diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index b3c9bc653d..495f1ff78d 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 /docs/features/techdocs                     @backstage/techdocs-core
 /plugins/cost-insights                      @backstage/silver-lining
 /plugins/cloudbuild                         @trivago/ebarrios
-/plugins/techdocs                           @backstage/techdocs-core
 /plugins/search                             @backstage/techdocs-core
+/plugins/techdocs                           @backstage/techdocs-core
 /plugins/techdocs-backend                   @backstage/techdocs-core
+/packages/techdocs-common                   @backstage/techdocs-core
 /.changeset/cost-insights-*                 @backstage/silver-lining
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/package.json b/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
index bee9bfdf93..4bda9f768a 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@
     "winston": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@backstage/cli": "^0.4.1"
+    "@backstage/cli": "^0.4.1",
+    "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.5",
+    "@types/git-url-parse": "^9.0.0",
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^3.12.5",
+    "@types/mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
+    "@types/nodegit": "^0.26.12",
+    "@types/recursive-readdir": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "jest": {
     "roots": [
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 76aa359502..fd3090924e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5702,6 +5702,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/fs-extra@^9.0.5":
+  version "9.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-9.0.5.tgz#2afb76a43a4bef80a363b94b314d0ca1694fc4f8"
+  integrity sha512-wr3t7wIW1c0A2BIJtdVp4EflriVaVVAsCAIHVzzh8B+GiFv9X1xeJjCs4upRXtzp7kQ6lP5xvskjoD4awJ1ZeA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/git-url-parse@^9.0.0":
   version "9.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/git-url-parse/-/git-url-parse-9.0.0.tgz#aac1315a44fa4ed5a52c3820f6c3c2fb79cbd12d"
@@ -6075,6 +6082,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/nodegit@^0.26.12":
+  version "0.26.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/nodegit/-/nodegit-0.26.12.tgz#93afb4cb85d3a48d392c3232699c9c07d8251a36"
+  integrity sha512-4YpeTImFZNJ1cve4lEueHFVS8rAs8XpZqlmx+Bm9bMc+XMiCrcwaUf6peN7pod7Rl3esVlGP1zdBB7Z12eMVAA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/normalize-package-data@^2.4.0":
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/normalize-package-data/-/normalize-package-data-2.4.0.tgz#e486d0d97396d79beedd0a6e33f4534ff6b4973e"