JavaJarService.jarName(
             artifactId,
-            version.replace(".dev", ""),
+            version.replace("-SNAPSHOT", ""),
             "SNAPSHOT",
             appendix
           )
         );
 
+    if (version.includes("SNAPSHOT") && !projectRoot) {
+      version = "latest";
+    }
+
     if (localPath && fs.existsSync(localPath)) {
       console.info("Using pre-built snapshot at", localPath);
       return localPath;
-    } else if (version.includes(".dev")) {
+    } else if (version.includes("SNAPSHOT")) {
       throw new Error(
         `${localPath} not found. Please build the server with
       cd ${projectRoot}; ./gradlew ${gradleTarget})`
@@ -326,14 +330,37 @@ export class JavaJarService extends SubprocessService {
     }
   }
 
-  static mavenJarUrl(
+  static async mavenJarUrl(
     artifactId: string,
     version: string,
     classifier: string | undefined = undefined,
     appendix: string | undefined = undefined,
     repo: string = JavaJarService.APACHE_REPOSITORY,
     groupId: string = JavaJarService.BEAM_GROUP_ID
-  ): string {
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    if (version == "latest") {
+      const medatadataUrl = [
+        repo,
+        groupId.replaceAll(".", "/"),
+        artifactId,
+        "maven-metadata.xml",
+      ].join("/");
+      const metadata = await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+        let data = "";
+        https.get(medatadataUrl, (res) => {
+          res.on("data", (chunk) => {
+            data += chunk;
+          });
+          res.on("end", () => {
+            resolve(data);
+          });
+          res.on("error", (e) => {
+            reject(e);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+      version = metadata.match(/<latest>(.*)<\/latest>/)![1];
+    }
     return [
       repo,
       groupId.replaceAll(".", "/"),
@@ -450,9 +477,18 @@ function serviceOverrideFor(name: string): string | undefined {
   }
 }
 
-function getProjectRoot(): string | undefined {
+function getBeamProjectRoot(): string | undefined {
   try {
-    return path.dirname(findGitRoot(__dirname));
+    const projectRoot = path.dirname(findGitRoot(__dirname));
+    if (
+      fs.existsSync(
+        path.join(projectRoot, "sdks", "typescript", "src", "apache_beam")
+      )
+    ) {
+      return projectRoot;
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
   } catch (Error) {
     return undefined;
   }
diff --git a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/data.ts b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/data.ts
index a4b2c3f73236..53a98ac4cc16 100644
--- a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/data.ts
+++ b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/data.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export class MultiplexingDataChannel {
     );
     this.dataChannel = this.dataClient.data(metadata);
     this.dataChannel.on("data", async (elements) => {
-      console.debug("data", elements);
       for (const data of elements.data) {
         const consumer = this.getConsumer(data.instructionId, data.transformId);
         try {
diff --git a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/operators.ts b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/operators.ts
index a4e7724cb2da..6338fc0dab58 100644
--- a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/operators.ts
+++ b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/operators.ts
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ export class DataSourceOperator implements IOperator {
       this.lastToProcessElement < Infinity
         ? this.lastToProcessElement
         : Number(desiredSplit.estimatedInputElements) - 1;
-    console.log(this.lastToProcessElement, this.lastProcessedElement, end);
     if (this.lastProcessedElement >= end) {
       return undefined;
     }
diff --git a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/worker_main.ts b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/worker_main.ts
index c457e36fd337..e70e056abb63 100644
--- a/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/worker_main.ts
+++ b/sdks/typescript/src/apache_beam/worker/worker_main.ts
@@ -41,14 +41,26 @@ async function main() {
     options["beam:option:registered_node_modules:v1"] ||
     options["registered_node_modules"] ||
     []
-  ).forEach(require);
+  ).forEach((m) => {
+    try {
+      require(m);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(
+        `**ERROR**
+      Unable to require module '${m}' used in requireForSerialization:
+      please ensure that it is available in the package exports.`
+      );
+      // Explicitly exit the process to avoid the error getting swallowed
+      // by a long traceback.
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  });
 
   console.info("Starting worker", argv.id);
   const worker = new Worker(
     argv.id,
     {
       controlUrl: argv.control_endpoint,
-      //loggingUrl: argv.logging_endpoint,
     },
     options
   );